Consultant in Cardiology - Heart Failure OR Imaging in Rotherham

This post is for a full-time Consultant Cardiologist with a specialist interest in either Heart Failure or Imaging (Advanced echo, Cardiac CT). This is a flexible recruitment opportunity where we are seeking to appoint one consultant post, with the specialist area determined by the successful candidate's expertise and interests.

The post has been developed as part of ongoing work to strengthen and modernise Cardiology services, improve patient pathways and support sustainable service delivery across the wider system. The successful candidate will join a supportive and forward-thinking department with opportunities to contribute to service development, pathway redesign, education, governance and quality improvement work. We are looking for an enthusiastic individual who is committed to delivering high quality patient care and helping shape the future direction of Cardiology services within the Trust.

The post will be based 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. Our Philips Azurion C12 cardiac catheterisation laboratory is dedicated for Cardiology use. 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 two with sub-specialty interest in cardiac device therapy, one imaging specialist (Cardiac MRI and Nuclear), one interventional cardiologist and one general cardiologist. The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust has been commissioned as the second centre for complex cardiac device implantation and follow-up in South Yorkshire as part of a regional model of care in contractual agreement with Sheffield Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust since 2018. We have visiting Consultants undertaking complex device implantation at Rotherham from the regional network.

The resident Cardiology doctor team includes two Cardiology Speciality Doctors, two Specialist Registrars from the South Yorkshire and Humber training programme, a part-time hospital practitioner, and 5 resident doctors including a junior clinical fellow, and a Consultant radiologist with specialist interest in cardiac imaging. A large dedicated team of Cardiology nurses, nurse specialists and highly skilled cardiac physiologists support the department.

Locally available imaging includes myocardial perfusion scintigraphy, CT coronary angiography and echocardiography/TOE/Dobutamine stress echo service. Our echocardiography department provides full range of service with four machines, including two Philips ie33 and one new Philips Epiq 5 with 3D TTE and TOE.

The Cardiology Suite at Rotherham Hospital, adjacent to the 8 bedded Coronary Care Unit, comprises a 6-bed cardiology day-case ward, state of the art catheterisation/pacing laboratory, echocardiography rooms, rapid access chest pain clinics, exercise treadmill testing, tilt-table testing and full ambulatory ECG monitoring fitting and analysis, as well as consultant offices and secretarial support.

Nearby to the main cardiology suite is a dedicated Cardiac Devices Suite from which a physiologist-led loop recorder service is run, and permanent pacemaker, cardiac resynchronisation therapy and internal cardioverter defibrillator patients are pre-assessed and followed up with full optimisation service. The Department has close links with other cardiovascular departments in Sheffield and holds a fortnightly MDT meeting with cardiac surgery and interventional cardiology, and weekly cardiac rhythm management MDT with the tertiary centre. There are also MDTs for heart failure and infective endocarditis.

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 based at Rotherham District General Hospital. 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 admitted through emergency department with Heart failure.
• To develop Heart Failure services, including pathway redesign, outpatient transformation and integrated working across acute and community settings.
• To work closely with the hospital and community Heart Failure specialist nurse teams in providing excellent patient care.
• To be part of future plans in implementing consultant of the week model and cardiology weekend ward cover.
• To attend and contribute to MDT meetings.
• Have regular cardiac catheter laboratory sessions for diagnostic left and right heart catheterisation.

Consultant Cardiologist with an Interest in Imaging (Echo/Cardiac CT)

This is a full-time post based at Rotherham District General Hospital. The primary clinical responsibilities of the post-holder are:

• To take a leadership role in providing and developing the advanced echocardiography service including TOE and stress echo.
• To support the echocardiography lead sonographer/manager in developing and overseeing the transthoracic echo training and accreditation of the department.
• To develop and enhance the current Cardiac CT service.
• To be part of future plans in implementing consultant of the week model and cardiology weekend ward cover.
• To attend and contribute to MDT meetings.
• To become the local clinical lead for infective endocarditis.