Consultant Cardiologist - North East England

Triple West Medical have been appointed by an NHS Trust based in North East England to help recruit a Consultant Cardiologist for a substantive post, but will also consider a Locum Fixed Term Contract for 12 Months minimum. The NHS Trust will consider a Cardiologist with a range of special interests. The NHS Trust delivers integrated acute and community health services to a population of around 550,000 across multiple sites and is committed to delivering the highest standard of care and treatment to their patients and to consistently improve the overall patient experience. The service currently provides: ACU and inpatient care. Cardiology specialist care is provided during the working week (Monday to Friday). Cardiologists perform ward rounds on the weekend at the acute sites to review patients on the Acute Cardiac Units, cardiology wards and in the acute medical units. Invasive Coronary angiography Permanent pacing TTE, dobutamine stress echo (including independent nurse and physiologist studies) + TOE including 4d Cardiac MRI including stress studies Cardiac CT Nurse led heart failure clinics at all three sites, supported by a Nurse Consultant Nurse led clinics for chest pain and IHD (post MI or revascularisation) Nurse-led in-patient chest pain assessment service on both acute sites Arrhythmia nurse specialist Physiologist-led follow up of pacemakers and high energy devices Nuclear cardiology A comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation service in both acute hospitals and the community, which now provides for heart failure patients The new appointee will join the existing cardiologists in providing a robust “front of house” cardiology service. During Monday to Friday, each site has a cardiologist available to cover the Acute Cardiac unit, referrals on the acute admissions unit (AMU) and other wards and provide support to the in-reach nurse-led chest pain service. Brief Duties: Contribution to acute day-time cardiology at site base, on rotation with the existing cardiologists and trust specialists, covering the acute cardiac unit (8 beds on each site) cardiology step-down beds and cardiology referrals from AMU and other wards/departments. Participation in the weekend ward round rota (currently 6 hrs on each of Saturday and Sunday, 1 weekend in 7). Management of cardiology inpatients. Provision of outpatient clinics. Development and pursuit of specialist interest If you are interested in this Consultant Cardiologist vacancy, please apply. We also have other Consultant Cardiologist vacancies across the country.

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