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Consultant Clinical Pharmacology with an interest in Hypertension | Barts Health NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 13 June 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £99,532 - £131,964 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 13 July 2024 |
| Location: | London, EC1A 7BE |
| Company: | Barts Health NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6393175/259-MED544SBH |
Summary
Consultant Clinical Pharmacology with an interest in Hypertension
(Barts Heart Centre and Royal London Hospital)
10PAs
259-MED554SBH
Barts Health NHS Trust and St Bartholomew’s Hospital invites you to apply for this exciting opportunity to join the Specialised Cardiology directorate as part of the Barts Heart Centre. Clinical sessions will also take place at RLH.
The Barts Heart Centre is the biggest in the UK with its complement of 10 catherisation labs (5 of which are dedicated to Intervention) and 10 cardiothoracic theatres.
St Bartholomew’s Hospital is one of a group of hospitals – Barts Health NHS Trust – the group providing a huge range of clinical services to the population of East London, the City of London, and beyond.
Opportunities exist within all Barts Heart Centre departments to undertake research and education as a part of the Centre of Excellence Strategy of the Trusts.
This appointment is for a Consultant in Clinical pharmacology with a specialist interest in Hypertension. The post is based at both St Bartholomew’s Hospital and the Royal London Hospital. The post-holder will expand our team at the internationally renowned Bart’s BP
Centre of Excellence. The appointee will be joining the academic department of Clinical Pharmacology which has 2 full time academic consultants and 2 full time NHS consultants and Specialty Trainees. They will contribute to the departmental objectives based on excellence in clinical care, teaching and research.
The Clinical Pharmacology team manage both the Hypertension service (inpatient and outpatient) and have developed a further specialist interest in Cardiovascular Autonomic dysfunction including disorders such as Postural Tachycardia Syndrome (see below for further details). The Clinical Pharmacology department sits within the Cardiovascular Clinical
Academic Group Bart’s Health NHS Trust.
The post-holder will specialise in the investigation and treatment of complex BP disorders
working collaboratively with the other consultants in the department of Clinical Pharmacology.
We provide both secondary and tertiary level care for Hypertension. The department have also developed a specialist interest in Cardiovascular Autonomic dysfunction and run clinics for this at Bart’s hospital. If interested then training can be provided to the post holder to further
develop skills in this area.
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Delivery and organisation of evidence-based, direct clinical care to patients, through all parts of the department, sharing equally in the workload and involving a multi-disciplinary workforce; to support other members of staff in doing so also.
Provide clinical leadership, improve the patient experience and ensure the highest quality clinical care.
To liaise effectively and on a timely basis with General Practitioners, community services, and all healthcare agencies.
To have regard at all times to the clinical and quality standards set out in relevant NHS guidance and the Care Quality Commission, including the 18 weeks waiting time standard.
This advert closes on Sunday 14 Jul 2024