Consultant in Cardiology: Sponsorship Available

Barts Health NHS Trust

Job summary

Consultant In Cardiology with Subspecialist Expertise in Echocardiography (10 PAs Per Week)

Based Between University College London Hospitals (UCLH) and Barts Heart Centre)

Barts Health NHS Trust invites applications to join the Cardiology teams at UCLH and the Bars Heart Centre as a Consultant Cardiologist with specific expertise in echocardiography and potentially also additional cardiac imaging.

This 10 PA appointment is principally based at UCLH (4 days per week) and the appointee will co-lead the development of this already busy clinical service. We are looking to start on-site stress echocardiography (exercise and dobutamine stress) and to expand our on-site TOE offering. This role will also consolidate the on-site Consultant support for our cardiac physiologist team. It will provide departmental leadership in areas such as audit, governance and quality assurance. The appointee will also assist in provision of clinical advice (particularly in relation to imaging) to our Acute Medical, ITU, Oncology and other specialist services at UCLH.

Main duties of the job

It is hoped that the successful appointee will also contribute to and extend the current research activities of the department.

There will also be involvement in General Cardiology Outpatient Clinics at UCLH (average of 1 clinic per week) and the UCLH Cardiology inpatient/ED/SDEC liaison service (1 week per month, weekdays). Additionally, there is a small on-call commitment (6 weekends per year, providing daytime-only ward rounds and referral reviews).

There is also one weekly clinical session at Barts Heart Centre (the details of which will be guided by the successful appointee’s specific interests) plus the opportunity for participation in several specialist cardiac MDT meetings run from Barts e.g. general valve MDT, TAVI MDT, endocarditis MDT etc

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • GMC

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: 6 December 2026

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