Job overview

There is currently expansion of the Heart Unit at Alder Hey and increasing collaboration with the team at Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital to deliver robust and high-quality care to children and young people with cardiac disease across the North West, North Wales and Isle of Man CHD network serving approximately 7.5 million population. are undertaken both at the Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust (Level 1 centre) and the Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Level 2 centre), with considerable co-operation existing between the Trusts. These working arrangements have now been formalised through a managed Clinical Network.

The team are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated cardiologist with a subspecialty interest in neonatal cardiology. The post-holder will report through the Clinical Lead at Alder Hey Children’s to the Chief Executive with professional support from the Director of the Surgical Division. The appointee will work alongside a team of established consultants and with a team of allied health professionals caring for children with cardiac conditions across the North West, North Wales and Isle of Man network.

Main duties of the job

It is envisaged that this post will attract 8.5 programmed activities per week. 

The job will include fortnightly neonatal cardiology sessions at Liverpool Women’s Hospital and a monthly outreach clinic at the Countess of Chester Hospital.

At Alder Hey a ‘Consultant of the Week’ rota is in operation, where one consultant is responsible for all daytime  acute referrals and inpatient care during that week (1 in 9 weekday; 1 in 9 weekend). A separate on-call rota is provided for interventional cardiology (presently 1 in 3 basis). The post holder would be expected to participate in 
the on-call rota and would therefore be in receipt of the 3% on-call supplement.

Working for our organisation

As one of Europe’s biggest and busiest children’s hospitals, at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, we treat everything from common illnesses to highly complex and specialist conditions. In addition to our main hospital site, we offer paediatric services at a number of community sites and hold local clinics across Merseyside, Cumbria, Shropshire, Wales and the Isle of Man. We also provide specialist inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs in our recently relocated and newly opened state of the art facility.

Alder Hey has a thriving research portfolio and leads research into children’s medicines, infection, inflammation and oncology. We are becoming recognised as one of the world’s leaders in children’s healthcare and research. We contribute to public health, lead cutting-edge research and teach the next generation of children’s specialists. Alongside this is our Innovation Hub, a dedicated space where clinicians and industries can come together to create new products and technologies.

We know that a children’s hospital is different and that our job is more than just treating an illness. To us, every child is an individual. As well as giving them the very best care, we set out to make them feel happy, safe and confident as they play, learn and grow. At Alder Hey we are here to look after a child and their family and that includes mums, dads, brothers and sisters.