Job summary
- Main area
- Cardiology
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 3 sessions per week (3 PAs per week - Can be split between applicants)
- Job ref
- 321-MRC-MS-7413563-S1
- Employer
- Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Oxford Heart Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital
- Town
- Headington, Oxford
- Salary
- £109,725 - £145,478 Per Annum Pro Rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 16/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading
GP Cardiologist
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
The Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.
Many of our recruitment programmes use values-based interviewing to identify those who have the skills we seek, who share our values and who are able to deliver compassionate excellence from the outset. We know that this makes a significance difference to your job satisfaction and above all the outcomes and experience of our patients and their families.
For more information about our Values and Value Based Interviewing please visit http://www.ouh.nhs.uk/about/vision-and-values/default.aspx
Job overview
OUHFT seeks to recruit qualified GPs to be trained to deliver cardiology services as part of a unified team at one of a number of community locations in the region.
The roles are part time, and GP Cardiologists are asked to consider undertaking 1-2 sessions per week (with time off for annual leave, study leave and CPD). Full training will be provided, as will a shadowing programme at OUHFT.
This approach to community cardiology is highly innovative, and seeks to integrate primary and secondary care; to make care more accessible and closer to home; to improve patient experience; to improve outcomes and quality of care, particularly via the identification and holistic treatment of risk factors and co-morbid conditions – including mental health conditions – in patients with known or suspected heart disease.
Each clinic will be supported by a healthcare assistant and secretarial support, who will support you with administrative tasks and enhance the patient experience. Consultant cardiologists will act as mentors, and will be available for advice and help when you need it.
The GP will be a substantive employee of Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, and will have access to the resources of this tertiary centre cardiology service. It is anticipated that, when trained and where appropriate, GP Cardiologists will be able to refer patients directly for cardiac procedures, including advanced imaging, angiography, cardioversion, ablation and pacing.
Main duties of the job
Integration between primary and secondary care is widely acknowledged to bring advantages to patients and their families through, increased accessibility and improved patient experience; to health care economies through enhanced cost-effectiveness and better value; and to practitioners who may experience opportunities for enhanced professional satisfaction.
OUH seeks to appoint several GP-Cardiologists to develop our services to patients closer to home. Our approach to Community Cardiology is to recruit and train a of motivated, high-caliber general practitioners, who are committed to seeking high standards of patient care for those with known or suspected cardiovascular disease, and who are committed to enhancing both the patient experience of care, and the value created by the healthcare system.
The aims of the posts are
- To improve access to expert cardiovascular care
- To improve patient experience and provide care closer to home
- To enhance holistic patient assessment and treatment, particularly to improve the identification and treatment of co-morbid conditions, including mental health conditions
- To create value in the healthcare system by allocating resources effectively
- To strengthen primary care by enhancing interactions with secondary care and providing a wider variety of career paths for GPs.
Working for our organisation
GP Cardiologists will contribute to the management, organisation, governance, educational and academic programs of the clinical service unit. GP Cardiologists will attend and contribute to teaching sessions; will contribute to the intellectual development and academic activities of the department, and may contribute to teaching and training.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The GP Cardiologist will be responsible for assessing, analysing and forming a diagnosis and management plan for patients with known or suspected cardiovascular disease attending the Community Cardiology Clinic.
Assessments will include a history, physical examination and interpretation of an ECG in almost all cases, and may include the integration of data from echocardiography, exercise testing, heart rhythm monitoring, and more specialized imaging, although a provisional report will be provided by the physiologist in all cases.
The GP-Cardiologist will make a diagnosis, and communicate this to the patient and carers / family, and will make recommendations concerning, for example, lifestyle modifications, medications, need for further investigations, and need and location for follow up (whether with own GP, in community cardiology, or in secondary care).
The GP Cardiologist will communicate the outcomes of the consultation to the GP and to secondary care, and will complete all necessary administration relating to the consultation and to the service, including requesting, reviewing and endorsing all results of investigations.
GP Cardiologists will be responsible for triaging all cardiology GP referrals. These may be triaged directly to the community cardiology service, or to specific services within OUH. Where the referral can be managed without a face-to-face consultation, the GP will write to the referring GP with advice.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- GMC Registration with licence to work
- MRCGP
- MB BS or Equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Post-graduate exams relevant to Cardiology e.g MRCP, and / or Post-graduate Diploma in Cardiology
Experience
Essential criteria
- At least 3 years of training in community GP practice or equivalent experience
- That of an independent general practitioner able to be accountable for patient care without direct supervision
Desirable criteria
- Additional experience of general practice
- Additional post-graduate experience of Cardiology
- Relevant previous experience from other secondary care specialties e.g. general medicine
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable Interest in Cardiology
- Willingness to learn
- Ability to triage cases
- Clinical decision making skills
- Communication skills (verbal and written)
- Confident in using electronic patient record systems (training will be provided)
- Prioritisation and time management skills
- Able to lead a small team (physiologist, healthcare assistant)
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrate commitment to cardiology, e.g. posters, presentations, audits, abstracts, papers, research projects, publications relevant to Cardiology
Other
Essential criteria
- Full registration with the GMC and a License to Practice
- Able to travel to community cardiology clinics
Desirable criteria
- Able to commit to more than one session per week
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Alex Pitcher
- Job title
- Consultant Cardiologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
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