Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity for a first rate consultant, with specialist interest in complex devices and inherited cardiac conditions to join our growing team. The successful candidate will join a team of  26 consultant cardiologists, 8 of whom are specialists in  devices and EP, with 3 consultants supporting the ICC service.

UHNM is a high volume device centre, implanting more than 1500 pacemakers and devices in 24/25, including leadless and conduction system pacing devices for our secondary and tertiary population of patients. . 

The established ICC service provides specialist clinics for patients with HCM, DCM, muscular dystrophies, aortopathies, including patients with Marfan's syndrome, Ehlers Danlos and Loewys Dietz. The unit looks after a full range of channelopathies and has excellent links to the inherited conditions teams in Birmingham and Manchester.

Main duties of the job

This is a full-time post for a Consultant Cardiologist with Complex Device and ICC or heart failure expertise at the University Hospitals of the North Midlands.

 Clinical Duties include:

 Diagnosis and treatment of ward and outpatients in cardiology. Regular ward rounds on the cardiology wards. Continuing clinical responsibility for the patients in your charge allowing for all proper delegation to and training of your staff.

 To see ward consults/referrals when on call.

 Provision of two outpatient clinics per week: specialising in ICC management or Heart Failure with a general cardiology component.

 On call commitment for cardiology, currently 1:11. The on-call commitment is divided in to week day (Monday to Thursday) and weekend (Friday to Sunday) cover sand includes daily post take ward round for review of all patients accepted by Cardiology.  Time off in lieu can be considered for weekend working by mutual agreement with the directorate team.

Delivery of a minimum of 2 catheter lab sessions per week for the implantation of both simple and complex devices.

 The appointee will be expected to undertake administrative duties associated with the running of his/her clinical work. There will be full secretarial support and the provision of fully equipped office and IT facilities. The appointee will be expected to take a full part in professional activities required for revalidation including clinical audit.

Working for our organisation

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential. 

UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.

At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.