Consultant in Interventional Cardiology

Job overview

An opportunity has arisen to join our team at Ipswich in our Medicine and Community Ipswich and East Suffolk Division.

We are inviting applications for Consultant Cardiologist with a specialist interest in interventional cardiology.

Applicants may have completed CCT or equivalent (Pathway Portfolio) and be on the Specialist Register.

Main duties of the job

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

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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