Senior Clinical Fellow in Cardiology

at  Northern Care Alliance NHS Group

INTERVIEW DATE

12/06/2024
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated doctor who wishes to acquire experience in Cardiology with the intention of pursuing a career in Cardiology.
Salford provides a comprehensive DGH cardiology service with our consultants having subspecialty interest in intervention, devices, imaging and heart failure. There is an on-site nuclear myocardial imaging service and the trust is supported by a full range of non-cardiology medical and surgical services.
The post duration is initially for 12 months as IMT3
Main duties of the job
Core components of the post will include 3 cardiology outpatient clinics per week, care of cardiology in-patients on Heart Care Unit (10 beds) and HCU Stepdown 9 beds), assessment of cardiology patients on non-cardiology wards, cardiology in-reach to EAU, teaching and audit. There will be opportunity to train in transthoracic echocardiography and cardiac catheterisation/PCI. Training in transoesophageal echocardiography and permanent pacing could be offered depending on experience.
We have an excellent record in placing trainees in specialist cardiology ST training posts. You will would work with 8 consultants: Dr N Abidin, Dr A Anwar, Dr A Fitchet, Dr G Freeman, Dr L Tin, Dr J MacDonald, Dr N Hussain and Dr P Woolfson, and a supporting team of junior and middle-grades and cardiology Advanced Practitioners in the Cardiology Department at Salford Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
Working for our organisation
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.
As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.
In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
We are currently in process of updating our values. For the latest information around our values and behaviours, please visit our careers website https://careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/working-with-us/our-values/
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: https://careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/
Person specification
Qualifications/training

Essential criteria

• Full or limited registration with the General Medical Council

Desirable criteria

APPLICANT REQUIREMENTS

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.