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Consultant Cardiologist with sub-specialty interest in cardiac Imaging
glasgow royal infirmary
Information pack
reF: 28075d
Closing Date: 22nd march 2013
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SUMMARY INFORMATION
Post: consultant cardiologist with sub-specialty interest in cardiac imaging
Base: glasgow royal infirmary
Applications are invited for the above post within NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and the West of Scotland Regional Heart and Lung Service. The base site for this post within NHS GG&C is Glasgow Royal Infirmary.
The successful candidate will be expected to provide a full range of consultant services as agreed with colleagues and management, including out-patient and in-patient work. Out-patient work will be undertaken at Glasgow Royal Infirmary and Stobhill Ambulatory Care Hospital, and will include combined new and return clinics in diabetes and endocrinology. The appointee will also contribute to acute cardiology receiving, the consultant on-call rota and to general cardiology cover at weekends.
Interventional cardiology services, including cardiac and thoracic services, are fully operational within the West of Scotland Regional Heart and Lung Service based at the Golden Jubilee National Hospital. Jointly, the well established medical cardiology services within NHS GG&C and the GJNH provide a high quality clinical service in all areas of cardiology including full range of cardiac catheterisation procedures, brady and complex pacing device implantation, electrophysiology, general cardiology, heart failure and adult congenital heart. Base sites for the successful appointee joining the active cardiology services, and the potential requirement to work at the GJNH on a sessional basis, will be determined by post and area of specialist interest. The successful appointee will play a role in expanding and developing services – our intention is to create a single system for patients and staff across NHSGG&C and GJNH. In addition to the identified specialist interests, the successful appointees will share the general cardiology and general medical workload with other colleagues across NHSGG&C and GJNH sites. There is a substantial academic presence and very good links with Glasgow University in all areas of the services provided. A number of consultants have national and international reputations.
Applicants must have full registration with the General Medical Council, a licence to practice and be eligible for inclusion in the GMC Specialist Register. Those trained in the UK should have evidence of higher Specialist Training leading to a CCT in Emergency Medicine or eligibility for specialist registration (CESR) or be within six months of confirmed entry at the date of interview. Non UK applicants must demonstrate equivalent training and have some experience of working in the NHS.
For further information please contact Dr David Murdoch, Cardiology Clinical Director, Department of Medical Cardiology, Southern General Hospital tel: 0141 201 1767 or Dr Hany Eteiba, Associate Medical Director, Division of Regional and National Medicine West of Scotland Heart & Lung Centre Golden Jubilee National Hospital tel; 0141 951 5000.
NHS GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE
GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY
CONSULTANT CARDIOLOGIST with sub-specialty interest in Imaging
REF: 28075D
Person Specification
The successful candidate should have the MRCP and be within 6 months of obtaining a CCT in cardiology from the date of Interview. You should have extensive training in general cardiology and cardiac imaging, particularly echocardiography and cardiac CT. Training in cardiac MR would be desirable.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Living & Working in Glasgow
Glasgow is a compact, vibrant and modern city. There are top-ranking schools, excellent leisure facilities, beautiful golf courses and elegant accommodation across all price ranges. The night life and restaurants are renowned and its opera, theatres, art galleries and museums offer plenty of cultural stimulation. It’s shopping and retail sector is regarded as one of the best in the UK and arguably second only to London.
Health Board
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is the largest health board in Scotland and serves a population of 1.1 million people. There are 8 hospitals north of the River Clyde, all with teaching responsibilities: Glasgow Royal Infirmary (including Princess Royal Maternity Hospital), New Stobhill Hospital, Lightburn Hospital, Glasgow Dental Hospital and School, Western Infirmary, Gartnavel General Hospital, Drumchapel Hospital, and Blawarthill Hospital. Three hospitals are situated in the south side of the city: Southern General Hospital, Victoria Infirmary and Dykebar Hospital. The acute Hospitals sites in Clyde are the Royal Alexandra Hospital, Inverclyde Hospital and the Vale of Leven Hospital. The Golden Jubilee National Hospital (GJNH) in Clydebank is the setting for the new West of Scotland Heart and Lung Centre. The centre brings together, on a single site, cardiothoracic surgical services for the West of Scotland and is the dedicated unit for all interventional cardiology including primary PCI for NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and most surrounding Health Boards.
Acute Services Division
The Acute Services Division is the largest group of adult acute hospitals in Scotland. It enjoys close links with Glasgow’s three universities and makes a significant contribution to teaching at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. Research also has a high profile within the organisation. Excellent education facilities are also provided at Glasgow Royal Infirmary and the new ambulatory care hospital at Stobhill Hospital. The Service in North Glasgow presently employs more than 14,300 staff serving a core catchment population of 560,000.
