Overview
Our Cardiology team is made up of a wide range of enthusiastic and passionate individuals including 15 consultants, 2 Specialist Doctors, 4 Specialty Doctors, 4 Specialty Registrars, 3 internal medicine trainees and 3 Foundation trainees. We have invaluable support from a team of specialist nurses based both in our trust and in the community. We invite applications for consultants in cardiology with a specialist interest and formal training in Heart Failure. Our vision is to deliver patient centred, accessible and integrated services, as seamlessly as possible with primary care. With 11 Coronary Care and 26 Cardiology beds, new diagnostic facilities, and access to a full range of non‑invasive and invasive cardiac facilities our team has access to exceptional, modern facilities as well as general imaging, including TTE and TOE, CTCA, CMRI (including stress MR) and Interventional radiology services. We have a fully established bradycardia pacing, complex device and PCI service (excluding PPCI provided in the Tertiary centre). We have an established Nurse‑led heart failure service with community integration. We are excited to include in this post some GIM training time for those clinicians who are dual accredited in Cardiology and GIM. Within the job plan for this position are up to 1.5 PA of DCC to General Internal Medicine (GIM), which is to enable the successful applicant to be part of the team delivering inpatient care to general medical inpatients.
This post is offered on a full time (10 PA) basis although less than full‑time applications will be considered. Duties will be based primarily on our Wakefield (Pinderfields) site although all our medical staff are involved in delivering care to patients on all three sites across the Trust. The main duties of the post will include: Providing, in conjunction with Consultant colleagues, an acute cardiology service to the Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust; Inpatient cardiology work including the 11‑bedded CCU and 28‑bedded cardiology ward; Urgent and Emergency Care duties for cardiology at Pinderfields out of hours is currently assessed as 0.45 PA per week, with local weekday on‑calls (1:15), and weekend on‑calls (1:12). This equates to an 3% availability supplement. Time off in lieu will be arranged via the job planning process. The Department runs 2 cardiologist‑of‑the‑week rotas on a 1 in 13 basis: one for the 11‑bedded CCU (which includes accepting referrals from the Acute Admissions Unit and from inpatients elsewhere in the hospital) and one for the 28‑bedded cardiology ward.
Trust Overview
We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff members work in patients homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). Committed to continuous improvement, we prioritise our people and values so we can deliver excellent patient experience. Our team is friendly, passionate and always seeking better ways to work through research and innovation. We support work‑life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces for honest conversations and to share ideas, thoughts and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion.
Benefits and Support
As a member of the team, you will have access to the NHS pension plan, a generous holiday allowance, employee health and wellbeing services and extensive benefits and support. These include onsite nurseries, childcare vouchers, home electronics schemes, working carers support, carer‑friendly policies, and more. If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.
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