Cardiology Consultant with Interest in Cardiac Imaging & Heart Failure

Job overview

Applications are invited for a full time Consultant Cardiologist at Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust. The Trust is seeking to appoint a Substantive Consultant Cardiologist with a special interest in cardiovascular imaging plus heart failure. The cardiovascular imaging modality which would form part of the post would be dependent on the skillset of the successful candidate. The duties of this post are currently being undertaken by a locum appointment.

Main duties of the job

The post holder can expect the opportunity to work with a group of dynamic and highly motivated colleagues. The successful applicant will require a broad clinical knowledge and experience of managing General Cardiology patients as this post includes Coronary Care Unit ward rounds, outpatient clinics, reviewing in-patient referrals and participating in the General Cardiology on call rota covering both acute hospital sites and providing Advice and Guidance and electronic triage of GP referrals.

The successful candidate will work sessions at Queens Hospital and King George Hospital in accordance with their agreed job plan and will participle in General Cardiology on-call.

Applicants must have full GMC Registration. The interview date is to be confirmed.

Working for our organisation

We’re an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and our patients are happy with.

They are benefitting from a new electronic patient record (we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have been rated good by the Care Quality Commission.

We operate from two main sites – KGH in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 346,000 people visiting them last year. We’re campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen’s and get rid of corridor care.

We’re proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. We’re also part of the North East London Cancer Alliance.

We run a Women’s Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George’s Health and Wellbeing Hub. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.

The majority of our 8,400 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We’re proud to be a London Living Wage employer.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Once you understand the requirements outlined in the advert, please ensure your application accurately reflects where you match them. For further information regarding the role please read the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Please note that this advert may close prior to the advertised closing date, to streamline shortlisting process

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Professional Qualification is MB BS & MRCP (or equivalent)
• Full GMC Registration with Licence to Practice
• Completed subspecialty modular training in heart failure and cardiac imaging (for candidates who qualified before the current sub-speciality modules system >5 years of consultant level experience in these areas is considered equivalent)

Desirable criteria

• Potential accreditation or independence in any of the following: TOE, stress echo, coronary angiography, CT coronary angiography reporting , Permanent Pacing .
• MSc, MD or PhD
• If specialist interest is in devices, BHRS, EHRA or IBHRE accreditation

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Application numbers

This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.