Glasgow Royal Infirmary
Glasgow Royal Infirmary (GRI) is one of the major teaching complexes of the University of Glasgow. It provides the Accident and Emergency service for the North and Eastern districts of Glasgow and has inpatients beds in general medicine, medicine for the elderly, general surgery, orthopaedics, plastic surgery and obstetrics and gynaecology. There are also beds in intensive care, high dependency, and coronary care. Following the closure of Stobhill hospital at the end of March 2011 all medical beds, with the exception of some long-stay care of the elderly beds, are on the GRI site.
GRI is well equipped for undergraduate and postgraduate teaching. There are academic units in Anaesthetics, Cardiology, Human Nutrition, Medicine, Surgery, and Obstetrics and Gynaecology.
There is a 40 bedded cardiology ward (ward 43) with 20 acute cardiology beds and a coronary care unit (CCU). Those needing admission for a primary cardiological problem go from an Acute Assessment Unit (AAU) or A&E to the acute cardiology beds in ward 43 or CCU. The cardiologists also provide a daily consult service to patients needing review in the Acute Medicine Unit (AMU). At GRI medical emergencies are admitted through AAU or through Accident & Emergency (A&E) to an AMU.
Acute admissions to medicine range from 45 to 70 per day. Patients requiring a short stay will be discharged from AMU/acute cardiology beds. Those requiring longer stays are transferred ‘downstream’ to medical wards (non acute cardiology bed in ward 43 for cardiological problems).
Cardiology.
The Cardiology unit is accommodated in CCU and Ward 43 and has capacity for 54 inpatients. Consultant cover is provided by Drs Hogg, Goodfield and the newly appointed EP consultant. It is envisaged that the successful candidate will contribute two ward rounds per week.
Cardiology out-patient care is delivered in the out patient department at Glasgow Royal Infirmary and in the New Stobhill Ambulatory Care Hospital (ACH).
Echocardiography. The Kerry-Jane Hogg Heart Unit at Stobhill ACH has 2 large dedicated echocardiography rooms each with a Philips iE33. There are 1.5 dedicated echo technician WTE’s performing 13 sessions of transthoracic echocardiography per week, amounting to 2775 echocardiograms / year. There are also 2 dedicated consultant sessions per week in which OP TOE, DSE and advanced echo are performed. The GRI Cardiology Department has 2 dedicated echo rooms each with a GE Vivid7. There are 2.7 dedicated echo technicians performing transthoracic echocardiography per week, amounting to 7112 echocardiogram / year.
Cardiac CT. Cardiac CT in GG&C is performed either at the at GRI - 1 dedicated session of 7 OP CT's and further ad hoc IP CT's per week. These are performed on a 64 slice Toshiba machine and workstation.
Cardiac MR. Current adult CMR in GG&C is performed at Stobhill (20 studies per month) where there is a 1.5T Philips Achieva. At the end of March this year a new 1.5T Philips Ingenia will be installed at GRI with specialist cardiac protocols installed providing potential for performing stress perfusion studies.
All cardiothoracic surgery and interventional cardiology is carried out at the West of Scotland Heart and Lung Centre in the Golden Jubilee National Hospital in Clydebank on the outskirts of Glasgow. This is a dedicated regional unit for interventional cardiology including primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). In 2009 the hospital carried out approximately 2600 PCI procedures (including 700 PPCI’s), 400 device implants (CRT and ICD) and 350 electrophysiology interventions. With this array of specialist cardiopulmonary services the GJNH is one of the largest heart and lung centres in Europe.
Medical Staffing
Dr Adrian Brady (General Cardiology)
Dr Karen Hogg (Heart Failure)
Dr Nicholas Goodfield (Imaging)
Dr Joanne Lindsay (Devices)
Professor Andrew Rankin (University) (EP)
Dr Alan Rae (EP)
Dr Derek Connelly (EP)
Dr Mark Petrie (Heart Failure)
Dr Hany Eteiba (Intervention)
Dr Roy Gardner (Heart Failure and Devices)
Junior doctor support is provided by SpR/StR, CMT, GPST, FY2 and FY1 doctors.
Duties of the Post
This is a new consultant post and the successful candidate will be expected to provide a full range of consultant services as agreed with colleagues including in-patient management of patients admitted to the cardiology wards. The pattern and frequency of these duties will be finalised following appointment to the post.
It is envisaged that outpatient work will be undertaken both at GRI and at Stobhill ACH. It is expected that the successful candidate will provide three clinics per week to support the unit in striving to meet the 12 week waiting list target. The development of a subspecialty interest will be encouraged and supported. In particular, the department has a need to expand its imaging capacity in providing echocardiography and CT coronary angiography, however, other interests could be accommodated.
