Job summary
Applications are invited for the post of Clinical Fellow [ST3+ Grade] (Heart Failure) to commence in the Department of Cardiology at Homerton University Hospital on 26/08/2024 for twelve months in the first instance.
The post provides training in specialist heart failure services, in echocardiography, as well as in general adult cardiology. It also involves the post holder in the organisation and running of the weekly departmental educational seminar programme.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be encouraged to pursue their own interests in terms of research. Homerton has now completed its tenth year of contributing to the National Heart Failure Audit Project run by the National Institute for Cardiovascular Outcomes Research (NICOR). Homerton has set up its own systems for the storage and local retention of data (including ethnicity) on in-patient heart failure activity, - from which data uploads are made at appropriate intervals to NICOR. Similar data collection systems exist for other cardiac services and conditions at Homerton. These data have been used for health services research on gender and ethnic interaction in the utilisation of the RACPC, and opportunities exist for extending this approach to the primary / secondary care interface with respect to heart failure services. Other research opportunities relate to the advanced echocardiography techniques available at Homerton, and are not limited to the themes mentioned above.
There is no on-call commitment for this post.
About us
The department has close links with St Bartholomew's Hospital and with the Royal Brompton Hospital, for invasive cardiac investigation and management. Device therapy is provided by these two regional cardiac centres. There are specialist arrhythmia clinics led by consultant electrophysiology cardiologists from Barts and from the Royal Brompton Hospital. Consultant cardiothoracic surgeons (Mr Kolvekar & Mr Lall, both from St Bartholomew's Hospital) attend monthly JCC MDTs at Homerton. The Homerton heart failure team works closely with Dr Stanley Fan, consultant nephrologist at the Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel, and also with the heart muscle disease service at St Bartholomew's Hospital and with the cardiac transplant team at the Royal Papworth Hospital (now located in Cambridge).
Dr Bowker has an MSc in epidemiology & biostatistics, has experience in population-based research and has supervised higher degrees submitted by postgraduate students at Homerton and elsewhere. Dr Dutta Roy has a research background with specific interest in angiogenesis and inflammation .
The Cardiology Department has six Consultants (two of whom have joint appointments at Barts), one Associate Specialist, three middle grades [at ST3+ level, - one of which is this advertised post] and five junior doctors [one CMT ST1/2, one clinical fellow (ST1/2 Grade), one FY2 & two FY1s].
Job description
Job responsibilities
Although the post does not have a recognised national training number, it provides the same exposure to, and experience in, cardiology as our numbered cardiology training post. It gives excellent preparation for those wishing to pursue a career in cardiology or in hospital medicine, offering clinical experience, training and the opportunity to undertake teaching, audit & research. The majority of our prior Homerton cardiology clinical fellow post holders have gone on to secure numbered training posts in cardiology, and / or research fellow posts in peer reviewed research programmes funded by charitable grant awarding bodies (such as BHF or CRY) at postgraduate centres (such as UCLH or St. Georges), in the UK, as well as in Australia and Switzerland, six of whom are now consultants (five in cardiology).
The department offers core & advanced echocardiography (transthoracic, contrast, transoesophageal & stress echocardiography), and other diagnostic services (ETT, ambulatory ECG & BP monitoring, transcranial Doppler scanning, portable ECG event monitoring & implantable loop recorders). The departments heart failure services include an in-patient ultrafiltration service, a joint consultant nephrologist & consultant cardiologist led cardio-renal clinic, a hospital based heart failure nurse specialist and a team of seven community heart failure nurse specialists.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
Knowledge
Essential
- Six months experience in Cardiology at ST1/2
Desirable
- Experience in Cardiology at ST3+ Grade
Management
Essential
- Good understanding of clinical governance
Desirable
- Demonstrable experience in clinical governance
Management
Essential
- Good understanding of audit principles
Desirable
Research
Essential
- Good understanding of research principles
Personal Skills
Essential
- Good organisational skills
Personal Skills
Essential
- Good communication skills
Personal Skills
Essential
- Ability to develop good working relationships
Personal Skills
Essential
- Commitment to continuing personal development
Personal Skills
Essential
- Good skills liaising across organisational boundaries
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.
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 .
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 .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website .
Employer details
Employer name
Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Homerton Hospital
Homerton Row
London
E9 6SR