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Job summary

Main area
Cardiology
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant
Contract
6 months (Fixed term 6 month Locum Consultant(maternity cover))
Hours
Full time - 10 sessions per week (Monday - Friday)
Job ref
196-LCON1134
Employer
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Royal Brompton Hospital
Town
London
Salary
£105,504 - £139,882 p.a. excl. LZ
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
04/08/2025 23:59

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Locum Consultant Cardiology Echo

NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant

Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.

Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.

Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions. 

Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.

In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.

We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.

Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.

The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.

We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.



Job overview

GSTT Trust is seeking to appoint a Locum Consultant Cardiologist in Echocardiography based at the Royal Brompton Hospital for a period of six months to cover maternity. The Royal Brompton Hospital manages patients from a variety of cardiac specialties (EP, coronary artery disease, heart failure, adult congenital heart disease - ACHD, Structural heart) both on an inpatient and outpatient basis and provides input to multidisciplinary team meetings.

Main duties of the job

The primary focus of this post will be on Peri-Operative TOE’s and those in critical care areas, research, Structural heart and  complementing work performed by Consultants in Echocardiography and including an  out-patient clinic. The main aims are to support the TOE and stress Echo service and to assist in training, teaching and protocol development for the Echocardiography Department. The post-holder will also be expected to actively participate in audit and research and lead the TOE service.

Working for our organisation

GSTT operates a large structural intervention service with an internationally renowned clinical and academic programme for the treatment of the full range of acute and elective valve presentations.

You must be fully registered with the GMC/GDC and hold Licence to Practice and be on the Specialist Register, or within six months of attaining your CCT or equivalent at interview stage.

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will fulfill the following clinical commitments:

  • To perform sessions in Echocardiography including stress Echocardiography, 3D Echo and 
    diagnostic Transoesophageal Echocardiography
  •  To participate and lead aspects of periprocedural(intra-op/transcatheter) TOE service
  •  To lead Echoes in Valve MDT and participate in OPD Clinic
  •  To develop and lead as cardiologist the endocarditis service
  •  Train junior doctors and sonographers
  •  To develop protocols

Person specification

Qualifications/Trainings

Essential criteria
  • MB BS or equivalent
  • MRCP, FRCA, FRCS or equivalent
  • Higher specialist training in Cardiology
  • The person has specialist training in Echocardiography
  • The person has specialist training in Stress Echocardiography including perfusion
  • The person has specialist training in transesophageal echocardiography including periprocedural
  • GMC register
  • CCT

Experience

Essential criteria
  • CCT in Cardiology
  • Experience in Stress Echocardiography, TOE and advanced Echo,periop TOE ,Valvular heart disease
  • Experience in management of Cardiology patients
  • UK/European/American accreditation in Adult TTE or equivalent
  • UK/European/American accreditation in TOE or equivalent
  • Publications/Research

Skills, Knowledge and Abilities

Essential criteria
  • Technical and clinical skills required for transthoracic /stress echo/TOE
  • Knowledge of Cardiology
  • Teaching skills
  • Ability to undertake research
  • Wide knowledge of cardiac and thoracic physiology

Others

Essential criteria
  • Commitment to continuing medical education

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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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Professor Roxy Senior
Job title
Consultant Cardiology
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
02073528121
Additional information

02073528121 ext 82701

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