Consultant Cardiologist

Consultant Cardiologist

Applications are invited for the post of Consultant Cardiologist with a special interest in Coronary Intervention at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust. Candidates must hold a CCT in cardiology or be within six months of their CCT date at interview and be fully trained in performing Coronary Intervention.

Our Trust is one of the largest and busiest in the UK and we provide cardiology services to a catchment of approximately 1,000,000.

This is a 10 PA post. As well as performing coronary intervention and contributing to the Primary PCI on call service there will be a contribution to general cardiology duties including ward work, clinics and Advice and Guidance. The post holder will be strongly encouraged to develop the academic potential of the service to support our new Medical School, to promote an academic ethos amongst all staff and where appropriate to carry out and encourage research projects.

The PCI service is currently delivered by seven consultants. This will be the 8th post.

We provide a 24/7 primary PCI service to the people of West Sussex, East Hampshire, Portsmouth City and the Isle of Wight. The population served is approximately 1.25 million and we perform around 400 primary angioplasties and over 1200 interventions per annum. Daytime PCI currently takes place during 17 sessions per week including Saturday and is supported by 2 interventional fellows.

The 24/7 primary angioplasty service is supported by a cardiology middle grade rota. A rest period will be timetabled on the day following a night on call and for 1 or 2 days following a weekend on call. The new appointment will bring the out of hours on call rota to 1:8 weekends and 1:8.5 weekdays.

Pacing skills would be welcome and supported but are not essential.

This post holder will cover new weekday admissions to the cardiology wards 1:9. The cardiologist, supported by a SpR and juniors, is then responsible for the day-to-day management of these patients for the next 2 weeks before relinquishing ward duties for the next 6 weeks.

Responsibilities during the first weekend of ward cover include a ward round of patients admitted during the previous 5 days followed by an inpatient list in the cath lab on Saturday and availability for primary PCI. During these weekends, the interventionist will be responsible for general cardiology out of hours on call as well as PPCI. A CCU ward round, new admissions and review of other cardiology inpatients will be managed by a consultant colleague.

A rest period will be timetabled on the Monday following a weekend on call during ward cover. Annual leave may be taken during the 3 week periods of ward cover only if appropriate cover is pre‑arranged with colleagues.

The successful candidate will provide around 5 new patient clinics and 5 follow-up clinics in every 9 week cycle. Specialist Advice (A&G) will be performed once every 3 weeks.

As part of our partnership with the Isle of Wight the appointee will also contribute to the departmental commitment to support the cardiology service at St Marys Hospital on the Isle of Wight. This will be delivered through a combination of remote work and