Lead Cardiologist at The African Medical Centre of Excellence (AMCE)

Job Purpose

• The Lead Cardiologist will provide strategic, clinical, and operational leadership for AMCE's cardiology service to advance the hospital's cardiovascular programme. The role holder will lead the delivery of high-quality, safe, evidence-based, and patient-centred cardiology care, while driving service development, multidisciplinary collaboration, clinical governance, quality improvement, teaching, research, and innovation across AMCE's cardiovascular programme.

Key Accountabilities/Responsibilities
Clinical Care and Leadership:

• Provide expert clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and ongoing management for patients with complex cardiovascular conditions.
• Lead consultant-level decision-making across outpatient clinics, inpatient reviews, emergency consultations, and multidisciplinary case discussions.
• Provide clinical oversight for non-invasive and invasive cardiology services, ensuring appropriate escalation, referral, and continuity of care.
• Communicate clearly with patients and families on diagnosis, treatment options, risks, benefits, and expected outcomes.
• Review and approve clinical reports, treatment plans, discharge summaries, and follow-up recommendations where required.

Strategic Development and Service Excellence:

• Develop and implement strategic plans, clinical pathways, and service improvement initiatives for AMCE’s cardiology service.
• Strengthen integration between cardiology, cardiac diagnostics, interventional cardiology, electrophysiology, intensive care, emergency medicine, and other relevant specialties.
• Drive improvements in access, patient flow, turnaround time, patient experience, and clinical outcomes across the cardiology service.
• Support the development of advanced cardiac programmes, including preventive cardiology, heart failure, cardiac imaging, rhythm management, and multidisciplinary cardiac care.
• Contribute to workforce planning, equipment planning, and resource optimisation for sustainable service growth.

Governance, Quality Assurance and Patient Safety:

• Ensure compliance with applicable clinical guidelines, regulatory requirements, professional standards, and AMCE policies.
• Lead clinical audit, morbidity and mortality review, incident review, and quality improvement activities within cardiology.
• Monitor service performance indicators, patient outcomes, safety standards, and documentation quality.
• Promote safe use of cardiology equipment, infection prevention standards, medication safety, and effective clinical risk management.
• Support accreditation readiness and continuous improvement across the cardiovascular service.

Leadership, Teaching and Research:

• Provide clinical leadership, mentorship, and supervision to consultants, fellows, residents, cardiac physiologists, nurses, and allied health professionals.
• Facilitate teaching, case reviews, grand rounds, clinical training, and continuing professional development activities.
• Promote a culture of teamwork, accountability, ethical practice, compassion, and patient-centred care.
• Lead or participate in cardiology research, innovation, publications, and collaboration with AMCE’s clinical and academic partners.
• Support performance management, capability development, and succession planning within the cardiology team.

Qualifications

• Medical Degree (MBBS, MBBCh, MD, or equivalent) from a recognised medical school.
• Completed specialist fellowship, residency, or equivalent postgraduate training in Cardiology from a recognised institution.
• Valid medical licence and specialist registration with the appropriate national or international regulatory body.
• Certification in Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) is essential.
• Additional qualifications in clinical leadership, healthcare management, cardiac imaging, interventional cardiology, heart failure, or related subspecialty areas will be an added advantage.

Experience:

• Minimum of 10 years’ Consultant-level experience in cardiology practice.
• Demonstrated experience leading cardiology services in a tertiary hospital, advanced cardiac centre, academic medical centre, or international hospital environment.
• Strong expertise across non-invasive and invasive cardiology, with demonstrable competence in complex cardiovascular case management.
• Proven track record in clinical governance, quality improvement, service development, multidisciplinary collaboration, and team leadership.
• Experience with electronic medical records (EMR), cardiac imaging/workflow systems, clinical audit, and outcome reporting is highly desirable.