Duties will be based primarily on our Wakefield (Pinderfields) site although all our medical staff are involved in delivering care to patients on all three sites across the Trust. The main duties of the post will include:
Providing, in conjunction with Consultant colleagues, an acute cardiology service to the Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust.
Inpatient cardiology work including the 11 bedded CCU and 28 bedded cardiology ward
Urgent and Emergency Care duties for cardiology at Pinderfields out of hours is currently assessed as 0.45PA per week, with local weekday on-calls (1:15), and weekend on-calls (1:12). This equates to an 3% availability supplement. Time off in lieu will be arranged via the job planning process
The Department runs 2 “cardiologist of the week” rotas on a 1 in 13 basis;
- One for the 11 bedded CCU (which includes accepting referrals from the Acute Admissions Unit and from inpatients elsewhere in the hospital)
- One for the 28 bedded cardiology ward.
The current Heart Failure Service consists of 2 consultants, a Heart Failure Team Manager (0.4 WTE), 2 WTE band 7 Heart Failure Nurses, a 0.9 WTE band 7 Heart Failure Nurse, 1 WTE band 6 Heart Failure Nurse and a 0.8 WTE band 6 Heart Failure Nurse. The service provides in-reach to the Pinderfields Hospital Site, care of Heart Failure patients in the community, in addition to clinics in heart failure management and complex-devices.
The successful candidate will be expected to support ward rounds and provide specialist opinions for outlying patients in the wider trust. The successful candidate will be expected to deliver outpatient clinics.
Participate in, and help further develop the heart failure service in conjunction with the team of 2 other Heart Failure consultants.
Participate in inpatient care of cardiology, and GIM patients if appropriate.
Participate in outpatients (general and specialist) including providing advice to primary care colleagues via “e-consultation” on our shared care referral pathway.
Supervision and teaching of the junior staff (SPA time allocated according to the roles commissioned)
Supporting the development of the cardiology services in line with developing local and national requirements (with time allocated according to role and requirement)
Contributing to the department’s audit and research portfolio (time according to role commissioned)
Administrative duties, for which appropriate Consultant office space and secretarial support and IT facilities are provided.
Please see the attached full job description for an example weekly timetable.
