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Job Purpose

To provide a consultant-led cardiology service with subspecialist expertise in cardiac imaging (advanced echocardiography and Cardiac CT and/or CMR), delivering high-quality outpatient, inpatient and multidisciplinary care and contributing to teaching, research, audit, governance and service development.

Main Responsibilities

Clinical Duties

• Deliver two weekly consultant-led cardiology clinics (with imaging-focused case mix and triage where appropriate).

• Provide advanced echocardiography (including complex transthoracic studies, TOE and stress echo) and contribute to Cardiac CT and/or CMR sessions according to expertise and service need.

• Offer imaging guidance for structural heart interventions (e.g., TAVI, transcatheter mitral) in collaboration with interventional and surgical teams.

• Provide inpatient cardiology care, including Braunton Ward rounds, MAU reviews and inpatient imaging consults.

• Participate in the non-PCI consultant rota (currently 1 in 10) providing inpatient cover and Advice & Guidance to primary care.

• Support community integration models to improve timely access to cardiology and imaging services across the peninsula.

Multidisciplinary & Network Working

• Attend and contribute to Imaging MDTs and relevant cardiology MDTs (Valve, Revascularisation, Endocarditis; Structural).

• Work closely with consultant radiologists, cardiac physiologists/sonographers, interventional cardiologists, electrophysiologists and cardiothoracic surgeons to deliver integrated care pathways.

• Develop and maintain regional links to standardise imaging pathways and reporting.

Education, Training & Research

• Contribute to weekly echocardiography teaching (BSE curriculum, guideline review, QA) and resident teaching; present at the monthly Medical Education meeting (audit, M&M, literature).

• Supervise and mentor registrars, fellows and physiologists in advanced echo, CT and/or CMR; support the established cardiac physiology training pathway.

• Lead/participate in audit, QI and imaging governance (reporting standards, protocol optimisation, dose/contrast QA).

• Engage in research and innovation in cardiac imaging with opportunities for publication and presentation.

Service Development & Leadership

• Lead imaging pathway improvements (referral criteria, vetting/triage, structured reporting, turnaround times, virtual review).

• Contribute to structural heart imaging protocols (pre-procedural planning, intraprocedural guidance, post-procedural surveillance).

• Support workforce development (advanced sonographer roles, reporting competencies) and digital optimisation (structured templates, AI-assisted workflows where available).

• Undertake additional professional responsibilities at local/regional level as required.

Supporting Professional Activities (SPA)

• Maintain GMC revalidation through CPD, appraisal and reflection.

• Participate in guideline development, incident learning, risk management and clinical governance.

• Contribute to departmental/Trust meetings and strategy.

Indicative Job Plan (10 PAs; 8.5 DCC / 1.5 SPA)

Note: Imaging session balance (complex echo vs CT vs CMR) will be tailored to the appointee’s skills and service demand. Job plans are reviewed at 6 months and adjusted by mutual agreement.

Education & Teaching Commitments

• Thursday 08:00–09:00: Echocardiography meeting (BSE curriculum, case QA).

• Wednesday 08:00–09:00: Resident doctor teaching.

• Monthly 09:00–13:00: Medical Education half-day (audit, M&M, case presentations, journal review).

• Undergraduate: Contribute to Peninsula Medical School teaching; protected sessions can be job-planned by agreement.