Consultant in Heart Valve Disease and Echocardiography

Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent NHS Trust in the UK is seeking a qualified medical professional for a permanent full-time position. The appointee will provide clinical services across locations, including outpatient valve clinics and inpatient care for patients. Key responsibilities include performing ward rounds and being trained in echocardiography. This role involves collaboration with a multidisciplinary team, emphasizing clinical excellence and innovation in patient care.

Qualifications

• Capable of performing outpatient valve clinics independently.
• Trained and accredited in basic and complex echocardiography.
• 1 in 8 on-call commitment for remote echo review service.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the team of intervention consultants.
• Perform inpatient ward rounds for valve and endocarditis patients.
• Deliver clinical services at multiple locations.

Job description

Position Overview

This is a permanent full-time post (10 PAs), and the appointee will work closely with the team of intervention consultants, specialist nurses, clinical scientists and physiologists to deliver clinical services both at Guy's and St Thomas' as well as the OP Cardiology service delivered via a community site in Bexley.

Responsibilities

This individual should be capable of performing outpatient valve clinics independently, performing inpatient ward rounds for valve and endocarditis patients and be trained and accredited in basic and complex echocardiography (including stress echo, TOE and intraprocedural structural echo). There is a 1 in 8 on call commitment for remote echo review service.

About the Trust

GSTT operates a large complex intervention service with an internationally renowned clinical and academic programme for the treatment of the full range of acute and elective coronary presentations. The Cardiovascular Directorate at St Thomas' Hospital is one of the largest in the UK, with facilities including a six‑bedded Coronary Care Unit, over 60 cardiology inpatient beds across two wards, a suite of five Catheter laboratories, four Cardiac theatres, a state‑of‑the‑art hybrid theatre and two dedicated outpatient centres. There is excellent provision of the full range of imaging facilities including echocardiography cardiac CT, nuclear medicine and cardiac MRI, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best‑known hospitals – Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield – as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high‑quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.

We are among the UK's busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.

We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and – as part of King's Health Partners – we are one of England's eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world‑class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research's biomedical research centres, established with King's College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.

We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.