Consultant Interventional Cardiologist

We are looking for a Cardiology Consultant to join our friendly 6 consultant team at Dorset County Hospital. We are offering a 10 PA post.

The interventional service provides daytime primary PCI service. The current PCI numbers are around 500 PCI cases per year. The 2 Catheter Labs have comprehensive facilities which include shockwave, rotablation, integrated OFDI, OCT, corroventus, pressure wire and IVUS facilities. The department currently delivers the services of echocardiography, transoesophageal echocardiography, 24 hour and prolonged ambulatory monitoring, exercise tolerance testing including cardio-pulmonary exercise testing. We also have a comprehensive pacing and ICD service and implant around 300 simple pacemakers per year and 60 ICD’s per year, the majority of which are CRTD and around 20 CRTP devices. There is a comprehensive CTCA service and cardiac MRI service starting this year.

The post holder will have been extensively trained in interventional cardiology and will be a fourth cardiologist performing PCI at DCH. The post requires a 1 in 6 commitment to a general on-call cardiology rota,

Applicants must be included on the GMC’s Specialist Register in Cardiology, or within 6 months of their expected date of receipt of a CCT, at the time of interview.

Interview date is expected to be on either 24th April 2023 or 26th May 2023 - to be confirmed at shortlisting.

For all our roles, we are looking for staff who hold our Trust Values of Integrity, Respect Teamwork and Excellence, and who are passionate about providing the best patient care. To read more about our Trust and our Values search Dorset County Hospital online.

At DCHFT, we pride ourselves on the care we provide for our patients, and on the culture, we are creating for our staff. We work hard to create a fair, inclusive environment for our staff

Our Mission is to provide outstanding care for people in ways which matter to them, and our vision is Dorset County Hospital, working with our health and social care partners, will be at the heart of improving the well-being of our communities.

Our Trust, based in Dorchester, lies within West Dorset which includes busy market towns, seaside resorts and rural villages. Clinics are also held in local community hospitals and we have a full range of cardiology services in the hospital and in integrated services across the local areas. As a Trust we are big enough to house the regional renal unit, major trauma services including a helipad, maternity and paediatric services but small enough to support individuals and value our teams.

This is an area with a great quality of life with easy access to outdoor activities with a wide range of watersports and also a thriving arts scene. There are great schools in both the state and private sectors.

For all our roles, we are looking for staff who hold our Trust Values of Integrity, Respect Teamwork and Excellence, and who are passionate about providing the best patient care. To read more about our Trust and our Values search Dorset County Hospital online.