Consultant Cardiologist: Sponsorship Available

Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

Working Full time: 10 Sessions per week

The Trust is seeking to appoint a full-time Consultant Cardiologist to join its established team of cardiologists and play a key role in the continued development and expansion of the cardiology service.

The department offers a comprehensive range of diagnostic and treatment facilities, including CT coronary angiography, dobutamine and exercise stress echocardiography, transoesophageal echocardiography, and a dedicated Cardiology Day Suite providing on-site cardiac pacing services. As part of a growing department, you will work alongside a dynamic, flexible, and highly motivated team of consultants and specialist practitioners. The successful candidate will benefit from strong multidisciplinary support, including regular one-to-one meetings and guidance from the Clinical Lead.

Following the completion of a major refurbishment in August 2021, the Cardiology Ward and Coronary Care Unit (CCU) were redesigned to create a modern Cardiology Unit comprising 16 inpatient beds within a single ward area. Of these, six beds are monitored and ten are non-monitored. In addition, six telemetry monitors are available for use across other inpatient areas throughout the Trust, enhancing the unit’s ability to provide specialist cardiac care.

Main duties of the job

We provide a 7 day in reach service to our 53 bedded AMU, with support from the Cardiac Specialist Nurses during the working week. We are exploring new models of working with our primary care colleagues in the community as well as closely integrating services with our regional tertiary referral centre, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital. We were proud to receive a favourable review by the GIRFT team in Dec 2019 and our future development plans reflect the suggestions of this report.

Clinical

  • Ward rounds for inpatients, including a daily inreach to the AMU for cardiac patients
  • Reviewing and advising on the management of inpatients referred by other specialists within the hospital
  • Specialist Cardiology clinics
  • Diagnostic Imaging – including CTCA, TOE and Stress Echo.

Non-Clinical

  • Responsible for the training of Core and Speciality Trainees, Foundation doctors.
  • Develop Advanced Nurse Practitioners and Speciality Doctor
  • Supervising Audit projects and CME
  • Attend weekly meetings
  • Attend monthly meetings (Speciality team, Local Heart Disease Network etc.
  • Development and promotion of evidence-based practice and guidelines
  • Active contribution to the departmental Clinical Governance structure
  • Multi-disciplinary team working and leadership
  • Relevant participation in management
  • Other appropriate duties and responsibilities

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • MRCP
  • CCST/CCT in Cardiology within 6 months of interview
  • CESR or European Community Rights
  • Registered on the GMC Specialist Register

Desirable

  • MD/PhD

Experience

Essential

  • Wide clinical experience in Cardiology
  • Experience in teaching
  • Demonstrate the use of clinical audit within the service

Desirable

  • Special interest in cardiac imaging, anatomical and functional
  • Recognised teaching skill course or qualification

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 October 2026

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