Junior Clinical Fellow in Cardiology

Job overview

The Department of Cardiology are appointing a Junior Clinical Fellow level doctor to support patients at the Grange University Hospital.

The main responsibilities of the post are effective and appropriate medical care of the cardiology inpatients at The Grange University Hospital and participation in the Acute Medical take. The post holder will be part of a large medical and multidisciplinary team working under direct consultant supervision.

The post holder will also be required to provide prospective cover for colleagues during their Annual & Study Leave for on-calls and daytime cover.

All clinical staff are accountable and responsible for their own clinical competence and should limit their actions to those for which are deemed competent. Clinical staff are also required to comply with the requirements of their professional organisations regarding supervision.

All qualified staff have a responsibility to supervise unqualified/more junior staff and students on a day-to-day basis to ensure that patients receive appropriate care and that any untoward action is addressed

The post will include on call in General Internal medicine at the (tier 2) level on the rolling oncall rota.

Those wishing to discuss the post informally in the first instance or arrange a visit to the department should contact

Dr Phil Campbell, Consultant Cardiologist- [email protected]

Main duties of the job

• Responsibility for inpatient admission, day to day management, co-ordination of inpatient management under the supervision of the consultant
• Key role in discharge planning and co-ordinating approaches to relatives and other agencies
• Liaison with patients and relatives/carers and members of the multi-disciplinary team to ensure the patients receive a high-quality service and are all kept informed of progress as appropriate
• Responsibility for contemporaneous record keeping, identifying progress and plans in patients’ case notes
• Participation in consultant ward rounds and facilitating multidisciplinary meetings
• Complete accurate and timely discharge summaries, progress reports and ensure General
• Practitioners are informed of any impending discharges, changes of medication and death.
• Assist consultants in the development of inpatient, outpatient and community-based services
• Actively participate in multi-disciplinary audit, clinical effectiveness/health gain initiatives and Clinical Governance, taking a lead in local clinical audit/quality improvement activities and developing research projects, as appropriate.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

This position involves Regulated Activity with adults as defined by the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act (amended by the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012) and the following checks will be undertaken following any conditional offer:

• Enhanced check with barred list information, including

- an adults barred list check

Applicants must hold or be eligible to hold full registration and a licence to practice with the GMC

Free parking is available across all Aneurin Bevan University Health Board Sites.