Consultants are expected to participate actively in audit, and initiate and supervise audit projects related to specialty interest. Participation in national audit is encouraged. One SPA session is allocated for audit, appraisal, job planning and professional development. A split of 9:1 between direct clinical care PAs and supporting professional activities is now the advertised standard for all new consultant job plans in Scotland. The one SPA minimum will reflect activity such as appraisal, personal audit and professional development occurring outside study leave time. Once the candidate has been appointed more SPA time may be agreed for activities such as undergraduate and postgraduate medical training which takes place outside direct clinical care, as well as research and/or management. These activities must be specifically and clearly identified and be agreed with the candidate and desired by the directorate.
Management Arrangements
Cardiology is part of the Emergency Care and Medical Specialties Directorate, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. Mr Grant Archibald is the Director of Emergency Care and Medical Specialties across NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, and is supported by Dr David Raeside, Associate Medical Director. The Clinical Director for Cardiology is Dr David Murdoch, specific management responsibility for Cardiology is by Mr Alan Hunter, General Manager Cardiology, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.
Proposed Timetable
10 PA (9 DCC, 1 SPA)
| |Monday |Tuesday |Wednesday |Thursday |Friday |
|AM |Return Clinic |Ward Round | |TOE |Ward round |
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| | | | |GRI |GRI |
| |GRI |GRI | | | |
| | | | | | |
|PM |SPA |New Patient Clinic |Imaging session |Echo |Admin |
| | | | | | |
| | | |GRI/Stobhill ACH | | |
| | |GRI | |GRI | |
Some flexibility in timing of sessions, taking into account Bank Holidays, prospective cover in colleagues’ absence, and occurrence of receiving ward rounds, will be required.
A job plan, based on the proposed timetable will be finalised after appointment.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
| |ESSENTIAL |DESIRABLE |
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|QUALIFICATIONS |Full GMC and a Licence to Practice | |
| |Those trained in the UK should have evidence of higher specialist | |
| |training leading to CCT or eligibility for specialist registration | |
| |(CESR) or be within 6 months of confirmed entry from date of Interview| |
| |MRCP or equivalent. | |
| |Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for |Sub-specialty interest. |
|CLINICAL EXPERIENCE |gaining UK CCT in Acute Cardiology Medicine. | |
| |Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on a range of clinical | |
| |problems in Cardiology Medicine. | |
| |Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care | |
| |of patients. | |
| |Ability to advise on the efficient and smooth running of the |Attendance at management course |
|MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE |Cardiology Service. |for clinicians. |
|EXPERIENCE |Ability to organise and manage ward patients, and outpatient | |
| |priorities. | |
| |Experience of audit management and IT systems. | |
| |Ability and willingness to work within NHS GG&C and NHS Scotland | |
| |performance framework and access targets. | |
| |Experience of supervising medical trainees. |Experience of MMC assessment |
|TEACHING EXPERIENCE |Ability to teach clinical skills. |tools. |
| |Ability to work in a team. | |
|OTHER ATTRIBUTES |Good interpersonal skills. | |
| |Caring attitude to patients. | |
| |Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, | |
| |nursing staff and other relevant parties. | |
| |Commitment to the requirements of clinical governance. | |
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE
The conditions of service are those laid down and amended from time to time by the Hospital and Medical & Dental Whitley Council.
