Clinical Lead Post in Inherited Cardiovascular Disease

We are looking for Clinical Lead Consultant Cardiologist specialising in inherited cardiac conditions., To help ensure that all national audits relevant to the service are discussed within six months of report publication and a documented action plan with identified accountable individuals, clear objectives and outcome metrics is put in place.

To ensure that within each clinical area, effective systems and processes are established to enable the delivery of the clinical governance agenda and quality assurance protocols.

To attend a regular multi-professional Quality and Safety meeting to review complaints, serious incidents, risks, and good practice in order to ensure that a documented plan of action in response to each is in place. The plan should include delegated individual responsibility, clear outcome metrics and timelines.

The post will be appointed to the Barts Heart Centre, based at St Bartholomew's Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust.

The merger of three cardiac services into the new cardiovascular centre creates a new world-class institution that will provide state of the art cardiovascular care to a population of six million people. Under the leadership of the local academic health science network, UCL Partners, we are striving for excellence in academic and clinical domains, including the appointment of new clinical academics to ensure future excellence.

The Inherited Cardiovascular Disease service at Bart's Health is the largest of its kind in Europe. The multidisciplinary team includes consultants with training in inherited cardiovascular disease and other sub-specialty interests., Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.