Ambulatory Cardiology Clinical Team Leader

Job overview

Lead the Future of Cardiac Care- Join Our Dynamic Ambulatory Team!

Are you a talented Cardiac Physiologist ready to take the next bold step in your career? This is a rare and exciting opportunity to lead a passionate, high-performing Ambulatory Cardiology team across three vibrant hospital sites within Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust. We're looking for an inspiring leader with strong clinical expertise, a drive for innovation, and an unwavering commitment to delivering outstanding care. If you're ready to help shape the future of Ambulatory Cardiology and make a real impact, we want to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

To provide a vital leadership role in the Ambulatory Cardiology Service. Supporting teams through their leadership to provide excellent, high quality and consistent clinical services to patients which meet the standards expected by the patient, the organisation and national governing bodies. The post-holder will be responsible for the provision of ambulatory services, including ECG, cardiac monitors and ETT’s, using national and local policy and standards to measure performance standards reporting to the Technical Cardiology Lead. The post holder, along with other cardiology leaders, will be responsible for setting the culture as well as expectations for the team to work to, reflecting such standard through their own behaviour and practice, providing leadership in line with the organisation’s values and policy.

The post holder will play a crucial role in HR processes such as management of staff sickness, disciplinary and grievance matters, and be able to initiate sound judgement in the management of a variety of complex operational issues in line with Trust policy. The post holder will be expected to work to a job plan which will include >50% clinical duties to ensure competencies are kept to a high standard enabling consistent, rationale and sound advice to be provided to the team as well as assurance to senior managers.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

This is a short extract -Please see attached full Job Description for further detail

MANAGERIAL (HR)

• 1.      - To line manage the ambulatory cardiology service team including sickness absence, performance, annual leave and rota management (all aspects of HR management) 2.      - Continually review the skill mix to be appropriate to service requirements and professional standards 3.      - To ensure the department is appropriately staffed to provide quality comprehensive services yar round through constructive and rationale leave management 4.      - Responsible for the deployment of staff to ensure most effective level of service/patient care and delivery 5.      - Responsible for standards of care delivered by ambulatory team and will conduct audits and relevant checks to ensure standards are consistently high and meet professional standards 6.    -   Ensure all staff within the service have adequate clinical supervision and mentorship, and consider all opportunities for the teams and individuals’ professional development 7.      - To drive the implementation of Trust procedures and policies within the department 8.      - Responsible for the recruitment and retention within the department. Ensuring any vacancies or resignations are acted on as soon as possible to prevent any gaps in the rota which could impact service delivery

CLINICAL

• 1.      - Be responsible for the planning, implementation and evaluation of patient care within the ambulatory service, maintaining agreed standards and ensuring patient satisfaction. 2.      - To perform a range of specialised cardiac ambulatory investigations including but not limited to Exercise Treadmill Tests, ECG’s, telemetry/tapes, analysis and reporting on results. The post holder will be qualified and able to provide all relevant ambulatory cardiac diagnostics provided by the department allowing them to work clinically across all areas. 3.      - To respond to requirements to cover clinical lists at short notice, this could be inpatients or outpatients, there may on occasions be a requirement for the post holder to cover these lists themselves. 4.    -   To report and analyse own and others clinical work 5.      - To provide clinical teaching and mentorship to support the professional development of the workforce 6.      Monitor the quality and accuracy of patient investigations 7.      - To regularly perform quality checks & audits which measure the standard to which clinicians in the department are working to. To provide assurance to the Technical Cardiology Manager, as well as the Senior - - Triumvirate, regarding the standard of the services provided and to manage and support improvement in performance/practice where required, in line with Trust policy.