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|TYPE OF CONTRACT |Permanent |
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|GRADE AND SALARY |Consultant |
| |£ 74,504 £ 100,446 per annum (pro rata) |
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| |New Entrants to the NHS will normally commence on the minimum point of the salary scale, (dependent on |
| |qualifications and experience). Salary is paid monthly by Bank Credit Transfer. |
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|HOURS OF DUTY |Full Time 40.00 |
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|SUPERANNUATION |You have the option to join the NHS Superannuation Scheme, to participate in the State Earnings Related |
| |Pension Scheme or to take out a Personal Pension. Employee’s contributions to the NHS Scheme are Tiered |
| |based on your earnings and the employers contribution equates to 13.5 % of salary. Employees in the NHS |
| |Scheme are “Contracted-out” of the State Earnings Related Pension Scheme and pay a lower rate of National |
| |Insurance contributions. Employees who choose to participate in the State Earnings Related Pension Scheme|
| |pay the higher rate of National Insurance contribution. A Stakeholder Pension is also available. A |
| |Personal Pension is a private arrangement agreed with the pension provider that will be an organisation |
| |such as a Bank, Building Society or Insurance Company. |
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|REMOVAL EXPENSES |Assistance with removal and associated expenses may be given and would be discussed and agreed prior to |
| |appointment. |
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|EXPENSES OF CANDIDATES FOR APPOINTMENT |Candidates who are requested to attend an interview will be given assistance with appropriate travelling |
| |expenses. Re-imbursement shall not normally be made to employees who withdraw their application or refuse |
| |an offer of appointment. |
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|TOBACCO POLICY |NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde operate a No Smoking Policy in all premises and grounds. |
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| |This post is considered to be in the category of “Regulated Work” and therefore requires a Disclosure |
|DISCLOSURE SCOTLAND |Scotland Protection of Vulnerable Groups Scheme (PVG) Membership. |
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|CONFIRMATION OF ELIGIBILITY TO WORK IN THE|NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) has a legal obligation to ensure that it’s employees, |
|UK |both EEA and non EEA nationals, are legally entitled to work in the United Kingdom. Before any person can|
| |commence employment within NHS GGC they will need to provide documentation to prove that they are eligible|
| |to work in the UK. Non EEA nationals will be required to show evidence that either Entry Clearance or |
| |Leave to Remain in the UK has been granted for the work which they are applying to do. Where an |
| |individual is subject to immigration control under not circumstances will they be allowed to commence |
| |until the right to work in the UK has been verified. ALL applicants regardless of nationality must |
| |complete and return the Confirmation of Eligibility to Work in the UK Statement with their completed |
| |application form. You will be required provide appropriate documentation prior to any appointment being |
| |made. |
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|REHABILITATION OF OFFENDERS ACT 1974 |The rehabilitation of Offenders act 1974 allows people who have been convicted of certain criminal |
| |offences to regard their convictions as “spent” after the lapse of a period of years. However, due to the|
| |nature of work for which you are applying this post is exempt from the provisions of Section 4 of the |
| |Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 by virtue of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions |
| |Orders 1975 and 1986). Therefore, applicants are required to disclose information about convictions which |
| |for other purposes are “spent” under the provision of the act in the event of employment, failure to |
| |disclose such convictions could result in dismissal or disciplinary action by NHS Greater Glasgow and |
| |Clyde. Any information given will be completely confidential. |
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|DISABLED APPLICANTS |A disability or health problems does not preclude full consideration for the job and applications from |
| |people with disabilities are welcome. All information will be treated as confidential. NHS Greater |
| |Glasgow and Clyde guarantees to interview all applicants with disabilities who meet the minimum criteria |
| |for the post. You will note on our application form that we ask for relevant information with regard to |
| |your disability. This is simply to ensure that we can assist you, if you are called for interview, to |
| |have every opportunity to present your application in full. We may call you to discuss your needs in more|
| |detail if you are selected for interview. |
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|GENERAL |NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde operates flexible staffing arrangements whereby all appointments are to a |
| |grade within a department. The duties of an officer may be varied from an initial set of duties to any |
| |other set, which are commensurate with the grade of the officer. The enhanced experience resulting from |
| |this is considered to be in the best interest of both NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and the individual. |
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|EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES |The postholder will undertake their duties in strict accordance with NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde’s Equal|
| |Opportunities Policy. |
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|NOTICE |The employment is subject to three months’ notice on either side, subject to appeal against dismissal. |
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|MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE |In terms of NHS Circular 1989 (PCS) 32 dealing with Medical Negligence the Health Board does not require |
| |you to subscribe to a Medical Defence Organisation. Health Board indemnity will cover only Health Board |
| |responsibilities. It may, however, be in your interest to subscribe to a defence organisation in order to |
| |ensure you are covered for any work, which does not fall within the scope of the indemnity scheme. |
FURTHER INFORMATION
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Applicants wishing further information about the post are invited to contact Dr David Murdoch, Cardiology Clinical Director, Department of Medical Cardiology, Southern General Hospital tel: 0141 201 1767 or Dr Hany Eteiba, Associate Medical Director, Division of Regional and National Medicine West of Scotland Heart & Lung Centre Golden Jubilee National Hospital tel: 0141 951 5000, with whom visiting arrangements can also be made.
How to apply
To apply for these posts please include your CV and names and addresses of 3 Referees, along with the following documents; (click on the hyperlinks to open)
Medical and Dental Application and Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form
Declaration Form Regarding Fitness to Practice
Immigration Questionnaire
Alternatively please visit .uk/medicaljobs and click on the “How to Apply” tab to access application for and CV submission information.
Return of Applications
Please return your application by email to nhsggcrecruitment@ or to the recruitment address below;
Medical and Dental Recruitment Team
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Recruitment Services, 1st Floor
Modular Building, Gartnavel Royal Hospital
1055 Great Western Road
GLASGOW
G12 0XH
CLOSING DATE
The closing Date will be 22nd March 2013
INTERVIEW DATE
The interview date will be 26th April 2013
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