Cardiology Consultant - Imaging Specialist

NHS; Bury; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading NHS Trust in Bury as a Cardiology Consultant specializing in Imaging. This role offers you the opportunity to collaborate closely with a dedicated team to enhance cardiology services for over 750,000 local residents. You'll have the chance to contribute to high standards of patient care, engage in continuous professional development, and enjoy a competitive benefits package.

Benefits

Flexible working opportunities

Protected hours for health and wellbeing activities

Generous annual leave allowance

Qualifications

• Competence in complex pacing or PCI or cardiac imaging.
• Clinical expertise in cardiology.
• Knowledge of project management and clinical governance.

Responsibilities

• Participate in inpatient consultations and patient management.
• Conduct cardiology clinics and oversee service development.
• Work closely within a multidisciplinary team.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Effective problem-solving skills

Leadership skills

Teamwork

Education

Primary medical qualification (e.g. MBChB)

MRCP or equivalent training and experience

CCST in Cardiology or expected within 3 months

Tools

Accredited clinical supervision experience

Job description

Go back Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

Cardiology Consultant - Imaging Specialist

The closing date is 30 June 2025

This is an exciting time for a new cardiologist to help develop cardiology services, for our local population of about 750,000 people. The appointed individual will be expected to work closely with other consultants in the department of cardiology of the Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA).

The service has a Clinical Director, Dr Kamal Khan, lead nurse, Naheed Sabir and Directorate Manager, Tania Woolley. There are regular directorate meetings to communicate directorate and corporate issues and also to provide support to medical staff. A mentor will be allocated to the new appointee to assist their transition into their new role. Regular job planning meetings are held to monitor workload.

Main duties of the job

The new post holder will be expected to participate in a hot week system, whereby all cardiology inpatients are seen daily Monday to Friday, and a review of any patients with cardiology conditions in the MAU or elsewhere in FGH/ROH occurs daily.

The service provides new and follow-up cardiology clinics. The clinics are held in the main hospital. The department has the support of the cardiology specialist nurses. The service has access to full cardiorespiratory investigations on site. The new post would be expected to provide new and follow up cardiology clinics to support this.

In addition to general cardiology inpatient work and cardiology clinics, the post holder will be expected to have a sub-specialist interest in Imaging. This is an ideal post for a clinician wishing to maintain an established service with the potential for significant service development with a team of dedicated clinicians.

About us

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester.

Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS Trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

To read more information about Consultant careers at the Northern Care Alliance please visit our careers landing page: Consultant careers :: Northern Care Alliance Careers

Job responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: https://careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Primary medical qualification (eg. MBChB)
• MRCP or equivalent training and experience

Registration

• Registration on the GMC Specialist Register-CCT or within 6 months of obtaining CCT
• Hold CCST in Cardiology or expect to do so within 3 months of interview
• Evidence of Accredited Clinical & Educational Supervision of Medical Learners

Knowledge & experience

• Competence in complex pacing or PCI or cardiac imaging including BSE (o equivalent) accreditation in TTE
• Clinical expertise and broad knowledge in all aspects of cardiology
• Demonstrate a commitment to development of cardiology services
• Clinical Governance understanding
• Understanding of project management and preparing a business case.
• To have an understanding of the process in appraising medical staff.
• Understanding of the Trust's procedure in the management of complaints
• Accreditation in other advanced imaging techniques
• Research experience
• Experience of recent research publication

Skills * Abilities

• Excellent communication skills in order to discuss patient care with patients, patient's relatives, nursing staff and colleagues.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills to be able to write and present reports at Board level.
• Ability to work well within a team
• Effective problem-solving skills
• Demonstrate effective leadership skills.
• General cardiology inpatient and outpatient care
• Clinical experience in advanced imaging techniques
• Interest in Heart Failure or another complimentary subspecialty

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.

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust