Consultant Cardiologist In Aortopathy & Adult Congenital Heart Disease

The post will be appointed to the Barts Heart Centre, based at St Bartholomew's Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust. The merger of three cardiac services into the new cardiovascular centre creates a new world-class institution that will provide state of the art cardiovascular care to a population of six million people. Under the leadership of the local academic health science network, UCL Partners, we are striving for excellence in academic and clinical domains, including the appointment of new clinical academics to ensure future excellence.

The adult CHD service provides all aspects of care to around 12000 patients. There is a busy surgical and congenital interventional programme and sub-speciality services including pregnancy, PHT, Aortopathy and Transition (based at GOSH).

The successful appointee will join the existing team of 6 CHD consultants (Dr Amit Bhan (clinical lead), Dr Seamus Cullen, Dr Filip Zemrak, Dr Bejal Pandya (clinical director of specialised services), Dr Kate Von Klemperer, Dr Fiona Walker), to develop and deliver in-patient and outpatient care for adults with CHD whilst also developing Aortopathy services for screening and inpatient consult for this patient group. Key aortic surgical contacts are Prof Aung Oo, Mr Ben Adams and Ms Ana Lopez-Marco.

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Amit Bhan, Continuing responsibility for the care of patients in his/her charge, including all administrative duties associated with patient care.

Leadership, development and organisation of the services in his/her charge in line with the Trusts' business plans. Liaison and communication with the Clinical Director for ACHD, General Manager and Director for the Cardiovascular Clinical Academic Group.

With the agreement of the Clinical Director and Clinical Academic Group Director, development of his/her own interests and sub-specialities within the specialty, in line with business planning principles and commissioners' approval, including active participation in research programmes.

Corporate and individual responsibility for the professional management of doctors in training.

To participate fully in the management of the department and to liaise closely with the Clinical Director, Service Manager, General Manager and Clinical Academic Group Director.

The post holder may be required to carry out other duties in emergencies and unforeseen circumstances.

The duties outlined are not definite and may be changed in accordance with needs of the service requiring the post holder to be cooperative and flexible.

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.