Consultant Cardiologist with Special Interest in Acute Medicine

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust

Job summary

The Consultant Cardiologist post holder will have a specialist interest in Acute Medicine and work across both Cardiology and Acute Medicine for 10 Programmed Activities per week. An additional PA available subject to negotiation and will include participation in a 1:7 Cardiology hot week on-call.

Typically, a consultant will spend 7.5 PA’s on Direct Clinical Care (this includes with 1.5 PA’s on Supporting Professional Activities and 1PA for admin plus on call PA commitments.

The trust and the Acute Care Team have a robust program for mentoring the new Consultant appointment including access to NHS Leadership programs and clinical courses. The Acute medical team work on a rotational basis covering Ward 29 -Short stay, AMU and Ambulatory care.

Acute – 5 PA out of 4 is DCC and 1 PA is SPA + Admin.

Cardiology – 5 PA out of 4 is DCC and 1 PA is SPA & Admin

Further details in the job description attached.

Advert may close earlier upon receipt of suitable number of applications.

Main duties of the job

Acute

Definitive care of patient attendances and admissions

To lead the delivery of high quality acute medical intervention to patients in all Acute areas by continued

development of practice in the light of evidence-based clinical standards.

To lead the provision of comprehensive medical service to AMU and develop comprehensive plans for patient care in the acute phase, taking active involvement in the management of all unscheduledemergency medical admissions to the Trust.

To develop and provide acute medical services to assist in the admission avoidance and early safe discharges strategies of the Trust.

To lead and direct the AMU to facilitate substantial reform in the management of emergencymedical patients, establishing links with GPs and other consultant staff.

To monitor the delivery of emergency medical care to ensure high quality, evidence-based care at all times

To ensure safe high quality acute medical intervention including procedures required for patients and isresponsive and in line with best practice.

Further details in the JD

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Basic Medical Degree
  • Full MRCP or equivalent
  • Entry on the GMC Specialist Register
  • ALS (Adult Life support) within last 3 years
  • Full GMC Registration with a Licence to Practice

Experience

Essential

  • Evidence of Higher Specialist Training in Cardiology & Medicine (or be within 6 months of confirmed entry from date of interview)
  • Must possess a wide experience in Cardiology and General Internal Medicine at senior level
  • Ability to offer expert clinical advice on range of problems
  • Ability to work collaboratively with colleagues and within a multi-disciplinary team
  • Ability to act as an effective role model for junior staff.
  • Experience in Acute Medicine

Skills

Essential

  • Good organisational and management skills Ability to manage and lead within the Elderly Care Team
  • Ability to organise and prioritise workload effectively
  • Ability to plan strategically and to exercise sound judgements when faced with conflicting pressures
  • Experience of supervising junior medical staff including SpR/StR level
  • Ability to teach clinical and operative skills

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: 3 August 2026

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