Consultant Cardiologist

Interview date - Friday 17th May 2024

This is an exciting time to join the Cardiology department in the South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust (SWFT). Due to recent retirement this post has become available. The role is to support and develop Heart Failure (HF) services for SWFT both in hospital and community, as well as to contribute to the day to day running of our general cardiology unit. The post will also be able to include a further sub-specialty interest in either advanced cardiac devices or cardiac imaging.

Main duties of the job

The post is based at Warwick Hospital. The HF service at Warwick is integrated with community services for South Warwickshire. Time is allocated to support the community portion of the post including an MDT with input from Elderly Care, Renal Medicine and Palliative care. We currently have 4 heart failure nurses providing care for our patients in the community via home visits, telephone consultations and community clinics. This innovative programme has reduced length of stay and improved the quality of care for this group of patients.

About us

With our central location and great transport links we're closer than you might think. We are located in the heart of England with easy access to the motorway network and a good railway service. Warwickshire is accessible from a number of nearby cities including Birmingham, Leicester, Northampton, Oxford and Worcestershire.

Surrounded by a collection of picturesque towns and villages, there is always a lot to see and do across the County. Numerous sport and leisure venues, theatres, parks and great shopping facilities make Warwickshire an idyllic place to work and live.

Job description
Job responsibilities

The post holder would join the existing consultants and associate specialists on our cardiology rota. The rota is essentially a rolling 6-week rota comprising of 3 outpatient weeks and 3 inpatient weeks. The inpatient weeks are a week supporting our advanced care practitioners with the outreach service. The second is a week covering our Coronary Care Unit. Whilst on the Coronary Care unit the post holder also provides out of hours cover for temporary pacing. There is no commitment required to General Internal Medicine. The third week is covering our cardiology ward, Malins Ward with daily ward rounds. There is currently a 1:6 weekend service. Time off in lieu is taken into account for weekend working. With the addition of further posts, we foresee this reducing.

Person Specification
Satisfactory Occupational Health Clearance
Essential

• Satisfactory Occupational Health Clearance

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