Consultant in Cardiologist - Specialist in Heart Failure
The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust is excited to invite applications for an enthusiastic and motivated Consultant Cardiologist with a special interest in Heart Failure. You will join a dedicated team of five cardiology consultants, working within a dynamic and expanding department that prioritizes innovation and patient-centered care.
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As part of a well-established regional model of care, Rotherham has been commissioned as the second centre for complex cardiac device implantation and follow-up in South Yorkshire. Our Cath lab regularly collaborates with visiting consultants from across the region, including Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, ensuring access to the latest expertise and shared learning.
In this role, you will take the lead in shaping and developing our heart failure service, working closely with a skilled multidisciplinary team. You will have the opportunity to drive service improvement and innovation, making a real impact on patient outcomes. Additionally, the post offers flexible working arrangements and a supportive, forward-thinking environment that fosters professional growth and work-life balance.
If you are passionate about delivering high-quality cardiology care and contributing to the development of services, we encourage you to apply.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will be fully supported by the Cardiology consultants within their area and will work closely with the on call medical team and Heart Failure nursing team.
Friendly and dedicated nursing colleagues will also support new colleagues throughout their time at the Trust.
The department offers the opportunity to gain excellent experience within the Cardiology service, the management of a wide case mix of acute cardiac admissions across ward A1, Coronary Care Unit (CCU) and the Cardiac Catheter Suite (CCS).
You will work within an inpatient bed base over 2 wards, including a CCU, which are home to friendly and engaged nursing teams. You will be supported by 5 consultant colleagues, 2 Specialty Doctors, 1 Higher Level trainee, 5 Resident doctors, an advanced nurse practitioner, a clinician scientist, heart failure and arrhythmia nurse specialists, and highly trained physiologists.
Job responsibilities
The Department
This post is for a full-time Consultant Cardiologist with a specialist interest in Heart Failure.
The post will be based mainly at Rotherham General Hospital. You will join a well-established Cardiology unit with the opportunity to develop and deliver state of the art services in a tailor made Cardiology suite including purpose built catheterisation laboratory. We have a recently installed state of the art Philips Azurion C12 cardiac catheterisation laboratory dedicated for Cardiology.
The precise job plan of this post will be tailored to the skills of the applicant alongside the needs of the Department. You will be joining a team of five other Consultant Cardiologists, including one with sub-specialty interest in cardiac device therapy, two imaging specialists, one interventional cardiologist and one general cardiologist.
There is no commitment to General Medical on-call. There are plans for local Cardiology weekend services to provide specialist review of cardiology inpatients on CCU and Cardiology wards as well as other Medical wards.
For interested candidates there is the opportunity to develop research interest and time for this can be factored into your job plan. We have a successful portfolio of research studies within the cardiology unit supported by a research nurse from the Trust R&D Department.
The Post
Consultant Cardiologist with an Interest in Heart Failure, this is a full time post. The primary clinical responsibilities of the post-holder are:
* To take a leadership role in providing care for Heart failure patients including Heart failure clinics and patients been admitted through emergency department with Heart failure.
* To work closely with the TRFT Heart Failure nurses and community in providing excellent patient care.
* To be part of future plans in implementing consultant of the week model and weekend ward cover.
* To have the opportunity to be part of the Cath Lab activity for Inpatients and outpatients procedures which will include angiograms and pacemakers.
Person SpecificationEducation and Teaching
* Proven ability to teach and train others
Ability and Skills
* Specific skills required to undertake the role above those required to achieve CCT
Research and Audit
* Evidence of audit and the implementation of change following the audit
* Relevant research published in peer review journal
Qualifications
* Full registration and a licence to practise with the GMC
* Please confirm your GMC Registration number
* On specialist register or eligible to be included on the Specialist register - CCT / CESR expected within 6 months of interview date
Experience
* Experience in heart failure
* Angiogram / pacemaker
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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