Job summary
- Main area
- Cardiology
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Senior Clinical Fellow
- Contract
- 24 months (Fixed Term)
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week
- Job ref
- 214-MED25-7252426
- Employer
- Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Kingsmill Hospital
- Town
- Sutton in Ashfield
- Salary
- £61,825
- Closing
- 11/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Clinical Fellow in Cardiology
NHS Medical & Dental: Senior Clinical Fellow
Thank you for your interest in this role, we would be delighted to welcome you to Sherwood Forest Hospitals.
Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and know that happy colleagues deliver better care.
Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.
We would love you to join us.
Job overview
The Cardiology department at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust aims to offer a high quality responsive service to both patients and General Practitioners for the diagnosis and treatment of suspected cardiovascular conditions. Our objective is to undertake locally all investigations and treatments that can reasonably be undertaken in the DGH environment whilst ensuring appropriate access to more specialised units. We keep under constant review the range of activities appropriate to the DGH and update our strategic plan using evidence based guidelines, based on the principle that if it can be done here it should be.
The consultant staffing of the department currently consists of eight substantive Cardiologists, supported by a team of Clinical Physiologists and specialist nursing staff.
Main duties of the job
The over-riding purpose is to support the provision of the highest quality patient care through personal actions and continuous improvement.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Provision with Consultant colleagues of a service to Sherwood Forest Hospitals, with responsibility for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of illness, and the proper functioning of the department;
- Work with the current imaging Consultants to provide and develop non-invasive imaging services to patients at KMH and Newark hospital sites;
- Support junior staff for in patient wards;
- Provide on call cardiology on a rota basis;
- Provide and support out-patient and diagnostics department
Working for our organisation
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.
We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as ‘outstanding’ for care and our King’s Mill Hospital as the only ‘outstanding’ NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
• Provision of a service to Sherwood Forest Hospitals, with responsibility for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of illness, and the proper functioning of the department.
• The post holder is expected to contribute towards the teaching and training of medical students.
• Participating in medical audit, the Trust’s Clinical Governance processes and in CPD.
• The post holder must at all times carry out his/her duties with due regard to the Trust’s Equal Opportunities Policy.
• It is the responsibility of all employees to comply with Trust Health and Safety policies and maintain a safe and healthy environment for patients, visitors and staff.
• All employees have an individual responsibility to have a knowledge of and employ the basic principles of infection control practice and to ensure adherence to the requirements in the Infection Control Manual.
• In line with GMC Good Medical Practice it is the responsibility of the post holder to ensure that all duties are carried out to the highest possible standard, and in accordance with current quality initiatives within the area of work.
• Staff who have access to or transfer data are responsible for that data and must respect confidentiality and comply with the requirement of the Data Protection Act 1998, in line with the Trust’s policies.
• The post holder is responsible for data quality and complying with the policies, procedures and accountability arrangements throughout the Trust for maintaining accuracy and probity in the recording of the Trust’s activities.
• The post holder is expected to comply with Trust policies and procedures.
• Staff is required to comply with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 in line with Trust Policy.
• Any other duties which may be required from time to time.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Full registration (and with a licence to practise) with the General Medical Council (GMC)
- MRCP
Experience
Essential criteria
- Must have completed at least 4 years full time postgraduate training at least 1 of which must be in Medicine specialties
Desirable criteria
- Current experience of working within the NHS
Research
Essential criteria
- Able to appraise research
- Understanding of Evidence Based Medicine
- Understanding of the principles of medical audit and clinical governance
- Completed at least one audit project related to General Medicine
Management & administrative experience
Essential criteria
- Understanding of the current structure of Health Services
Desirable criteria
- Familiar with the recent initiatives and changes in NHS
Teaching
Essential criteria
- A demonstrable interest in teaching
- Evidence of teaching medical students, nursing or paramedical staff
Other
Essential criteria
- Communication skills – to have language competency and communication skills necessary to do the job safely & competently
- Ability to communicate effectively with team members, patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other agencies
- Commitment to Continuing Medical Education and the requirements of Clinical Governance and Audit
- Caring attitude to patients
- Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team and cooperate with all staff
- Professional attitude towards work
- Prepared to work flexibly
- Ability to organise and manage priorities
Desirable criteria
- Self-motivated
- Familiarity with IT and computer skills
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Asif Khan
- Job title
- Cardiology Head of Service
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01623 622515 extension 3667
- Additional information
If you wish to join our dedicated, committed and friendly team or find out more about the role you are welcome to contact Dr Asif Khan, Head of Service on extension 3667
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