Junior Clinical Fellow in Cardiology

Job overview

We are seeking an ambitious, committed Junior Clinical Fellow who is excited to be part of a service that is central to the future of cardiology in South London, and has outstanding patient care at its heart.

Main duties of the job

The department of Cardiology at St. George's is seeking to appoint a Junior Clinical Fellow (ST1-2) for 12 months to work as part of a busy unit.

• Caring for inpatients and outpatients
• Attendance in Cardiology
• Junior Doctor Rotation
• The post holder will, along with consultant and registrar colleagues, contribute to the provision of Cardiology services to St George's University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, including diagnosis and treatment of patients of the Trust in such hospitals, clinics or other premises as is required.
• continuing clinical responsibility for the patients in his/her care.

The Department of Cardiology based in the Atkinson Morley Wing at St George’s Hospital, deals with the full spectrum of adult cardiology.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The candidate will form part of a team of 9 cardiology ST1/2 doctors and 2 physicians associates responsible for the care of in-patients within the cardiology unit, working a shift system with a week of nights every 9 weeks (4 and 3 split), with prospective cover. The on-call specialty doctor is part of the cardiothoracic resuscitation team, and provides ward based-cover to the 3 cardiothoracic wards. The on call specialty doctor will be responsible for admitting cardiology referrals from the A and E department.  The candidate is responsible for the admission and preliminary management of elective and inter-hospital  transfer patients. Each specialty doctor is assigned to a consultant team for regular ward rounds and 1-2-cardiology out-patients. There will be the opportunity to perform DC cardioversion for cardiac arrhythmias. There will be the opportunity to observe diagnostic and therapeutic cardiac catheterisation, the insertion of temporary and permanent pacemakers and implantable defibrillators, the insertion of intra-aortic balloon pumps, transthoracic and transoesophageal echocardiography. There may be the opportunity for further training in echocardiography and cardiac nuclear medicine for interested applicants. Continued cardiological education is maintained by weekly echocardiography meetings, weekly audit and mortality/morbidity meetings, and weekly angiographic meetings. In addition there is a regular registrar based clinical teaching session. Participation in clinical audit is essential and there will be the opportunity to perform an audit project.