Consultant Cardiologist Interventional

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust

Job summary

Consultant Cardiologist with a special interest in Coronary Intervention. The post holder will be working at the Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust (LGT) based at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH). They will participate in all the activities of a busy cardiac Department and contribute to the expansion of the current Cardiology service.

The post involves supporting the primary angioplasty service based at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust (GSTT).

The job will include supporting professional activities of revalidation and education.

Please note JD is pending RC approval

Main duties of the job

Total 10 PAs to include:

2 Out-patient clinics (5 new patients, 7 follow up)

Cardiac Catheter Laboratory (QEH) – This will consist of lab sessions (2 sessions per week and providing cross-cover)

7 sessions per year – Cardiologist of the Week

Supporting Professional Activities

Administration

Cardiologist of the Week (9am-5pm, Monday to Friday).

Review of in-patients including on Cardiac Ward (including CCU patients)

Daily AMU/A&E and ward new patient referral rounds

Telephone advice via Consultant-Connect to local General Practitioners

Coronary intervention on-call (Currently 1 in 10) at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust

There is no on-call commitment or weekend work at QEH although it is envisaged that a weekend rota will be introduced with allocation of PAs and time off in lieu as appropriate. Out of hours support is provided by Guys and St Thomas’ NHS Trust and King’s College Hospital NHS Trust.

Person Specification

Essential Criteria

Essential

  • Medical degree (MBBS or equivalent)
  • Full and Specialist registration (with a licence to practise) with the General Medical Council (GMC)
  • UK-trained applicants must hold a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT), or be within six months of award of CCT by date of interview
  • Non-UK trained applicants must show evidence of equivalence to UK CCT and be on the GMC Specialist Register or applying via CESR

Essential Criteria

Essential

  • Experience delivering high-quality clinical care while maintaining patient safety and adhering to national standards (e.g., GIRFT, NHS performance targets).
  • Proven track record of leading or contributing to clinically driven service improvement or transformation initiatives

Desirable

  • Training and experience in optimising theatre utilisation, patient flow, and perioperative efficiency.
  • Broad experience of working within the NHS

Programme Delivery

Essential

  • Strong commitment to delivering change and high performance through effective collaboration with management and clinical teams
  • Ability to analyse complex problems and to develop practical and workable solutions to address them
  • Ability to collaborate constructively with internal and external partners to create the conditions for successful partnership working.
  • Experience in conducting and supporting audits, improvement and service transformation projects

Desirable

  • Knowledge of national targets linked to the NHS performance
  • Experience using clinical data, benchmarking, and audit findings to drive improvements and reduce unwarranted variation

Clinical Audit

Essential

  • Active audit interest demonstrated by at least one completed clinical audit in the last 12 months.
  • Understanding of NHS systems and audit processes
  • Evidence of service improvement projects and audits

Desirable

  • Publication of audit results.
  • Evidence of embedding governance processes to monitor outcomes, safety, and service performance

Teaching Experience

Essential

  • Experience and interest in undergraduate teaching
  • Skill and ability in formal and informal teaching for both under/postgraduate students and nursing/midwifery staff
  • Educational supervision accreditation

Desirable

  • An understanding of current issues in medical education and training
  • Previous experience in trainee Supervision
  • Higher teaching qualification
  • Presentations at National or International meetings
  • Publications in peer reviewed journals

Management and Administrative Experience

Essential

  • Understands the management structure of the NHS

IT Skills

Essential

  • Ability to use Microsoft office packages, e.g. MS Word, Excel, Access & PowerPoint.
  • Ability to use patient information systems

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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