Senior Clinical Fellow in Paediatric Cardiology | Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 28 May 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £61,825 - £70,425 p.a. excl. LZ |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 27 June 2025 |
| Location: | London, SE1 7EH |
| Company: | Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7226745/196-MED4855 |
Summary
Senior Clinical Fellow in Fetal Cardiology
Nodal Point 4 / 5 (dependent on clinical experience) Fixed term 10 months
This is fixed term post (maternity cover) for a paediatric cardiology doctor at ST5/6 or above level. The post is for 10 months duration during which time the fellow will work and be trained in all aspects of fetal cardiology. This will include detailed ultrasound examination of the fetal heart, counselling and management of fetal congenital heart disease and fetal arrhythmias. The candidate will need to be competent in performing paediatric echo and ideally have completed the EACVI accreditation.
Timetable of an average week
Average week includes approximately:
7 fetal cardiology clinic sessions
1 multidisciplinary fetal medicine meeting
1 paediatric cardiology clinic session
1 Cardiac surgical meeting
Fetal & paediatric cardiology teaching meetings
On call in paediatric cardiology (1:12)
Teaching and training is provided including case-based discussion and attendance at fetal cardiology teaching with is run as part of the paediatric cardiology teaching programme.
This post will provide the postholder with advanced training in prenatal diagnosis and management of congenital heart. The postholder will gain experience in all aspects of fetal cardiology. Commitment to paediatric cardiology service provision, including paediatric cardiology clinics and on-call is also an integral part of the post. It is expected that by the end of the post the successful candidate will have competencies in scanning the fetal heart, diagnosis of fetal heart defects and have experience of counselling expectant parents.
The fetal cardiology service is one of the largest in the UK and internationally. The unit has an extensive referral network, receiving patients from 30 different obstetric units. Clinics are located both at ELCH, King’s College Hospital (Harris Birthright Centre for Fetal Medicine) and at Medway Maritime Hospital. Over 3500 pregnant women have fetal cardiac assessment each year across the three sites. Across the sites over 600 cases of fetal congenital heart disease are diagnosed and managed. Around 150-200 pregnancies affected by major congenital heart disease in the fetus are transferred for delivery at the St Thomas’ site. The postholder would be expected to undertake clinical work at Evelina, Kings’ College and Medway sites.
The unit functions as a multidisciplinary team. There are 6 fetal cardiology consultants with their primary base within the department, 4 consultants based at the Royal Brompton undertaking clinics at ELCH, 6 clinical nurse specialists, 5 sonographers and 3 administrative staff.
There is a combination of consultant-led clinics where all abnormal cases are scanned and reviewed by a consultant and sonographer-led clinics providing screening for lower risk cases. Where clinically appropriate, babies with congenital heart defects are delivered at St Thomas’ Hospital for immediate postnatal treatment including patients from the Royal Brompton fetal cardiology network hospitals.
The postholder will be expected to take part in the full range of clinical activities of the department. The duties, sufficient to maintain and develop their pre-existing skills, will be negotiated with the Educational Supervisor and Consultants in paediatric cardiology.
Clinical:
The postholder will also be expected to undertake a mixed range of duties at senior registrar level (under the supervision of a consultant). These will include but are not limited to outpatient commitments, participating in joint discussions about patients and in the allocation of clinical duties within the department if the need arises. The postholder will care for inpatients and out-patients both within the department and at outreach clinics.
The postholder will, together with other consultant colleagues and trainees, be responsible for the provision of paediatric cardiology and fetal cardiology services to the Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospital Trust to include:
• Diagnosis and treatment of patients of the Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital Trust in such hospitals, health centres or clinics or other premises as required.
• The clinical management of inpatients of the paediatric cardiology service.
• Continuing clinical responsibility for the patients in your charge, allowing for all proper delegation to, and training of, staff.
• Undertaking independent outpatient clinics both within Guy’s & St Thomas’ and at outreach centres (with responsibility to a named consultant).
• The diagnosis and treatment of patients occupying accommodation made available under Sections 58, 65 and 66 of the National Health Service Act 1977, in so far as such patients have not made private arrangements for such treatment under Section 65(2) of the Act.
Please refer to the Job description for details
This advert closes on Friday 6 Jun 2025