Locum Consultant Cardiologist Interest in Cardiac Electrophysiology

Job overview

This is a locum appointment, intended to maximise utilization of the infrastructure.  The remit of the postholder will be to work within the multi–disciplinary team providing and further developing care for adult patients with cardiac arrhythmias from King's, the local community, and referring hospitals.  In addition, the individual will be required to play an active role in the general workload of the department while having a significant commitment to teaching and training of junior staff.   The post-holder will be asked to participate in the EP on call rota and may be expected to undertake outreach clinics. The post-holder will be expected to part-take in the consultant-of-the-week in-patient ward cover.

Main duties of the job

The post will be based at both Denmark Hill. The proposed Job Plan is outlined in the Job Description.   There will be an average of 8.5 Programmed Activities of Direct Clinical Care, with the remainder being allocated for Supporting Professional and/or other Activities.   There is no on-call commitment for general cardiology, but the post-holder will participate in an out of hours arrhythmia on-call service (currently 1 in 6).

As a senior employee of the Trust you will work in close co-operation with, and support other clinical, medical professional and managerial colleagues in providing high quality healthcare to the Trust’s patients.   Integral to these responsibilities is the following:

• The provision of a first class clinical service
• Effective leadership to all staff engaged in the specialty
• Sustaining and developing teaching and research in conjunction with King’s College London
• Undertaking all work in accordance with the Trust’s procedures and operating policies
• Conducting clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirements and within the parameters of the Trust’s service plans
• Maintaining the confidence of business plans and development strategies formulated for the specialty, the Care Group or the Trust

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Together with the other cardiac electrophysiologists, to provide a service for arrhythmia care.  This includes all aspects of treatment and relevant management duties for the proper functioning of the department.
• Shared responsibility with the other arrhythmia specialists for providing out of hours cover for the arrhythmia services.  This is currently a 1 in 6 rota, shared with the other electrophysiologists, and the rota will be arranged so that the locum appointment can cover for leave/absence.
• Clinical supervision of junior medical staff as a shared responsibility with other consultant colleagues
• Responsible for carrying out teaching, examination and accreditation duties as required and  contributing to Continuing Medical Education and clinical governance initiatives.
• To contribute to departmental research interests in accordance with the Trust’s R&D framework.
• To contribute to the Audit Programme.
• To take an active role in the formulation, implementation and monitoring of the Care Group’s  Business Plan.  This may include assisting with discussions regarding service plans and developments with both internal and external agencies.
• To conduct all activities within the contracted level of service and operating plan for cardiac services.
• To exercise professional leadership for all staff working in the specialty.  This will include fostering and developing projects focused towards these ends and ensuring that the momentum of post qualification professional education and other appropriate training is maintained.
• To work in conjunction with clinical and professional colleagues to ensure that the productivity  of staff within the specialty is maintained and their job satisfaction is enhanced. This may include involvement in the appraisal process for junior colleagues.
• To undertake Care Group management duties as agreed with the Clinical Director.
• To be aware of, and comply with, all Trust infection prevention and control policies, to include hand hygiene, personal hygiene, environmental and food hygiene. To undertake annual training/updates in infection prevention and control.
• To be accountable for implementation of the Code of Practice within own department/area of responsibility.
• To prepare for and undertake the protective interventions that you are responsible for in a manner that is consistent with evidence based practice and maintaining patient safety.