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POST: LOCUM CONSULTANT PAEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGIST WITH AN INTEREST IN FETAL CARDIOLOGY
BASE: ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN, GLASGOW
This full-time (10PA) post is based at the Royal Hospital for Children, the single tertiary referral centre for children and adolescents with congenital heart disease in Scotland. The post holder will join a team of seven cardiologists, of whom six are based in Glasgow, who provide care to children both in Glasgow and throughout Scotland. This locum post will be considered for conversion to a substantive appointment after 12 months. The post holder will provide and further develop an expanding Fetal Cardiology Service in collaboration with the current fetal cardiologist in Glasgow and the Fetal Medicine Team at the co-located Queen Elizabeth University Hospital and also in conjunction with a paediatric cardiologist based in Edinburgh. The post includes an after-hours paediatric cardiology call commitment delivered with a full tier of junior medical grade staff, Advanced Nurse Practitioners and highly-trained Physiologists.
All candidates must hold full GMC specialist registration and a licence to practice. A CCT in Paediatric Cardiology or an equivalent recognised qualification is essential.