Job overview

This is a 12 month Fixed Term post in the first instance 

An opportunity has arisen to join our team at Colchester General Hospital, in the Medicine and Community North East Essex CDG

We are inviting applications for a locum Consultant Cardiologist at Colchester Hospital. The post-holder will join a team of 7 other cardiologists (covering a range of subspecialties including intervention, imaging and complex devices). This service growth will meet the increasing outpatient demands of the fastest-growing city in England. It will also allow the move to eventually full 7/7 working for inpatient speciality ward support.  

Applicants who are competent in dual chamber pacing are encouraged to apply, but all subspecialties will be considered. Based on the successful applicant’s abilities, a split-site job may be negotiated, involving either our sister site within ESNEFT, Ipswich Hospital, or the Essex Cardiothoracic Centre (CTC) in Basildon. Applicants who are competent in complex device implantation will be able to undertake this at the CTC.

Main duties of the job

The post-holders will also undertake clinics and opportunities for cath-lab sessions and facilitation of other sub speciality interests can be discussed and facilitated where appropriate. Candidates are invited to contact Dr Rohin Francis, Clinical lead, to discuss this further. At present consultant job plans generally comprise 2 clinics per week when not on COW duties.

Qualifications required are MRCP or equivalent and full GMC registration. Inclusion on the Specialist Register of the GMC in Cardiology or within six months of CCST at interview date is required.

Clinical responsibilities

The key duties and responsibilities are:

·         General responsibilities including participation in the consultant on-call rota

·         Specialist clinics

·         Outpatient clinics

·         Operating as per specialty

·         Teaching

·         Other care of inpatients or outpatients

·         Clinical and other administration as required by agreement

·         Teaching and training of junior staff and undergraduates

·         Participation in clinical governance

Working for our organisation

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisation in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.  

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.  

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