Trust Fellow in Congenital Cardiology

You will participate in managing the care of ACHD patients at registrar level and be expected to perform clinical and non-invasive assessments including ECG interpretation and transthoracic echocardiography. The post will include responsibility for day-to-day running and planning of the ACHD inpatients and implementing management plans under the supervision of the consultant staff. The applicant will present cases at departmental MDT meetings where the management of patients with complex congenital disease are discussed. ACHD patients may also be discussed at MDT meetings covering anomalous coronary problems, revascularisation, mitral valves, thoracic aorta, vascular surgery, clinical genetics, TAVI, PFO and imaging.

The post holder is expected to develop skills and expertise in all aspects of congenital cardiology. Specifically, these include clinical assessment and management of suspected / newly diagnosed patients with congenital heart disease. You will develop outpatient management experience (two clinics per week), learn to present patients for multidisciplinary team discussion, and begin to participate in more complex decision-making roles, developing skills in triage, communication and prioritisation. You will be expected to learn and be involved with the process of audit, the development of clinical guidelines and clinical governance.

You will be expected to acquire the advanced echocardiography skills needed for the assessment of congenital heart disease during your tenure. Other subspecialty areas for learning include maternal cardiology, cardiac MRI, structural intervention and TOE. Your timetable will be developed to reflect your particular interests balanced against the training requirements of the other middle grade staff.

The successful candidate will also have an excellent opportunity to gain valuable experience in inherited cardiac conditions with our ICC experts. This includes working closely with the ICC team and the clinical genetics team, and being involved in the administration of novel treatments and follow-up care for HOCM and other inherited cardiac conditions.

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