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Consultant in Cardiology
Queen Elizabeth University Hospital
Salary: £91,474 (GBP) to £121,548 (GBP)
Hours of work: 40 (10 PAs)
Relocation Package available
Duties of the post
The successful candidate will be expected to provide a full range of consultant services as agreed with colleagues. The out of hours and weekend on call commitment will be 1 in 9, covering the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital. The weekday commitment to CCU will be 1 week in 14 and for the Cardiology wards 1 week in 11.
It is expected that the successful candidate will provide a General Cardiology clinic in NHS GG&C and share in the cardiology ward and CCU rota at QEUH.
Development of the already established cardiac pacing service is a priority of the clinical team at QEUH, and experience in this area, including service development, is desirable.
Some flexibility in timing of sessions, taking into account Bank Holidays, prospective cover in colleagues’ absence, and occurrence of receiving ward rounds, will be required.
SPA time includes involvement in audit, clinical governance, teaching, trainee supervision, clinical research, internal routine communication and management meetings as well as appraisal, revalidation and job planning. These will be reviewed and agreed upon at annual job planning.
Work of the Department
The coronary care unit is situated on the critical care floor of the QEUH. It comprises 20 high care beds with facility for invasive monitoring, temporary pacing and non-invasive ventilator support. Monday-Friday Consultant cover is provided on site 8am-8pm by one Consultant who is supported by a Cardiology SpR and other trainees. The Cardiology wards, (6c and 6d), consists of 42 beds located on the 6th floor. These are staffed Monday-Friday by two Cardiology Consultants supported by a Cardiology SpR, other trainees and two Advanced Nurse practitioners. When on CCU or the Cardiology wards all other clinical commitments are cancelled.
The QEUH Cardiology department (clinic F) provides a full range of Cardiology investigations including trans-thoracic and trans-oesophageal echocardiography, tilt testing, exercise stress testing and pacemaker follow up. Permanent pacing and insertion of implantable loop recorders is undertaken by a team of three Cardiologists. Myocardial perfusion imaging is also available on site.
There is a new teaching and research centre and purpose built office accommodation. The hospital has been fully operational since June 2015.
NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.