Consultant in Cardiology WSI in General Internal Medicine

Dr Vinoda Sharma is currently Specialty Lead for Cardiology; Dr Stavros Apostolakis is the Clinical Director for Admitted Care, of which Cardiology forms a part; Dr Chetan Varma (also an Interventional Consultant Cardiologist) is the Group Director for Medicine and Emergency Care. MMUH has Medical Admission Units adjacent to the Emergency Departments. The Trust runs a ward-based system for general medical patients. Cardiology day time duties: The cardiology consultants provide a seven day service for cardiology patients at MMUH. The appointee will participate in day time general cardiac duties as Cardiologist of the Week (COW) at MMUH Cardiology department on a 1 in 10 rota (8am-6pm weekdays), reviewing and managing Cardiology patients, and 8am -2pm on the weekend of the COW week. On the MMUH AMU, there is a daily consultant ward round on the acute medical unit (after initial assessment by the RMO and medical on-take team) in which patients needing prolonged specialist cardiac or catheter lab management are transferred the Cardiology A2 ward. In addition the post holder will also contribute to GIM on call weekend (1in 8), SDEC (1 in 52) and GIM weekdays (1 in 20). For an informal discussion, please contact: Dr. Chetan Varma, Consultant Cardiologist and Group Director for Medicine on ,Email: Dr Vinoda Sharma, Consultant Cardiologist and Specialty Lead on , Email: Job description Job responsibilities Dr Vinoda Sharma is currently Specialty Lead for Cardiology; Dr Stavros Apostolakis is the Clinical Director for Admitted Care, of which Cardiology forms a part; Dr Chetan Varma (also an Interventional Consultant Cardiologist) is the Group Director for Medicine and Emergency Care. MMUH has Medical Admission Units adjacent to the Emergency Departments. The Trust runs a ward-based system for general medical patients. Cardiology day time duties: The cardiology consultants provide a seven day service for cardiology patients at MMUH. The appointee will participate in day time general cardiac duties as Cardiologist of the Week (COW) at MMUH Cardiology department on a 1 in 10 rota (8am-6pm weekdays), reviewing and managing Cardiology patients, and 8am -2pm on the weekend of the COW week. On the MMUH AMU, there is a daily consultant ward round on the acute medical unit (after initial assessment by the RMO and medical on-take team) in which patients needing prolonged specialist cardiac or catheter lab management are transferred the Cardiology A2 ward. In addition the post holder will also contribute to GIM on call weekend (1in 8), SDEC (1 in 52) and GIM weekdays (1 in 20). For an informal discussion, please contact: Dr. Chetan Varma, Consultant Cardiologist and Group Director for Medicine on ,Email: Dr Vinoda Sharma, Consultant Cardiologist and Specialty Lead on , Email: