Job overview
Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is appointing a Consultant Physician in Cardiology. This is a replacement post to fill an existing vacancy in order to meet the demand of the increasing Cardiology related care.
As part of our ongoing work to expand the Cardiology service at Homerton Healthcare Foundation Trust, we are looking to recruit a GMC registered Consultant Cardiology Physician who holds an MRCP or equivalent qualification. Clinical duties will include running outpatient clinics, cardiology ward provision, responsibilities for providing expert supervision in heart failure and running specialist stress echocardiogram lists.
Main duties of the job
Applications are invited from suitably qualified physicians for the post of Consultant Cardiologist with a view to commence in the Department of Cardiology based at Homerton Hospital.
The post holder will have the following core responsibilities;
- 2 outpatient clinics
- 0.5 paper clinic
- 2.25 sessions for specialist interest – Cardiology Diagnostics – including Echo MDT
- 1 Heart Failure session including MDT and supervision
- 1.5 Ward related sessions
- Departmental & Regional Clinical meetings
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The essential requirements of the post are:
- To work collaboratively and pro-actively with all appropriate clinical colleagues within the trust in developing and implementing an acceptable service model reflective of best practice
- To forge effective relationships with clinical colleagues outside the trust so as to improve the coherence and integration of patient pathways
- To share responsibility with colleagues for providing evidence-based standards of care for all inpatients and outpatients
- To have continuing responsibility for the care of patients in his/her charge, including all administrative duties associated with patient care
- To liaise effectively and on a timely basis with General Practitioners and all other external agencies
- To maintain and promote team and multi-disciplinary working within all relevant services at all times
- To lead and co-ordinate the dedicated multi-disciplinary team appointment to support the service models so as to achieve effective discharge management
- To deliver multi-disciplinary outpatient clinics so as to provide specialist support
- To participate fully in the management of the Cardiology department and liaise closely with the Clinical Lead, Service Manager and Divisional Operations Director
- To participate fully in corporate and singular responsibility for the management of junior medical staff
- Reviewing inpatient provision and identifying opportunities for advancements including interaction with ambulatory care
JD Awaiting approval from Royal College of Physicians.