Consultant Cardiologist Heart Failure and Device

  • Full Time
  • United Kingdom
  • 113,565 to 150,569 £ / Year

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust

Job summary

Candidates are invited to apply for the post of Consultant Cardiologist with specialist interest in Heart Failure and Devices.

The post will be based at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, London which is part of Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, providing high quality care to patients across the London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich and Bexley.

Main duties of the job

This is an exciting opportunity to work with a dedicated, enthusiastic team to develop and provide high quality services. The successful candidate will lead and develop the heart failure service, working with colleagues within the Trust and specialist teams in the community. They will also contribute to the expansion of the simple and complex cardiac implantable electronic device service. Inpatient cardiology care and specialist referral advice is provided with colleagues via a Cardiologist of the week rot

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • oMB BS or equivalent
  • oMRCP or equivalent
  • oEntry on the General Medical Council (GMC) Specialist Register Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) (the proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of the interview) b) Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR) o Completion o
  • oSub-specialty training in Complex Device Therapy and Heart Failure
  • o Completion of Accredited UK Coronary Intervention Training Program

Desirable

  • o MD/PhD or other higher degree

Clinical Experience

Essential

  • oBroad based training and experience in cardiovascular medicine
  • oEvidence of advanced training in sub-specialty
  • oAbility to offer expert clinical opinion on a range of problems relating to Cardiology
  • oAbility to take full and independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients.

Desirable

  • oIT Literate

Clinical Audit/Governan ce

Essential

  • o Has undertaken relevant specialty audit
  • o Understanding the principles of clinical governance and its implications.

Desirable

  • o Previous experience of clinical governance, clinical risk management and associated areas.

Teaching Experience

Essential

  • o Experience and strong commitment to undergraduate and post graduate teaching.

Desirable

  • o Formal teaching qualification(s)

Management and Administrative Experience

Essential

  • o Ability to organise and manage outpatient priorities and treatment.
  • o Experience of audit management
  • o Ability and willingness to work within the Trust and NHS performance framework and targets
  • o Evidence of previous experience in clinical or service development

Desirable

  • o Previous formal training in management.
  • o Previous general management experience.

Research Experience

Essential

  • o Knowledge of research methodology & clinical trials
  • o Interest in pursuing relevant clinical research

Desirable

  • o Publications in peer reviewed journals
  • o Presentations at recognised national & international meetings on relevant topics

Other Attributes

Essential

  • o Ability to provide leadership where appropriate
  • o The ability to work within a team and have the flexibility to respond to the varying needs of a busy department
  • o Good interpersonal skills and ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other agencies

Desirable

  • o Evidence of ability to lead a multidisciplinary team.
  • o Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional or national levels.

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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