Consultant - Cardiology (Non-interventional)

Job overview

Applications are invited for the Consultant in Cardiology post.  This post is within the Cardiology Department - Acute and Emergency Medicine (AEM) care group of the Royal Cornwall Hospital,

Truro. We are currently a team of 11 substantive full-time Cardiologists, 1 part-time substantive consultant and 2 NHS Fixed Term Locums. We aim to employ 2 further substantive Cardiologists to take us to 15 full-time Consultants delivering the Royal Cornwall Hospitals Cardiology service.

This post is principally designed to support delivery of non-interventional Cardiology services, specifically Cardiac Imaging, Inherited Cardiac Conditions and Heart Failure and devices. A combination of either is appropriate. Applicants should have a broad training in all aspects of Cardiology. The candidate will be expected to take part in the General Cardiology service on the wards and in out-patients.

Applicants are required to be on the GMC Specialist Register or within 6 months of their expected date of receipt of a CCT at the time of interview. Applications are welcomed from those unable to work full time for personal reasons or those wishing to job-share, while recognising that the full-time post attracts up to a 12 PA job plan.

Main duties of the job

Please note: This is a permanent consultant post. You must be on the specialist register or a pending a CCT date. Please check this via gmc-uk.org/doctors/ before applying  as no specialist registration applications  will be rejected. Do however reach out to the main contact for other potential opportunities.

The on-call rota is manned by 7 Interventional Cardiologists only with no separate General Cardiology on-call. The non-interventional Cardiologists deliver comprehensive weekend ward rounds including visits to the Acute Medical Unit to review new referrals. There is no general medical commitment.

Inpatients are managed on CIU and Roskear wards and the CCU, although there are also outlying patients. The Cardiologists are responsible for the clinical management of all patients on the CCU and CIU and cardiology patients on Roskear.

During this week, you will have responsibility for the clinical management of patients on CCU and CIU all day on Mondays and in the mornings for the rest of the week, with cath lab sessions and/or outpatient clinics in the afternoon.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

PLEASE NOTE: To view the full Job Description and Person Specification, please click the supporting document on the right hand side

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• Identity Checks
• Professional registration and qualification checks
• Employment history and reference checks
• Work health assessments
• Criminal record check standards
• Right to work checks

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Agency interest will not be considered until this advert has closed

Additional requirements

The post-holder must have a valid UK driving licence, access to transport and the ability to travel within and outside of the county, sometimes at short notice, when required.