Consultant Cardiologist & Electrophysiologist

The postholder will lead the arrhythmia service at Dorset County Hospital, providing arrhythmia specialist opinions with dedicated arrhythmia clinics. The postholder will also support the pacing and complex device service at DCH. As a visiting consultant the postholder will undertake EP and ablation at University Hospitals Dorset (Royal Bournemouth site). University Hospitals Dorset (Royal Bournemouth Hospital) EP Service The post holder will work with the 4 Electrophysiologists based at the Dorset Heart Centre, and the other visiting Electrophysiologist (based at Salisbury District Hospital). There are also 2 EP fellows, 5 arrhythmia nurses in addition to the cardiology junior doctors and physiologists who together all make up the EP team. The busy EP service covers Dorset, and adjacent parts of Hampshire and Wiltshire with a catchment of approx. 1 million. In 2021/22 707 EP & ablation procedures were performed. The EP labs have LabSystem Pro EP recording systems (Boston), Carto 3

and EnSite mapping systems with image integration of CT or MRI scans. Additionally, we use Cryoablation (Arctic Front) and Pulsed Field Ablation. In accordance with the Terms and Conditions of Service, the successful candidate will be appointed to a 11 PA clinical contract with 9.5 PAs of direct clinical care and 1.5 PAs of supporting professional activity. Further sessions of direct clinical care may be available to the successful applicant by mutual agreement with the Trust. The on call commitment is band A and attracts a supplement of 5% of total annual salary. The successful candidate will be offered the opportunity of continuing professional development, including training in non-clinical aspects of the post. He/she will take responsibility for advising, counselling and agreeing training and development plans for junior medical staff and will be expected to participate in the training of junior medical staff as laid down in the Trust Education Contract. The Cardiology
department has six weekly clinical governance meetings. The appointee will be expected to participate in clinical audit, with the support of the trust audit department. They will be responsible for input of their cases into the national cardiac databases and accurate follow up of any complications. The appointee will also be expected to contribute to the Departmental Audit meetings with audit projects they have initiated and registered on the trust audit database. Time and facilities will be made available for clinical governance and audit.