Weare looking for an individual to fill this replacement post within theCardiology Department at the Leeds General Infirmary.
Theechocardiography and valve service is led by Dr Dominik Schlosshan togetherwith Dr Ananth Kidambi, Dr Kate Gatenby and Dr James ONeill. The purpose ofthis appointment is to continue core cardiology clinical activity followingdeparture, and support further expansion and innovation within of theechocardiography , support for the structural valve disease programme and valveservices.
Thesuccessful applicant must hold a CCST or equivalent, and have completed higherspecialist training (or equivalent).
Applicantsmust be eligible to apply for inclusion on the specialist register.
Applicantsshould have established skills in Cardiology and its related specialtiesincluding echocardiography and heart valve disease.
Leeds Teaching Hospitals is one of the largestteaching hospital trusts in Europe, with access to leading clinical expertiseand medical technology. We care forpeople from all over the country as well as the 780k residents of Leeds. The Trust has a budget of £1 billion. Our 15k staff ensures that every year wetreat 1,5m people in our 2,000 beds or out-patient settings, comprising 100,000-daycases, 125,000 in-patients, 200k A&E visits and 1m out-patientappointments. We operate from 7hospitals on 5 sites all linked by the same vision, philosophy, and cultureto be the best for specialist and integrated care.
Main duties of the job
Thisappointment will be based at the Leeds General Infirmary, one of the largestand most modern tertiary cardiac centres in the UK, serving a population ofover 3 million. There are 6 state of the art Cardiac Catheter laboratories,with over 2000 PCIs, including 24/7 primary PCI, over 900 invasiveelectrophysiology/cardiac ablations and in excess of 700 implantable deviceprocedures per annum, making the West Yorkshire Heart Centre one of the highestvolume units in the UK. The Valve clinic and interventional TAVI service is thelargest in the UK outside of London. In addition, ICC, advanced imaging,cardiac MRI, adult congenital cardiology, paediatric cardiology andinterventional paediatric cardiology, as well as adult and paediatric cardiacsurgical services, all complement each other within the same site.
Thedepartment consists of 2 inpatient wards (one acute admissions cardiologyward), a day case interventional ward, a day case seated suite, 6 lab cathetersuite and a 10 bed CCU.
Thepost is fixed term for 6 months starting as soon as possible, with options toextend if mutually agreed.
Furtherinformation and contact details can be found in the attached job description.
Prospectiveapplicants are encouraged to visit the department and are invited to contactany of the following persons:
DrAndrew Hogarth Clinical Director
DrDominik Schlosshan Lead Clinician
DrKate Gatenby Lead Clinician
MrsGina McGawley General Manager
About us
Comeand join our team in Leeds and become part of The Leeds Way sharing ourvision and values. Our Trust is recognised for our staff engagement, great careand rated GOOD by the Care Quality Commission.
LeedsTeaching Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest acute health providers inthe UK and based in one of the fastest growing and vibrant cities in the north.
AtCardio-Respiratory CSU, we aim to be a fair and supportive CSU with positive,caring teams who are champions of the Leeds Way values. Our values are part ofwhat make us different from other trusts, so we see this as a strength, as wellas a responsibility. They have been developed by our staff and set out whatthey see as important to how we work.Our five values are:
Accountable
Empowered
Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our processof redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. Assuch, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the rightto close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you doexperience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, pleasebear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact ifyou have any questions.
Job responsibilities
Thisappointment will be based at the West Yorkshire Heart Centre, Leeds GeneralInfirmary.
Thisis a 10 PA locum appointment for a Locum Consultant Cardiologist with a focuson valvular heart disease and echocardiography. Applicants with specialistinterests in other elements of the cardiology service will be welcome toapply.
Thispost holder will flexibly deliver 10 PAs of valvular heart disease outpatientand echocardiography with up to 1.5 PAs negotiable for other specialistinterests, if mutually agreed.
LeedsTeaching Hospitals is one of the largest teaching hospital trusts in Europe.It serves tertiary population of 3 million across the West Yorkshire region.There is a team of 33 full or part time Consultant Cardiologists.
