Locum Consultant Cardiologist interest in Electrophysiology

Main duties of the job

The primary responsibility of the successful candidate will be the provision of high‑quality Heart Rhythm care to both elective and emergency patients. This includes:

• Contribute to the running of the Tertiary Heart Rhythm Service with particular emphasis on expanding catheter ablation services
• Provide, with colleagues, out‑patient cardiology clinics and associated services, including referral triage, electronic advice and clinical report systems
• Contribute to cardiac multidisciplinary working and MDT meetings
• Help deliver a high quality inpatient Heart Rhythm Consult service
• Participate in a 1 in 8 on‑call rota for weekend cover and 1:12 for Monday to Friday cover

You will be expected to work flexibly with the other Consultants and clinical teams to ensure continuity of care and optimal utilisation of cardiac catheterisation lab and bed resources.

Although this post is full‑time, consideration will be given to applicants who require flexible working arrangements.

You will be able to take advantage of the excellent Consultant contract for Wales. The basic salary for this post is £121,264 per annum.

Applicants should preferably either be on the Specialist Register or be a Specialist Registrar within three months of their expected date of receipt of a CCT at the time of interview.

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 17,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across six hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving over 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services.

Together we are committed to improving health outcomes for everyone, delivering excellent care and support.

Our mission is Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together, and our vision is that every person's chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. Our 10‑year transformation and improvement strategy, Shaping Our Future Wellbeing, is our chance to work collaboratively with the public and our workforce to make our health board more sustainable for the future.

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents for this post.

See main duties of the job above.

• Full GMC registration with a licence to practise

• Higher Degree (MD, PhD or equivalent)
• On GMC Specialist Register for specialty

• Evidence of participation in clinical audit and understanding role of audit in improving medical practice
• Evidence of proactive engagement with appraisal and revalidation or equivalent

• Recognised ability as a clinical cardiologist and heart rhythm cardiologist
• Recognised ability as an AF ablationist
• Recognised ability as a device implanter
• Evidence of effective team and multidisciplinary working
• Effective and demonstrable communication skills

• Broad training and experience in the practice of clinical Cardiology including ECG interpretation

• Ability to critically appraise research

• Evidence of teaching medical students and resident doctors

• Evidence of effective leadership skills

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