Consultant Interventional Cardiologist with interest in TAVI

This is an exciting opportunity for a first rate Consultant Cardiologist to join a vibrant team in a major tertiary centre., This is a full-time post for a Consultant Cardiologist working for University Hospitals North Midlands, delivering services at both Royal Stoke and County Hospital Sites.
Clinical Duties: Interventional Cardiology
Diagnosis and treatment of ward and outpatients in cardiology. Regular ward rounds on the cardiology wards.
Continuing clinical responsibility for the patients in your charge allowing for all proper delegation to and training of your staff.
On call commitment for cardiology, with a 1:11 frequency.

Working for our organisation
The University Hospitals North Midlands is a main tertiary centre for acute and sub speciality cardiology.
There are x19 full time consultant cardiologist and x6 visiting consultants, who deliver services in our neighbouring hospitals in Cheshire and Shrewsbury/Telford.
Referral population Local: 600000
Tertiary (Shropshire, North Staffordshire, South Cheshire) 1.8 million
There is an active cardiac network, and strong links exist between the department and the district general hospitals at Stafford, Shrewsbury, Telford and Leighton (Crewe, South Cheshire).
This is an exciting time for a dedicated and enthusiastic interventional cardiologist to join the established TAVI team at UHNM. The service is also well supported by UHNM cardiac surgeons, interventional radiologists and cardiothoracic anaesthetists. The team includes participating consultants as well as a TAVI fellow, and a dedicated specialist nurse. The service is evolving rapidly. The team have performed over 400 implants over the last year, and scheduled to undertake 500 this year. The successful applicant will contribute to delivering the current high quality clinical service. He/she will also have the opportunity to contribute to service development, and perhaps bring new innovations to the team., UHNM is a tertiary centre for cardiology and cardiothoracic surgery, providing primary PCI, cardiac devices, and structural cardiac intervention (including TAVI, transcatheter valve repair,Left atrial appendage occlusion, PFO closure, ASD closure and paravalvular leak closure). The department also provides advanced cardiac imaging (including cardiac CT and MRI), our expanding electrophysiology service includes complex 3D mapping, AF ablation, (convergent is developing) and VT ablation. We have an award winning heart failure service. We are a level 3 centre for grown up Congenital heart disease with strong links to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham.
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The successful candidate will be expected to join the established team delivering transcatheter aortic valve implantation. In addition, there is an expectation that the post holder will deliver coronary intervention and contribute to the departmental on call service for primary PCI. The successful candidate will also be expected to have substantial experience in clinical cardiology. An academic profile is desirable.

At UHNM we are fortunate to receive a high volume of applications for many of our roles, on this occasion we would reserve the right to close any advert early, therefore please apply without delay!