Wecare for people from all over the country as well as the 780,000 residents ofLeeds. The Trust has a budget of £1billion. Our 15,000 staff ensures thatevery year we treat 1,500,000 people in our 2,000 beds or out-patientsettings, comprising 100,000 day cases, 125,000 in-patients, 200,000 A&Evisits and 1,050,000 out-patient appointments. We operate from 7 hospitals on 5 sites alllinked by the same vision, philosophy and culture to be the best forspecialist and integrated care.
TheCardiac imaging department in Leeds offers all cardiac imaging modalitiesincluding Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (CMR), Cardiovascular ComputedTomography (CTCA) and is led by Dr Dominik Schlosshan, clinical lead forcardiac imaging.
TheCardiac imaging department is supported by 10 imaging consultantcardiologists dedicated to cardiovascular imaging with a broad range ofexpertise.
TheCardiac Ultrasound department performs over 25000 transthoracicechocardiograms, including all specialty techniques such as 3D and strainimaging, more than 2,000 stress echos and in excess of 500 transoesophagealechos (TOE) and interventional TOE.
Thedepartment actively supports a tertiary heart valve disease service with preprocedure imaging and interventional TOE for trans-catheter and surgicalvalve intervention.
Leedsprovides one of the largest valve services in the UK. It offers all streamsof a heart valve centre of excellence including valve surveillance,assessment of complex valve disease, surgical and trans-catheter treatment ofvalve disease within a multidisciplinary team.
Leedsreceives region wide referrals for valve disease management, collaboratingwith interventional colleagues, Cardiac Surgery and Valve teams
Leedsoffers one of the largest trans-catheter aortic valve implant (TAVI) programsin the UK with > 500 TAVI implants annually. There is a growing mitralintervention program and Leeds is a commissioned regional centre fortranscatheter edge to edge repair (TEER) performing around 50 TEER procedures annually.
Thereis also interventional TOE support for LAA closure, paravalvar leak closures,post MI ventricular septal defect closures, TAVI in MVR and percutaneoustransvenous mitral commissurotomy (PTMC).
Thedepartment actively participates in valve multidisciplinary meetings,peri-operative TOE and after care in patients with valve disease. There isalso a highly regarded congenital and adult congenital echo service thatsupports PFO and ASD closures
Leedshas a strong record of innovation and is involved in several multinationalclinical trials in trans-catheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) andtricuspid valve replacement.
TheCMR department is led by Prof Plein a BSCMR accredited CMR laboratories andperforms over 2,500 clinical CMR scans covering all indications fromcongenital to stress CMR. The department uses two state of the art PhilipsMRI scanners (1.5 Ingenia and 3 Tesla Achieva) and a 3T Siemens scanner.
TheCardiac CT service is led by Radiology with Cardiology participation and usesa Siemens Force scanner performing over 1200 CT coronary angiograms and alarge number of gated scans for interventional planning of structuralinterventions. CT images are analysed using a dedicated software(3Mensio).
Thereare active Teaching and Research links with the Leeds School of Medicine andthe University of Leeds, both well situated on adjacent sites. The CMRresearch group has a world leading reputation for its clinical researchincluding large single and multi-centre imaging trials and currently employs8 clinical fellows.
Thepost is fixed term for 6 months starting as soon as possible, with options toextend if mutually agreed.
Person Specification
Clinical Experience and Career Progression
Should have completed a recognised training programme in Cardiology
Must be able to demonstrate a high level of clinical experience and competence in management and assessment of valvular heart disease.
Experience of performing transoseophageal echo to support structural cardaic prodeures, including experience of mTEER, tTEER, valvuloplasty, TAVI in mitral, LAA occlusion device
Working towards accreditation in CT and cardiac MRI
Qualifications
CCT or equivalent with elligibility to join specialist register
MRCP or equivalent
Must have TOE and TTE accreditation (EACVI or equivalent)
Eligibility, Fitness to practice, and Language Skills
Eligible for full registration with the GMC at time of appointment and hold a current licence to practice
Eligibility to work in the UK.
Is up to date and fit to practise safely
All applicants to have demonstrable skills in written and spoken English adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues
Clinical, Academic, and Personal Skills
Evidence of the ability to carry out medical research.
Experience in training undergraduate medical students and postgraduate doctors.
Well organised and skilled in good time management.
Demonstrate ability to relate to and work within a team.
Effective interpersonal skills.
Previous experience of supervising research by junior staff
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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