Cardiology Consultant

Job summary

Working Full time : 10 sessions per week

The Trust is looking to recruit a substantive full-time (10 PA) Consultant in Cardiology, joining the existing team of Cardiologists to develop and grow the existing cardiology service.

We currently have facilities for CT coronary angiography, dobutamine and exercise stress echocardiography, transoesophageal echocardiography as well as a dedicated cardiac catheter suite for on-site coronary angiography and cardiac pacing. We have a growing department with a dynamic and flexible team of enthusiastic consultants and specialist practitioners.

Following a rebuild of our Cardiology ward and CCU which was completed in August 2021, this footprint has been redesigned as the Cardiology unit which consists of 16 beds in total within a single ward area. 6 of these are monitored and 10 non-monitored. We also have 4 telemetry monitors which can be utilised on other beds throughout the trust.

We provide a 7 day in reach service to our 34 bedded MAU, with support from the Cardiac Specialist Nurses during the working week. We are exploring new models of working with our primary care colleagues in the community as well as closely integrating services with our regional tertiary referral centre, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital. We were proud to receive a favourable review by the GIRFT team in Dec 2019 and our future development plans reflect the suggestions of this report.

Main duties of the job

Clinical

Ward rounds for inpatients, including a daily in reach to the MAU for cardiac patients

Reviewing and advising on the management of inpatients referred by other specialists within the hospital

Specialist Cardiology clinics

Diagnostic Imaging

Non-Clinical

Responsible for the training of Core and Speciality Trainees, Foundation doctors

Develop Advanced Nurse Practitioners and Speciality Doctor

Supervising Audit projects and CME

Attend weekly meetings

Attend monthly meetings (Speciality team, Local Heart Disease Network etc.)

Development and promotion of evidence-based practice and guidelines

Active contribution to the departmental Clinical Governance structure

Multi-disciplinary team working and leadership

Relevant participation in management

Other appropriate duties and responsibilities

About us

The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:

o The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds.o Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility.o Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.

The Trust employs over 6258 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 407,000. This includes 357,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000.

The Trust is a busy district general hospital and in 2022/2023, there were more than 503,342 patient attendances (inpatient, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery. This is an increase of nearly 10,000 compared to the previous year when there were 494,387 patient attendances.