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Locum Consultant in General Cardiology and MRI

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LS1 3BB Expires in 17 Days

General cardiology at LTHT is an essential component of the workload of the cardiology department, providing secondary level care for the population of Leeds. This team requires support after the retirement and loss of colleagues due to a death in service. The Cardiac imaging department in Leeds offers all cardiac imaging modalities including Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (CMR), Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (CTCA) and is led by Dr Dominik Schlosshan, clinical lead for cardiac imaging. The CMR department is led by Prof Plein a BSCMR accredited CMR laboratories and performs over 2,500 clinical CMR scans covering all indications from congenital to stress CMR. The department uses two state of the art Philips MRI scanners (1.5 Ingenia and 3 Tesla Achieva) and a 3T Siemens scanner. The Cardiac CT service is led by Radiology with Cardiology participation and uses a Siemens Force scanner performing over 1200 CT coronary angiograms and a large number of gated scans for interventional planning of structural interventions. CT images are analysed using a dedicated software (3Mensio). There are active Teaching and Research links with the Leeds School of Medicine and the University of Leeds, both well situated on adjacent sites. The CMR research group has a world leading reputation for its clinical research including large single and multi-centre imaging trials and currently employs 8 clinical fellows. The post is fixed term for 6 months starting as soon as possible, with options to extend if mutually agreed. OBJECTIVES OF THE POST To deliver care to patients by providing: Out-patient clinics (general cardiology) Specialist PA ideally to contribute to MRI provision There is no on call commitment in this post. To link with consultant colleagues in other relevant site specialist teams within the Cardiology department and across the Cardio-Respiratory CSU. To contribute to research, teaching and new developments within the Cardiology department. The post holder will be encouraged to facilitate and contribute to the current clinical research programs on going in the department.