Locum Consultant Cardiologist Interest in Cardiac Electrophysiology

Job summary

This is a locum appointment, intended to maximise utilization of the infrastructure. The remit of the postholder will be to work within the multi-disciplinary team providing and further developing care for adult patients with cardiac arrhythmias from King’s, the local community, and referring hospitals. In addition, the individual will be required to play an active role in the general workload of the department while having a significant commitment to teaching and training of junior staff. The post-holder will be asked to participate in the EP on call rota and may be expected to undertake outreach clinics. The post-holder will be expected to part-take in the consultant-of-the-week in-patient ward cover.

Main duties of the job

The post will be based at both Denmark Hill. The proposed Job Plan is outlined in the Job Description. There will be an average of 8.5 Programmed Activities of Direct Clinical Care, with the remainder being allocated for Supporting Professional and/or other Activities. There is no on-call commitment for general cardiology, but the post-holder will participate in an out of hours arrhythmia on-call service (currently 1 in 6).

As a senior employee of the Trust you will work in close co-operation with, and support other clinical, medical professional and managerial colleagues in providing high quality healthcare to the Trust’s patients. Integral to these responsibilities is the following:

• The provision of a first class clinical service
• Effective leadership to all staff engaged in the specialty
• Sustaining and developing teaching and research in conjunction with King’s College London
• Undertaking all work in accordance with the Trust’s procedures and operating policies
• Conducting clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirements and within the parameters of the Trust’s service plans
• Maintaining the confidence of business plans and development strategies formulated for the specialty, the Care Group or the Trust

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registerable medical qualification
• Full MRCP

Desirable

• Other higher degree or diploma (e.g., MD)

Registration

Essential

• Full Registration with GMC
• Name on GMC Specialist Register on date of taking up appointment

Training and Experience

Essential

• Wide experience in all aspects of cardiology, culminating in award of CCST or equivalent.
• Specialist training in cardiac electrophysiology
• Independent operator for diagnostic EP studies, and both standard and complex catheter ablation.
• Independent operator for trans-septal

Desirable

• Demonstrated subspecialty interest and experience, including complex ablation.
• The post-holder should be ready to perform basic AF ablation (by wide area circumferential ablation) and cardiac resynchronization/conduction system pacemaker implantation procedures independently.
• Experience in complex syncope clinics

Administration

Essential

• Experience in day-to-day organisation of Cardiac services in a busy Teaching Hospital
• Familiarity with information technology and general computer skills
• Familiar with current structure of UK National Health Service and conversant with recent initiatives and changes

Desirable

• Familiar with current structure of Health Service and conversant with recent initiatives and changes

Management and Leadership

Essential

• Able to demonstrate leadership capability within multi-disciplinary teams

Desirable

• Management course and/or qualification

Audit and Quality Improvement

Essential

• Thorough understanding of principles of medical audit.
• Must have undertaken and completed audit projects.

Desirable

• Audit Publications

Research and Publications

Essential

• Experience of clinical research in one or more aspects of cardiac arrhythmia care
• Publication of relevant review articles or case reports.

Desirable

• Relevant research experience in one or more aspects of Cardiology

Teaching

Essential

• Experience of undergraduate and post-graduate teaching and exam preparation.

Desirable

• Teaching skills course/qualification

Closing Date: 13 August 2026