Clinical Fellow in Inherited Cardiac Conditions - Cardiology

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

 

The closing date is 01 January 2025

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Job summary​

Applications are invited for a 12 month fixed-term Clinical Fellow in Inherited Cardiac Conditions, based with our Cardiology Department.

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Main duties of the job

The post holder is expected to work with the ICC service team based at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital site, to optimise the care for people with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy by supporting guideline-based redesign of the care pathway for these patients and to deliver the benefits to patients of access to all available treatment options within a defined model of care. The post holder will work in collaboration with the Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust.

The post holder will be required to take part in audit and produce reports for learning and service improvement. Subsequently, sharing of the SOPs and service models across different ICC centres will facilitate service improvement opportunities across the UK benefiting more patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy including those with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

For trainees with the appropriate skillsets, there will also be opportunities to contribute to both echocardiography and cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging.

 

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

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Job responsibilities

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is an Inherited Cardiac Condition (ICC), for which the management options have evolved significantly in the last few years. Recently published international guidelines and national papers have recommended an updated care pathway for obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy patients which include medical and interventional options. With the aim of enhancing access to all the options available for improving outcomes in this patient cohort, dedicated work is required to develop an efficient and patient-centred model of care. The advertised post is aiming to achieve the implementation of an up-to-date care model for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy utilising multidisciplinary input and cross-institutional collaboration. Clinical skills and skills in cardiac imaging will be important for the delivery of the role.

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Qualifications (Essential)

• *Full registration with the GMC

• *Shall have equivalent experience and competencies in line with GMC standards/Good Medical Practice

• *Eligibility to live and work in the UK

 

Experience (Essential)

• Considerable experience in cardiomyopathy clinical services

• Cardiac imaging

• Advanced cardiac imaging

• Understanding of basic genetic test results

• Understanding of advanced genetic testing

• Working in a multidisciplinary environment

• Participation in a recognised scheme of continuing medical education

• Research experience

• Teaching experience

• Advanced life support training

 

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

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University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH

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