# Consultant in Cardiology with specialist interest in Echocardiography

**Company**: Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
**Location**: Harefield, Middx
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Salary**: £113565.00 to £150569.00
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are seeking a Consultant in Cardiology with a specialist interest in Echocardiography to join our team at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital - Harefield Hospital site. The successful candidate will be integral to the service delivery of the echo service and will work closely with the team of echo imaging consultants, specialist nurses, clinical scientists, and physiologists.

The post-holder should be accredited in all types of echocardiography and capable of performing high-end imaging for patients with advanced myocardial and heart valve disease as part of assessment for surgical and structural interventions. The post-holder is expected to carry out complex echocardiography, including stress echo for a broad spectrum of indications, elective and intra-procedural 3D TOE with multiplane imaging.

Key responsibilities include:

- Weekly outpatient and echo clinics

- Support the Consultant of the Week and Consultant of the Day rota

- Timely diagnosis of patients referred to GSTT and partner trusts (stress echo, complex echo, TOE and TTE lists)

- Continuing clinical responsibility for the patients in their charge, allowing for all proper delegation to, and training of junior staff

- Regular imaging support for MDTs (Revascularisation, Mitral, Aortic and ACHD MDTs)

- Be flexible in delivering outreach clinics and diagnostic services to partner organisations

- Participate in clinical governance activity, including clinical audit, clinical guideline and protocol development, and clinical risk management

- Contribute to the management and development of their clinical service, including covering for consultant colleagues as and when required

The ideal candidate will have:

- Full UK GMC registration and a Licence to Practise

- Inclusion on the Specialist Register or eligible for inclusion within 6 months of interview date

- Demonstrable sub-specialist interest/accreditation in Heart Valve Disease and Echo

- MRCP or equivalent

- BSE Accreditation in Transthoracic Echo (or equivalent)

- Experience of elective and acute Clinical Cardiology

- Experience of transthoracic echo in elective and acute patients

- Experience of advanced diagnostic echo techniques: stress echo, TOE, etc.

We offer a competitive salary of £113,565 to £150,569 per annum, a permanent full-time contract, and a range of benefits.

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## Skills

### Required
- Cardiology
- Echocardiography
- Stress Echo
- TOE
- TTE
- Clinical Governance
- Audit
- Research
- Teaching

### Nice to have
- AI in Echocardiography
- Research experience
- Teaching experience

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