Job overview
An opportunity has arisen to appoint a Consultant Cardiologist with specialist interest in Cardiac Imaging to join our Cardiology team based at The Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Hospital Trust. You will be supported by a team of junior doctors (of training and non-training grades), specialist nurses, advanced practitioners, nurses, therapists, and in reaching specialists across the hospital.
The post involves working across both sites in Shropshire, providing general cardiology and specialist imaging services at Shrewsbury and Telford with an on-call commitment for Cardiology. There is an expectation of leadership of the echo service and the delivery of high quality modern cardiac imaging.
Main duties of the job
1. Diagnosing and treating a wide spectrum of cardiological problems
2. Provide continued care both in the inpatient and outpatient setting
3. Supporting a complex patient MDT
4. The person appointed for echo will lead the echo service locally
5. Other specialist interests CMR or CT will be catered for
6. To provide high quality imaging services to the local community
7. On call commitment at SATH (Cardiology 1:7 only, no GIM commitment)
8. Supervision of Higher Specialty Trainees in Internal Medicine, IMT stage one trainees and Clinical fellows working towards CESR in GIM
9. To have excellent team-working skills with the abilities and professional attitude to work well in a multi-professional team
10. To deliver clinical and quality targets agreed both nationally and locally with clinical teams and commissioners
11. To follow patients throughout their clinical pathways
Working for our organisation
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) is the main provider of acute hospital services for around half a million people in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and mid Wales.
Encompassing some of the most picturesque parts of England and Wales, the Trust’s catchment stretches from the Cambrian Mountains in the west, to Newport and the fringes of the Black Country in the east. The main towns include: Bridgnorth, Ludlow, Market Drayton, Oswestry, Shrewsbury and Whitchurch (in Shropshire); Newport, Telford and Wellington (in Telford & Wrekin); and Newtown and Welshpool (in Powys) – all beautiful and unique.
Our main service locations are the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford and the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) in Shrewsbury which are located 20 minutes’ drive apart. Together they provide 99% of our activity. Both hospitals provide a wide range of acute hospital services including accident & emergency, outpatients, diagnostics, inpatient medical care and critical care.