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Senior Locally Employed Doctor in TAVI | Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 28 November 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £61,825 PA |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 29 December 2024 |
| Location: | Manchester, M23 9LT |
| Company: | Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6710274/349-WTWA-6710274 |
Summary
Applications are welcomed from UK and international doctors training in adult cardiology with the necessary experience to take up a period of training in advanced transcatheter structural heart interventions. This post would suit either an experienced interventional trainee (close to or post CCST or with an international equivalent) who wishes to enter a dedicated period of training in structural intervention focused around TAVI. To facilitate maximum availability to the TAVI service there will not be any participation in the middle grade cardiology on call rota.
The post involves dedicated daytime activities within the TAVI team working closely with the Wythenshawe based TAVI operators and TAVI nurses. The successful candidate will learn all aspects of TAVI assessment, TAVI procedures, CT analysis and echocardiographic assessment of aortic valve disease.
As a reference centre for TAVI CT training, and the only centre in Europe to offer dedicated CT training for both Edwards Sapien and Medtronic Evolut valves, we are involved in training consultant TAVI operators from around Europe. The fellowship therefore offers unparalleled training in CT TAVI assessment with the trainee having personal access to the latest version of the gold standard 3 mensio software, that is not readily available elsewhere.
Post will include ward rounds, outpatient clinics, MDTs and catheter lab sessions. Please see attached job description for more detail.
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Working in the lab directly with consultant proctors for both Edwards Sapien and Medtronic Evolut valves the trainee would also be involved performing procedures with highly trained operators, who are involved in training other consultant teams around UK and Europe and so will be exposed to the optimal procedural techniques. In addition, as only one of a handful of UK sites using the Biosensors Allegra valve, the trainee will be involved in procedures with a wide variety of platforms.
As one of the founder sites globally for the cusp overlap view for deployment of self expanding valves, and with one the lowest pacemaker rates of any unit worldwide, as well as specific expertise in TAVI for bicuspid disease and one of the largest units for alternative access in the UK, there will be ample opportunities to write up case series and other publications. Indeed this will be an expectation of any successful candidate, with dedicated job planned time (see below) The post will also work with our cardiology research nurse team to support the department’s current and future portfolio of national clinical trial work. Currently this will afford the opportunity to train in cerebral protection devices such as the Sentinel.
The team comprises interventional cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, TAVI nurses and full imaging, interventional radiology and vascular surgical support. Supervising consultants will be Dr Fraser, Dr Chowdhary, Dr Keshavarzi, Dr Sarma, Dr Buch and Mr Hasan.
The ideal candidates will be highly motivated, have a keen interest in cardiac imaging, valvular heart disease, interventional cardiology, and clinical research. Good communication skills and organisational skills are vital, you should be able to work well both in a group and independently. A relevant primary medical qualification and current holding of, or eligibility for UK professional registration are mandatory. You should recognise that the job description reflects core activities of the post and you should be prepared to adopt a dynamic and flexible approach.
Undergraduate medical students from the University of Manchester Medical School are taught throughout the Trust and the post-holder is required to participate in undergraduate and post graduate clinical teaching.
This advert closes on Friday 13 Dec 2024
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