Consultant in Cardiology – Specialist Interest in Intervention

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

A whole-time/part-time post as consultant in Cardiology is available now based at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford University Hospital.

The appointment is on a whole-time/part-time basis but applications are welcome from those who wish to job share.

Any person who is unable for personal reasons to work full-time will be eligible to be considered for the post. If such a person is appointed, modification of the job content will be discussed on a personal basis, in consultation with consultant colleagues. Suitably qualified job-share candidates will receive serious consideration.

The postholder’s duties will be primarily at John Radcliffe Hospital with coronary lab activity at Milton Keynes University Hospital but it is a condition of the appointment that the postholder will be willing to work in any of the Trust’s locations.

Main duties of the job

OUHFT is a large tertiary cardiac centre serving a population of 2.5 million that undertakes approximately 1300 PCI procedures including 350 PPCIs and approximately 500 TAVIs per annum.

The successful applicant will support the ongoing development of the established invasive coronary service, and the growth of a coronary network to consolidate regional services. They will help to provide a non-emergency weekend coronary invasive service to support rollout of a pathway for acute admissions.

There is a growing need for further consolidation of coronary invasive service across the referring centres and this appointment will have a role for strengthening these links by attending local MDT’s and provision of specialist clinics for complex cases.

All consultant cardiologists participate in a consultant of the week rota for general cardiology, currently approx. 1 in 16 weeks. On these occasions the consultant is released from morning fixed commitments to undertake CCU ward rounds, email advice line and this commitment is reviewed periodically and may change following consultation.

To gain further details of this post go to NHS Jobs via:www.ouh.nhs.uk/about/working-for-us/default.aspx

Person Specification

Qualifications/Training

Essential

  • Registration on GMC Specialist Register in Cardiology or CCT in Cardiology within six months of achieving CCT at the time of interview
  • Fully trained in Coronary Intervention
  • Full registration and licence to practise

Desirable

  • Higher medical degree relevant to cardiac imaging (MD/PhD)
  • Sub-speciality interest

Experience

Essential

  • Elective and acute PCI including PPCI Structural Cardiology including TAVI
  • Evidence of ability to make decisions at consultant level and to manage complex clinical problems.

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

  • Excellent leadership skills. Evidence of ability to lead a clinical team at the level of a consultant in a teaching hospital.
  • Effective administrative and time management skills. Training in clinical management.
  • Evidence of significant contribution to successful teamwork
  • Good spoken and written English. Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Experience of formal and informal contributions to teaching and training.
  • Evidence of effective and sustained contribution to clinical governance, clinical risk management and clinical audit activities
  • Ability to contribute to long-term development and success of the service

Desirable

  • Management qualification
  • Education qualification
  • Peer reviewed publications Research grants

Other Requirements

Essential

  • Full registration and licence to practise

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 12 July 2026

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