Locum Cardiology Consultant

Integrated Care System; Chester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Chester seeks a full-time Locum Consultant in Cardiology to develop their cardiology service. The successful candidate will join a dynamic team and provide inreach services, multidisciplinary training, and contribute to clinical governance. This position requires MRCP, a valid medical licence, and a strong background in Cardiology. Candidates should apply by August 24, 2025 for this opportunity.

Qualifications

• MRCP is required.
• Must be registered with a licence to practice.
• MD/PhD preferred.
• CCST/CCT in Cardiology within 6 months of interview.
• CESR or European Community Rights.
• On the GMC Specialist Register or within 6 months at the time of interview.

Responsibilities

• Perform ward rounds for inpatients, including a daily inreach to the MAU for cardiac patients.
• Review and advise on the management of inpatients referred by other specialists.
• Responsible for the training of Core and Specialty Trainees and Foundation doctors.
• Supervise audit projects and CME.
• Attend and contribute to weekly and monthly meetings.

Job description

Go back Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Locum Cardiology Consultant

The closing date is 24 August 2025

The Trust is looking to recruit a locum full-time (10 PAs) Consultant in Cardiology, joining the existing team of Cardiologists to develop and grow the existing cardiology service.

We currently have facilities for CT coronary angiography, dobutamine and exercise stress echocardiography, transoesophageal echocardiography as well as a dedicated Cardiology Day Suite for on-site cardiac pacing. We have a growing department with a dynamic and flexible team of enthusiastic consultants and specialist practitioners. You will be supported by an excellent team of colleagues and will receive regular 1:1 support from the Clinical Lead.

Following a rebuild of our Cardiology ward and CCU which was completed in August 2021, this footprint has been redesigned as the Cardiology unit which consists of 16 beds in total within a single ward area. 6 of these are monitored and 10 non-monitored. We also have 4 telemetry monitors which can be utilised on other beds throughout the trust.

Main duties of the job

We provide a 7 day in reach service to our 34 bedded MAU, with support from the Cardiac Specialist Nurses during the working week. We are exploring new models of working with our primary care colleagues in the community as well as closely integrating services with our regional tertiary referral centre, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital. We were proud to receive a favourable review by the GIRFT team in Dec 2019 and our future development plans reflect the suggestions of this report.

Clinical

• Ward rounds for inpatients, including a daily inreach to the MAU for cardiac patients
• Reviewing and advising on the management of inpatients referred by other specialists within the hospital

Non-Clinical

• Responsible for the training of Core and Speciality Trainees, Foundation doctors.
• Develop Advanced Nurse Practitioners and Speciality Doctor
• Supervising Audit projects and CME
• Attend weekly meetings
• Attend monthly meetings (Speciality team, Local Heart Disease Network etc.
• Development and promotion of evidence-based practice and guidelines
• Active contribution to the departmental Clinical Governance structure
• Multi-disciplinary team working and leadership
• Relevant participation in management
• Other appropriate duties and responsibilities

About us

The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:

• The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds.
• Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility.
• Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.

The Trust employs over 5916 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 411,000. This includes 361,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000.

Job responsibilities

See Job Description for further details.

Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costswill be deducted from their salary over the first three months of employment.

You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16per year applies.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.

Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.

Good luck with your application.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• MRCP
• Registered with a licence to Practice
• MD/PhD
• CCST/CCT in Cardiology within 6 months of interview
• CESR or European Community Rights
• On the GMC Specialist Register or within 6 months at the time of interview

Experience

• Wide clinical experience in Cardiology
• Experience in teaching
• Demonstrate the use of clinical audit within the service
• Special interest in cardiac imaging, anatomical and functional
• Recognised teaching skill course or qualification

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.

Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust