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Applications are invited for a cardiology fellow post at St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. This job is aimed at individuals who have some experience in treating patients with inherited cardiac conditions and wish to further advance their clinical training in the fields of inherited cardiac conditions, acquired conditions predisposing to cardiac arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death in the young and Sports Cardiology.

The Inherited Cardiac Conditions service at St George's hospital has been in existence since the 1990s and is one of the largest in the country. The service receives referrals from local cardiologists (catchment population over 1 million) and referrals from consultants nationally. It provides an integrated 'one-stop' assessment from a multi-disciplinary team in accordance with Chapter 8 of the National Service Framework and aims to evaluate and manage individuals and families at risk of or with established inherited cardiac conditions and other cardiovascular conditions which may predispose to sudden cardiac death. The service focuses on families with unexplained sudden deaths (SADS) and ion channel diseases such as the long QT and Brugada syndromes and cardiomyopathies such as arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC), hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and dilated cardiomyopathy. There are five full time nurses attached to the clinic as well as weekly sessions from a nurse genetics counsellor and a clinic coordinator.

The successful applicant will work within our Centre for Inherited Cardiac Conditions and Sports Cardiology and will conduct supervised outpatient clinics, participate in the in-patient care of patients with inherited cardiac conditions and support the community cardiac screening programme of the charitable organisation Cardiac Risk in the Young. Depending on their sub-specialty interest will have the opportunity to receive further training on cardiac MRI, transthoracic, transoesophageal or stress echocardiography, electrophysiology, devices, heart failure and connective tissue diseases.

The successful applicant will be supervised by our team of consultants including Professor Elijah Behr, Professor Michael Papadakis, Professor Sanjay Sharma, Dr Mark Specterman and Professor Maite Tome who have a world-renowned reputation in the cardiomyopathies and ion channelopathies. Enthusiasm and self-motivation are essential for the post. The successful applicant should be able to work independently but should also be flexible and a good team member.

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This post is ideal for a senior cardiology trainee committed to a career in inherited cardiac conditions (ICC) and/or Sports Cardiology or a less experienced cardiology trainee who has a keen interest in the field. The post holder should hold full MRCP or equivalent. Experience in inherited cardiac conditions is expected and an enthusiasm for developing skills in clinical research and teaching are essential requirements of the post.

Flexible start date from September 2023 to April 2024

Please review the Job Description for further details, informal conversations are encouraged.