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Clinical Fellow (ST7 Level) in Structural Heart Intervention | Barts Health NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 10 July 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £37,068 - £57,570 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 09 August 2024 |
| Location: | London, EC1A 7BE |
| Company: | Barts Health NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6467233/259-MED606SBH |
Summary
Applications are invited for a whole time Clinical Fellow posts (ST7+ level) in Structural Heart Intervention. The posts are available to start in 2024 for a fixed term period of 1 year.
The posts will be based at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust.The Structural Heart Intervention Program at the Barts Heart Centre is the largest in the UK, with more than 700 interventions per year, and access to many cutting edge technologies. For the successful candidate this is an exciting opportunity to receive advanced first operator training in all aspects of structural heart intervention including TAVI, mitral and tricuspid intervention, other valvular interventions PFO/ASD and the treatment of complex congenital heart defects. There will be an expectation that the successful candidate makes a significant contribution to the departments research efforts.
The post is ideal for a high caliber trainee with considerable previous experience in interventional cardiology, who now wishes to develop specific skills in structural heart intervention. MRCP or equivalent will be required as is full GMC registration with a license to practice.
For further information or discussion please contact Dr Simon Kennon -s.kennon@nhs.net
If you are interested in this post, please make an online applicationvia job reference number
Barts Heart Centre is the largest cardiac centre in the UK. It was formed in 2015 following the merger of the cardiac units at The Heart Hospital, The London Chest Hospital and St. Bartholomew’s Hospital. It is the heart attack centre for the region and provides comprehensive surgical and interventional cardiology services, specialist cardiac imaging, electrophysiology services including device implants and ablation therapy for arrhythmia, grown up congenital heart disease, heart muscle disease and heart failure services. These posts therefore provide exposure to a wide variety of cardiology and medical conditions.
The Structural Heart Intervention Program is a comprehensive and high volume program covering all aspects of structural heart intervention including aortic, mitral and tricupsid transcatheter intervention and complex intervention in congenital heart disease and the aorta.
The posts are ideally suited toadult congenital heart orinterventional cardiology trainees who have already gained significant experience in cardiac catheterization and interventional cardiology and wish to supplement this training with a further period of dedicated training in structural heart intervention. MCRP (or equivalent) is essential. The successful candidate can expect to receive first operator training in many of these procedures with additional exposure to novel and experimental technologies and techniques.
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.
To work as part of a team to support all the Structural Heart Intervention Program activities including outpatient clinics, ward rounds, invasive procedures and multidisciplinary team meetings.
Subject to competency assessment the successful candidate will receive training in all relevant interventional procedures.
In addition responsibilities include maintaining the highest quality care and patient safety at all times and assisting in the smooth running of the departments.
Collection of data on all procedures and submission to relevant national databases
The successful candidate will be expected to demonstrate an ongoing commitment to audit and research and to actively contribute to the departments research efforts.
This advert closes on Sunday 28 Jul 2024