Senior LED in Heart Failure

Applications are invited for a Senior Locally Employed Doctor in Heart failure or Advanced Echocardiography within the Cardiology department in the Manchester Heart Institute. The post is based at Wythenshawe Hospital.Due to the short-term nature of the role, the successful candidate must hold a current registration with the GMC at the time of application, whether it be an active licence, ceased licence or a pending application - MFT cannot support GMC Sponsorship for vacancies less than 12 months fixed term. Candidates who do not fit this criteria will not progress through to the shortlisting stage., The main focus of this role is to improve and be trained in Heart Failure or under the supervision of the consultant team.There is an expectation of the successful postholder to fully contribute to Heart Failure service at WythenshaweHospital.Furthermore, the postholder will support the consultant team with specific outpatient clinics, which will be selected to complement the postholder'straining needs in conjunction with supporting the service with its secondary and tertiary centre work.There is also a commitment to the Cardiology middle-grade on-call rota, which supports the hospital's acute inpatient work and the wider GreaterManchester footprint as a key point of contact for the tertiary centre.

Heart failure both new onset and chronic which requires close management to avoid admission. The role also takes part in the WTWA senior on call rota supporting cardiology and the emergencyprimary PCI service which covers all of GM.You should have undergone at least 3 years specialist training in general cardiology and have some experience in Heart Failure orechocardiography.This post is ideal for someone wishing to enhance their sub-specialty knowledge and experience in either Heart Failure and will include exposure to the catheter labs, outpatient clinics and supporting the inpatient wards.The successful candidate will receive advanced training in heart failure . Experience working in a cardiology department in the UK will be important for this post due to the busy and challenging nature of the work of a registrar in our tertiary cardiac centre.

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