This is one of two Clinical Fellow posts providing day‑to‑day care to patients with Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD) at the East Midlands Congenital Heart Centre (EMCHC) based at Glenfield Hospital.
It is suitable for those who:
* are interested in gaining experience in ACHD cardiology with a view to future structured training in the specialty or who wish to advance their knowledge in ACHD cardiology as an interest in another subspecialty e.g. cardiac imaging, electrophysiology, devices
* have completed their training in ACHD and who wish to gain additional experience before taking up a consultant job in the specialty
This post is for a period of 12 months in the first instance but may be extended by mutual agreement to a maximum of two years. The post does not include any out of hours (on‑call) commitment.
The post holder will join a permanent team of four ACHD cardiology consultants, three congenital cardiac surgeons, three congenital interventional cardiologists, four specialist ACHD nurses, two clinical psychologists and a large group of specialist cardiac physiologists. The wider team also includes colleagues from cardiac radiology, electrophysiology, clinical genetics and pacing. There is a second clinical fellow and an FY1 on fixed team contracts and often a UK ACHD subspecialty ACHD trainee. The ACHD service sits within the East Midlands Congenital Heart Centre, which includes paediatric and fetal cardiology.
You will participate in managing the care of ACHD patients at registrar level and be expected to perform clinical and non‑invasive assessments including ECG interpretation and transthoracic echocardiography. The post will include responsibility for day‑to‑day running and planning of the ACHD inpatients and implementing management plans under the supervision of the consultant staff. The applicant will present cases at departmental multi‑disciplinary team (MDT) meetings where the management of patients with complex congenital disease are discussed. ACHD patients may also be discussed at MDT meetings covering anomalous coronary problems, revascularisation, mitral valves, thoracic aorta, vascular surgery, clinical genetics, TAVI, PFO and imaging.
The post holder is expected to develop skills and expertise in all aspects of congenital cardiology. Specifically, these include clinical assessment and management of suspected / newly diagnosed patients with congenital heart disease. You will develop outpatient management experience (two clinics per week), learn to present patients for multi‑disciplinary team discussion, and begin to participate in more complex decision‑making roles, developing skills in triage, communication and prioritisation. You will be expected to learn and be involved with the process of audit, the development of clinical guidelines and clinical governance.
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We Have Four Primary Goals
* high‑quality care for all
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* partnerships for impact
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And we will embed health equality in all we do - taking active steps to reduce the avoidable differences in healthcare that some people face, working in partnership with communities.
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This is an exciting moment as we look to the future with clarity on what we already do well and where we need to focus our energies to make an even bigger difference for the people we serve.
About The University Hospitals Of Leicester NHS Trust
http://www.leicestershospitals.nhs.uk/aboutus/work-for-us/current-vacancies/
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Sahiba Kalsi Job title: General Manager Email address: sahiba.kalsi@uhl-tr.nhs.uk Telephone number: 07950 866 704
Dr Aidan Bolger
Lead ACHD Clinician
aidan.boldger@uhl-tr.nhs.uk
Tel: 0116 250 2530
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