Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist subspecialty expertise in MRI CT

This post is full time (10 programmed activities) with the option for additional programmed activities available.

This role will immerse the successful applicant fully within the paediatric cardiology team by undertaking cover of the inpatient service, outpatient clinics and support of clinics throughout the wider paediatric congenital heart network. The subspecialty activity is to provide specialist imaging in congenital cardiac MRI and cardiac CT.

The successful candidate will be on call for general paediatric cardiology.

The post-holder will have regular contact with vulnerable adults and/or children (0-18 years) and therefore this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such, it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Criminal Records Bureau to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Your hours of work will be as detailed in your job plan and may be varied from time to time in accordance with the Consultant Contract Terms and Conditions.

This is a full-time consultant appointment in paediatric cardiology.

The post-holder will be expected to work within the existing team to continue to enhance the paediatric cardiology service and its network. The post-holder will work with colleagues across paediatric cardiology and radiology to provide a comprehensive paediatric cardiac MRI and CT service with a strong emphasis on quality and education and will help developing the service profile within the Clinical group, Trust and Network.

The post-holder will be expected to work closely with existing consultants and the multidisciplinary team to provide a clinical service of excellence for the child with congenital or acquired heart disease. Specifically, this would include contributing to the acute inpatient service provision by participating on the service rota, and supporting outpatient care with a clinic and support of the rapid access service.

The post holder will contribute to provision of network activity by taking over the responsibility for existing clinics within wider CHD network.

The post holder will be expected to actively participate in the research, education, and administrative responsibilities of the paediatric department, as well as generally support the Trust and its Directorate of Childrens services.

Please refer to the Job desciption for more details.

Paediatric Cardiology Services sit within the Children's Cardio-Respiratory and Intensive Care (CRIC) directorate and are a joint service across Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals and Evelina London Children's Hospital. As such it is a requirement of your employment that the post-holder is prepared to work at any additional or different location owned or served by the Trust, either on an on-going or temporary basis according to the demands of the service.

The Paediatric Cardiology Services are committed to meeting the standards set out by NHS England for the provision of congenital cardiac care for all age groups. There are 32 substantive consultant cardiologists within the service covering a range of sub-specialist areas including fetal cardiology, cardiac imaging, electrophysiology and interventional cardiology. Our cardiac surgeons perform the full range of congenital heart surgery.

The Paediatric Cardiology Services have access to a full range of services across all age groups including fetal, neonatal and adult facilities at St Thomas' and also across the North West London Hospital Alliance. There is a close working relationship with academic partners from Kings College London and Imperial College London, with some academic consultants having joint NHS and University appointments and supervising research fellows and their projects.

Professional Qualifications

Clinical Experience

Audit Management & IT

Research, Teaching skill & experience

Leadership / Management skills