You will be expected to coordinate a strategy to achieve an improvement in overall cardiac health for the population served by the Cardiology Service. The appointee will be responsible, in conjunction with his/her colleagues, for maintaining a comprehensive Cardiology service to the population of Sunderland and South Tyneside and others choosing to use the Service. The Cardiologists will share clinical responsibility for cardiology patients across the clinical areas in accordance with the agreed admissions policy. The appointee is not expected to participate in the GIM rota. It is expected that the successful candidate will see new and follow up outpatient referrals in two outpatient clinic sessions per week. There may be junior staff in attendance for training purposes. For candidates with experience in advanced echo, you will be expected to provide clinical and strategic leadership for the multiprofessional team delivering echo services. Specifically, you will provide oversight and take the lead to deliver governance over transthoracic echocardiography, stress echocardiography, highly specialist transoesophageal echocardiography and contribute to multi-modality heart valve disease assessment. There is facility to deliver advanced transoesophageal and stress echocardiography now and the candidate will be supported to contribute to plans for expansion of the service. Departmental British Society of Echocardiography accreditation is an opportunity for the candidate to demonstrate excellence. This will involve working closely with colleagues to maintain and improve a high-quality service, consistent with national standards. There is facility to provide stress echo for candidates with the relevant training and experience. This is a new post, which has been established, to join the current cardiac imaging team. We welcome applications from candidates with national or international imaging society accreditation to deliver high clinical standards and participate in departmental imaging related governance and training. The candidate will be expected to participate in the general cardiology on call rota on a 1:10 to 1:12 basis. PLEASE REFER TO THE ATTACHED JOB DESCRIPTION FOR FULL DUTIES OF THE ROLE