Locum consultant in Cardiology

Job overview

An opportunity has arisen to join our team at Ipswich in our Medicine Division We are inviting applications for a 12 month fixed term Locum Consultant Cardiologist

Applicants will have completed CCT or equivalent (CESR) and must be on the Specialist Register.

The Ipswich Cardiology department is established, busy and expanding. It provides a range of inpatient and outpatient cardiology services including, but not limited to, coronary angiograpy, PCI, pacing, complex echo, cardiac MRI­­. There are current plans to expand the PCI service and to develop a coronary CT service.

There are currently 15 cardiology consultants across the two sites with 8 based at Ipswich. A range of subspeciality interests are supported.

Catheter Laboratories

There are two catheter laboratories on the Ipswich site and one shared facility on the Colchester site.

Clinics

General outpatient clinics are offered as well as sub-specialty clinics.

The consultants are supported by a team of registrars, resident doctors, specialist nurses, cardiac physiologists and radiographers..

Main duties of the job

Clinical responsibilities

The key duties and responsibilities are:

• General responsibilities including participation in the consultant on-call rota
• Specialist clinics
• Outpatient clinics
• Procedures as per specialty
• Teaching
• Other care of inpatients or outpatients
• Clinical and other administration as required by agreement
• Teaching and training of junior staff and undergraduates
• Participation in clinical governance

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

General

All consultants in the department have a continuing and individual responsibility for the care of patients in their charge and a general responsibility to provide, in conjunction with their colleagues, an effective service to meet the needs of local people within the resources available.

The postholder will:

• Work with colleagues to provide a consultant-led service with the highest standards of care
• Work with the multi-professional team to develop care pathways and clinical guidelines
• Develop and maintain good working practices within wards, outpatients and A&E
• Collaborate and promote close working links with colleagues in tertiary centres, community services and primary care
• Offer support and leadership to junior medical colleagues, nursing colleagues and other members of the multi-disciplinary team