Consultant Cardiologist post with a specialist interest in coronary intervention at University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust, joining a team of seven interventional cardiologists at the Dorset Heart Centre. The role centres on the primary PCI on-call rota, coronary care unit cover and two fixed PCI sessions a week. The service covers Dorset and parts of Hampshire and Wiltshire, handling around 1,500 PCI cases a year. Applicants need a CCT in cardiology, or one due within six months, plus a postgraduate research degree.
What the job involves
- Contribute to the primary PCI on-call rota, 1 in 7 weekdays and 1 in 10 weekends
- Contribute to the consultant-led secondary and tertiary cardiology and coronary intervention service
- Deliver two fixed PCI sessions a week within 10 programmed activities, plus flexible PCI lists as service needs
- Cover the coronary care unit on a rota of 1 in 21
- Share the inpatient bed base with consultant colleagues
- Take part in the out-of-hours rota, including evenings, weekends and bank holidays, as service needs
- Support and develop existing research activity
What’s required
Qualifications
- Completed MD or PhD
- Other relevant postgraduate qualification, such as MRCP
- Postgraduate research degree with experience of ongoing clinical research
Registration & licences
- Full GMC registration
- On the GMC Specialist Register for Cardiology with CCT/CCST, or due within six months of interview
Experience
- Complete, structured and adequate sub-specialist training
- Competency in general cardiology and in basic and complex PCI
- Ability to offer expert clinical opinion in coronary revascularisation
- Evidence of managing and leading a cardiology team
- Evidence of completed audits
- First-author original research published in peer-reviewed journals
Skills & knowledge
- Evidence of presentations given
Nice to have
- Documented prizes or distinctions
- Significant experience in simulation teaching
- Research in progress
- Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems
What’s offered
- Out-of-hours work paid in line with NHS Medical and Dental Terms and Conditions
- Research PA, ideally extended to consultants demonstrating academic output
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
