Clinical Fellow - Echocardiography

Applications are invited for the post of Clinical Fellow in Echocardiography to work at Denmark Hill. The cardiac non-invasive diagnostic department performs over 30,000 non-invasive procedures per annum and 4,000 visits to the CRM device clinic. The Echo department features the latest cardiac ultrasound equipment in an all-encompassing digital echo lab. It provides transthoracic, TOE, 3-D, DSE and stress exercise echo and contrast studies for all specialties in the Trust. King’s College Hospital is a renowned research institution and encourages participation in new and ongoing projects.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible for contributing on a full-time basis to the clinical workload of the department and also providing more limited medical support to non-invasive cardiology in general. The post holder will be trained in aspects of clinical and echocardiographic assessment, patient selection, and programming. The successful candidate will also be trained in advanced aspects of Echo and will gain high volume experience. It is one of the busiest Echo departments in Europe and has a good track record for teaching and research.

Working for our organisation

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of £1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. The trust-wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King’s to another level. We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people. King’s is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone’s contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust’s carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You have a general duty of care for the health, safety and well-being of yourself, work colleagues, visitors and patients within the hospital in addition to any specific risk management or clinical governance responsibilities associated with this post. You are required to observe the rules, policies, procedures and standards of King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust together with all relevant statutory and professional obligations, including complying with statutory and Trust core training. You are required to observe and maintain strict confidentiality of personal information relating to patients and staff. You are required to be responsible, with management support, for your own personal development and to actively contribute to the development of colleagues. The post-holder has an important responsibility for, and contribution to make to, infection control and must be familiar with the infection control and hygiene requirements of this role. These requirements are set out in the National Code of Practice on Infection Control and in local policies and procedures, which will be made clear during your induction and subsequent refresher training. These standards must be strictly complied with at all times. All employees must hold an 'nhs.net' email account, which will be the Trust's formal route for email communication. You are therefore required to check this regularly and to deal with such communication promptly. This job description is intended as a guide to the general scope of duties and is not intended to be definitive or restrictive. It is expected that some of the duties will change over time and this description will be subject to review in consultation with the post-holder.

Education/Qualifications

• Full registration with the GMC
• MB BS (or equivalent)
• MRCP part 1 (or equivalent)
• MRCP part 2 (or equivalent)
• PhD, MD (original research)
• Other degrees/qualifications
• BSE or EACVI Adult Echo Accreditation or equivalent
• Extensive experience in cardiology
• ALS (or equivalent) within 2 years
• Research experience, presentations, publications

Skills/Knowledge/Ability

• Evidence of competence in care of cardiac patients at StR level.
• Fully competent in transthoracic echocardiography
• Basic PCI experience
• Evidence of participation and active involvement in an audit project
• Understanding of clinical risk management
• The ability to communicate with clarity and intelligibility in written and spoken English; ability to build rapport, listen, persuade, negotiate
• The ability to produce legible documentation
• The ability to take responsibility, show leadership, make decisions, exert appropriate authority
• Empathise with patients and work co-operatively with others
• Evidence of teaching experience; involvement in organised teaching
• Understanding of NHS, clinical governance & resource constraints; management/financial awareness
• Experience of committee work
• Information technology skills
• Academic prizes and honours
• Enthusiasm for teaching; exposure to different groups/teaching methods
• Teaching the teachers course and certificate

You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.