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..
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
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisation in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
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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
This advert closes on Tuesday 29 Oct 2024