Job summary
Locum Consultant Interventional Cardiologist
The Norfolk and Norwich University NHS Foundation Trust (NNUH) is seeking to appoint a locum Consultant Interventional Cardiologist to support the provision of interventional cardiology services to a large catchment population, including on-call for primary PCI. This is a fixed term appointment for an initial period of 6 months to cover a career break.
You will be joining seven existing interventional consultants. We have recently expanded to five cath labs and a programme of refurbishment is currently underway.
The appointee will be expected to contribute to the delivery of elective and emergency PCI services, including cardiology on-call at NNUH (1:8 primary PCI on call rota), triage ward rounds, and general cardiology clinics.
Main duties of the job
Interventional Cardiology
There are 8 interventional consultants providing elective and emergency PCI, with 23 sessions of PCI / angiography scheduled each week. We perform approximately 1700 coronary interventions p.a. of which approx. 500 are PPCI cases. The hospital is a designated Heart Attack Centre and has a 24/7 helicopter landing pad facilitating admission of patients with out of hospital cardiac arrest from across East Anglia.
We have a full range of diagnostic, interventional, adjunctive and supportive treatments available including iFR / FFR / CFR, IVUS, OCT, rotablation, Shockwave, intra-aortic balloon pumps, and CorPuls compression device. Most procedures are performed trans-radially, and more than 90% of elective PCI is undertaken as day-case. The department has considerable expertise in DCB angioplasty, and recently performed several live cases demonstrating this technique at the BCIS Advanced Cardiovascular Interventions meeting. Regular CTO lists are undertaken, often assisted by external proctors.
Rigorous governance around PCI includes weekly M+M meetings, attended by cath lab staff, trainees and consultants. There is a comprehensive database of PCI procedures and outcomes to support the BCIS / NICOR audit, which has proved invaluable for research projects, leading to numerous publications.
About us
We serve a population of approximately 1m, with an estimated 10,000 patients with heart failure. We are passionate about improving the care of patients with heart failure in collaboration with community partners. We are particularly interested in developing pathways to avoid heart failure admissions, reduce length of stay and work across traditional boundaries between the hospital and community.
NNUH is a 1,200 bedded multidisciplinary teaching hospital with the full range of medical, surgical, obstetric and diagnostic services on site including 24/7 interventional radiology and thoracic surgical cover. The cardiology department includes 24 consultants with specialist interests including coronary disease and intervention, cardiac rhythm management, cardiac imaging, valve disease, heart failure and inherited cardiac conditions (ICC). Four academic consultants have joint appointments with the University of East Anglia Medical School
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please read the attached job description and full advert for details of the post and main responsibilities
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please read the attached job description and full advert for details of the post and main responsibilities
Person Specification
Registration
Essential
- Full GMC with licence to practice
Desirable
Qualifications
Essential
- Independent operator in percutaneous coronary intervention, including PPCI
Desirable
- Expertise in more complex PCI including any of the following: Rotablation, IVUS / OCT, bifurcations, chronic total occlusions.
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Applicants who are Nationals from another European country or elsewhere overseas would have to show equivalence to the 5 years training period in the National Health Service required for the specialty training and expertise in children's safeguarding
Desirable
- Experience in research or published papers in area of special interest
Communications&Language Skills
Essential
- Ability to communicate effectively with clinical colleagues, colleagues in pathology and support staff.
- Ability to present effectively to an audience, using a variety of methods, and to respond to questions and queries.
Desirable
- Good presentation skills and teaching skills
Aptitudes
Essential
- Experience of teaching including teaching medical students
Interests
Essential
- Commitment to develop an appropriate special interest
Person Specification
Registration
Essential
- Full GMC with licence to practice
Desirable
Qualifications
Essential
- Independent operator in percutaneous coronary intervention, including PPCI
Desirable
- Expertise in more complex PCI including any of the following: Rotablation, IVUS / OCT, bifurcations, chronic total occlusions.
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Applicants who are Nationals from another European country or elsewhere overseas would have to show equivalence to the 5 years training period in the National Health Service required for the specialty training and expertise in children's safeguarding
Desirable
- Experience in research or published papers in area of special interest
Communications&Language Skills
Essential
- Ability to communicate effectively with clinical colleagues, colleagues in pathology and support staff.
- Ability to present effectively to an audience, using a variety of methods, and to respond to questions and queries.
Desirable
- Good presentation skills and teaching skills
Aptitudes
Essential
- Experience of teaching including teaching medical students
Interests
Essential
- Commitment to develop an appropriate special interest
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
