Bexley Cardiology Consultant

Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS trust in the United Kingdom is seeking a skilled clinician to deliver outpatient cardiology care within the Bexley Community Cardiology Service. This role involves offering face-to-face and virtual clinics, providing clinical leadership to staff, and driving service development in collaboration with local primary care. The ideal candidate will have experience in cardiology and a commitment to enhancing patient pathways and local service integration.

Qualifications

• Experience in delivering outpatient cardiology care.
• Strong clinical leadership skills.
• Ability to collaborate with primary care and local services.

Responsibilities

• Deliver outpatient cardiology care within the community service.
• Undertake face-to-face and virtual clinics.
• Provide clinical leadership to staff across cardiology pathways.
• Lead service development and pathway redesign work.
• Strengthen links with local health services.
• Support integration of cardiology services with local health provision.

Job description

This clinical post will involve delivering outpatient cardiology care, providing service leadership and driving service development. The job plan includes face‑to‑face and virtual cardiology clinics (general cardiology and heart failure), referral triage and providing advice and guidance for local GPs. The postholder will be expected to provide clinical leadership for staff working in the Bexley community cardiology service. There will be allocated time to lead service development in collaboration with primary care, including quality improvement work and designing end‑to‑end pathways for patient care. The postholder will be expected to further develop existing links with local services (e.g. the Oxleas Heart Failure community nursing team) and to work with stakeholders to integrate Bexley cardiology with additional local services (such as local frailty services and the planned neighbourhood teams).

Responsibilities

• Deliver outpatient cardiology care within the Bexley Community Cardiology Service, including general cardiology and heart failure clinics.
• Undertake face‑to‑face and virtual clinics, referral triage, and provide advice and guidance to local GPs.
• Provide clinical leadership to staff working across the Bexley community cardiology pathways.
• Lead service development work, collaborating with primary care on pathway redesign, quality improvement and end‑to‑end care models.
• Strengthen and expand links with local services (e.g., Oxleas HF nursing team, frailty services, neighbourhood teams).
• Support integration of Bexley cardiology services with wider local health provision.