Consultant in Cardiology

The role comprises of 10 Programmed Activities (PA's) per week in total, of which 7.5 are Direct Clinical Care and 2.5 are Supporting Professional Activities. There is a 3 week rolling rota of Consultant duties which allows inpatient duties to be shared equally between the Consultant team.

The department of Cardiology has 2 (soon to be 3) full time Consultants and an Associate Specialist. Each Consultant is supported by a medical secretary. There is a very good complement of 5.5 WTE Cardiology Clinical Nurse Specialists. They support both inpatient and outpatient services in a wide range of cardiology conditions including heart failure, chest pain and arrhythmias. Cardiothoracic surgery support is provided by the Bristol Heart Institute.
- To work with the Consultant team and all Cardiology Department clinical and support staff, and others in the Trust, to deliver a comprehensive urgent inpatient and elective outpatient Cardiology service at Yeovil District Hospital, taking into account the successful applicant's sub-specialty interests and expertise.
- To undertake regular ward rounds of patients under the Cardiology team on the Acute Cardiovascular Care Unit, Cardiology ward, and (exceptionally) when required on other wards and units.
- To organise, manage and support Cardiology diagnostic and treatment services provided by the Cardiology Department at Yeovil District Hospital.
- To undertake regular outpatient clinics.
- To support the Cardiology Department in providing a Rapid Access Chest Pain Clinic service, including (exceptionally) undertaking clinics if required.
- To undertake or supervise regular timetabled bradycardia pacing sessions, and undertake pacing sessions for urgent inpatient cases as required (according to interest and expertise).
- To undertake regular diagnostic coronary angiogram sessions (according to interest and expertise).
- To undertake or supervise regular complex echo (Dobutamine stress echo, transesophageal echo, and other complex echo) sessions (according to interest and expertise).
- To supervise or report cardiac CT sessions (according to interest and expertise).
- To provide, with others, an emergency temporary pacing on call service.

Yeovil Hospital is an ambitious and friendly Trust that is proud to provide acute care for a population of more than 225,000 people in South Somerset, North and West Dorset and parts of Mendip. The hospital has 345 beds, a busy Emergency Department, a variety of outpatient and diagnostics services, and a private patients’ wing which offers a personal service in state-of-the-art clinical facilities, with all profits being invested back into NHS healthcare.

Yeovil Hospital’s iCARE model, which has established the principles of exemplary patient care, patient and employee experience, has attracted national interest and is embedded in everything we do, following our vision to care for our patients as if they are one of our family. The Trust’s shared vision has led to our staff rating Yeovil Hospital the best in England for employee health and wellbeing for the third year running in the annual NHS staff survey 2020.

**Benefits Package**:

- Welcome to Yeovil payment.
- A generous relocation package.
- 10 hours of paid time for professional development every week (SPA).
- £700 personal budget for training and development every year.

For further details of the roles and responsibilities associated with this position, please refer to the attached job description.