ConsultantCardiologyPermanent

Consultant Cardiologist

South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust

Sunderland

Salary

£109,725 – £145,478

Training post

No

Trust type

Foundation

Posted

2 weeks ago

About the role

Applications are invited for a consultant interventional cardiologist to join a team of 16 cardiologists providing comprehensive cardiology services from our two acute hospital sites in South Tyneside and Sunderland, serving a local population of nearly half a million, and providing specialist services across the wider integrated care system for a population of nearly 1 million people. The department provides 24/7 coronary intervention, complex device implantation and follow up, and a full range of cardiac imaging modalities. There are close links with the two regional surgical centres (Freeman hospital in Newcastle and James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough), with regular multi-disciplinary meetings for revascularisation and structural heart disease. The heart failure service is integrated across acute and community, covering South Tyneside, Sunderland and North Durham.

Consultant Cardiologist

South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust

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All consultants participate in an active weekly programme of departmental meetings for research, quality improvement and governance. The Trust has close links with Newcastle and Sunderland medical schools, with opportunities to become involved in teaching and supervision of medical students, resident doctors and nursing staff, and other allied health professionals. Job plans can be tailored to individuals to encompass special interests and flexible working.

The successful candidate will contribute to the general cardiology on-call rota (approx 1 in 13), with cross site inpatient ward commitments & elective sessions, working alongside our multi-professional cardiology team. There is a separate 1 in 7 24/7 interventional rota. Dedicated sessions for the successful applicant will include weekly interventional lab lists, general and sub-speciality clinics, and MDT meetings. There is a weekly interventional group meeting, fortnightly revascularisation MDT meeting, and weekly departmental meetings for governance, mortality, audit and research. The revascularisation MDT is supported by interventional and non-interventional cardiologists and visiting cardiothoracic surgeons.

Direct admissions are received in our dedicated chest pain assessment unit, staffed 24/7 by our cardiology advanced nurse practitioner team, and coronary care unit on the SRH site. Acute admissions on the STDH site are received via the emergency admissions unit (EAU) with in-reach from cardiology nurse practitioners. Elective cases are managed in our purpose-built recovery suite, with the cath labs co-located adjacent to the chest pain assessment unit, coronary care unit, and cardiology inpatient ward. Non-invasive cardiology, including echocardiography, is provided from dedicated facilities on both acute sites and from various community sites, supported by a highly skilled cardiac physiologist team with a number holding advanced accreditation.

Please add your telephone number to your application form so we can contact you quickly if required. One Team One Trust - There are many reasons to work at our Trust. From our commitment to putting people first to our accessible services and award winning teams. We have a passion for research, innovation and tackling inequalities. We are committed to respect, fairness and civility and promote a compassionate, caring and positive culture / working environment. We welcome all applications irrespective of peoples race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion/belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups. Looking after our workforces health and wellbeing is a priority for us. We also provide access to high quality education, training, career progression and support. Flexible working is supported via our Flexible Working Policy. The Trust employs around 8,746 people and provides a range of hospital services to a local community of around 430,000 residents. We also provide a range of more specialised services outside this area. We offer our staff outstanding benefits - Fitness Centre (SRH), libraries at both hospital sites, chaplaincy support and access to a Care Co-ordinator to help staff with childcare arrangements.If you use AI, and it poses a risk to the integrity of your individual recruitment process, we may withdraw your application at any stage of the process.

Person specification

Essential

Understanding of the NHS, Clinical Governance process and resource issues
Evidence of organisational, management and time management skills
Experience of supervising junior medical staff
Experience of participation in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching
Ability to teach clinical / technical / practical skills
Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical practice
Involvement in quality improvement measures
Alignment with the Trust core values and behaviours.
Flexible approach to service delivery and committed approach to development.
Committed to share in professional, managerial, and teaching responsibilities necessary to fulfil the obligations of the Directorate, to the Trust and its workforce.
Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives and healthcare workers and other agencies
Evidence of understanding of and adherence to principles of
Good Medical Practice set out by the GMC
Primary medical qualification
Full GMC registration
Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register or eligibility for entry within six months of the date of the AAC [there is flexibility with the 6-month period with Executive Medical Director approval]
Fully trained in General and Interventional Cardiology
Evidence of clinical audit
Understanding of clinical governance and a readiness to accept and acknowledge the responsibilities it implies.

Desirable

Evidence of management and administration experience and understanding management goals
Management course and / or certificate
Qualification in medical education
Undertaken research with published papers in refereed journals
Higher degree (MD / PhD)
Success in obtaining funding for research
Evidence of research or innovative service developments