Job summary
- Main area
- Cardiology
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 151-WPHCON-44
- Employer
- Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Wexham Park Hospital
- Town
- Slough
- Salary
- £105,504 - £139,882 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 11/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Consultant - Community Cardiology
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Job overview
We are looking for a Community Cardiology Consultant to join the team at Frimley Health Cardiology department. This is a full-time post (10 Programmed Activities) working across the whole of Frimley ICB including patient cohorts from Wexham Park Hospital and Frimley Park Hospital. Applicants interested in working less than full time are also welcome to apply.
Main duties of the job
The post will include sessions based in the community focused on upskilling GPs to manage various cardiac patients in the community, primarily through case review at MDTs. In addition to these twice weekly primary care outreach sessions, the post holder will work across the primary and secondary care interface to develop pathways with the aim of delivering more care in the community, including community diagnostic centres. There will be 2 subspecialty sessions in cardiology in secondary care, tailored to the successful candidate’s area of subspecialty expertise. In addition to admin time and allocated time for referral triage, 1.5 SPA will be allocated.
Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The job description is attached. It is assumed that every member of the department will play a full part in formal and informal teaching of medical and other staff and this is recognized as part of Supporting Clinical Activities (SPA).
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- MRCP or equivalent through EEC rules
- Possession of CCT of within six months of receipt
- Full GMC registration
- Understanding of the structures of NHS hospitals and willing to play a role in the department and in the hospital
Desirable criteria
- Higher degree (for example MD or PhD)
Professional, Specialist, and Functional experience
Essential criteria
- ALS
- Willingness to be involved in teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate level
- Understand principles and participated in audit activity
- Understand the principles of clinical governance and demonstrate experience of evidence-based practice
Desirable criteria
- General Medicine experience
Specific competencies for role
Essential criteria
- Ability to be proactive
- Demonstrate being an effective team member
- Able to demonstrate leadership qualities
- Able to evaluate own clinical practice
- Able to demonstrate innovative thinking
- Good written and oral communication skills
- Ability to organise and develop service provision
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
- Lauren Clark
- Job title
- Deputy Operations Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07502264422
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