Locum Consultant Cardiologist

NHS; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 109,000 - 146,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Foundation Trust in Newcastle upon Tyne is seeking a Locum Consultant Cardiologist. The role involves expert patient care, participation in PCI on-call, and teaching undergraduate and postgraduate students. Candidates should have a primary medical qualification, full GMC registration, and evidence of interventional cardiac experience. This position offers flexibility in working arrangements and a competitive salary between £109,725 and £145,478 per year.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Full GMC Registration with a license to practice is essential.
• Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register is required.
• Evidence of experience in interventional cardiology is necessary.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert care for patients with cardiology conditions.
• Contribute to the consultant PCI on-call rota.
• Participate in teaching and training of undergraduate and postgraduate students.

Skills

Special interest in PCI

Clinical governance understanding

Teaching skills

Leadership and project management

Education

Primary Medical Qualification

GMC Registration

Higher research degree (MD or PhD)

Job description

Go back The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Locum Consultant Cardiologist

The closing date is 26 December 2025

We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our well integrated team.

Applications are invited for a locum consultant post in cardiology in the Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals Trust. We are looking for a 12-month Locum Consultant Cardiologist post with an interest in Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI). The post will be mainly based at the Freeman Hospital. You will join a team of 13 interventional cardiologists (12 NHS and 1 PT academic interventional cardiologist). It is envisaged that the post-holder will contribute to the interventional service, including the full range of interventional techniques and provision of Primary PCI on-call cover. The post holder will be expected to work in close collaboration with the existing team of consultant cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, and allied specialities.

The post attracts 10 Programmed Activities per week for approximately a 1 in 11 on-call for intervention at Freeman Hospital and 1:16 CCU at RVI/ Freeman Hospitals.

Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Main duties of the job

We are advertising for a Locum Consultant Cardiologist (10 PAs). This is a new post which will be working mainly at the Freeman Hospital Cardiothoracic Unit. The post-holder will have broad general cardiology skills with a special interest in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). There will be responsibilities to develop and contribute to continuing education, professional development, audit and research within the Division and the Trust. There is the expectation of collaborative working with colleagues, allied specialities and liaison with other disciplines throughout the trust and network.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

For an informal discussion and further information regarding the opportunity and Directorate, please contact: Dr Kristian Bailey by phone on 0191 28 21515 or at [e-mail], or Dr Mohamed Farag by phone on 0191 21 39920 or via email at [e-mail].

About us

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion. We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We're also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients 'contacts' each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people's race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under‑represented groups.

Job responsibilities

Clinical:

• The post will form part of the consultant PCI on-call rota. PCI sessions will be in the on-call urgent cardiac catheter lab dealing with patients presenting with NSTEMI, STEMI and out of hospital cardiac arrest from around the region.
• To provide expert care for patients admitted to Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals with cardiology conditions and to provide specialist interventional cardiology opinion to colleagues in referring hospitals around the region, as needed.
• To provide clinical expertise in the sub‑specialist area appropriate to the training and expertise of the appointee and the service needs of the department.
• To provide in‑patient opinions and, where appropriate, continuing supervision for patients with cardiology conditions.
• The appointees will contribute to the on‑call consultant interventional cardiologist rota at the Freeman. The frequency of on‑call will be approximately a 1‑in‑11 shared with PCI colleagues from the Freeman. The interventionist is typically on call. It is anticipated the successful candidate will contribute a regular day‑time on‑call PCI session weekly in addition to on‑call for PCI out of hours.

Administrative:

• The appointee will participate in all aspects of Clinical Governance, making a significant contribution to multidisciplinary audit and risk management activities.
• Assist the Cardiothoracic Directorate Manager and Clinical Director in the timely investigation of complaints working to provide reports within the timeframe set out by Trust policy.
• Contribute to the general organisation and running of Cardiothoracic Services within the Trust, working in collaboration with colleagues and report to the Clinical Director.
• The appointee will manage their own cardiac catheter lab sessions to ensure efficient use of resources, to include supervision of trainees. They will contribute to the management of the Cardiology Clinic service overall.

Research:

• The Trust welcomes and encourages research as a high profile activity that compliments the service provided. The emphasis is on studies that fall within the National Institute of Health Research Portfolio.

Teaching:

• Participate in the teaching of undergraduate students in both medicine and dentistry. In particular the Cardiology Department provides intensive teaching during the Foundations of Clinical Practice Cardiology teaching week. In addition, the unit teaches students within various phases of the course, including, but not limited to, Student Selected Components and Hospital Based Practice teaching.
• Active involvement in the clinical supervision of all postgraduate trainees in the department with specific responsibility for the education development of Foundation doctors, Core Medical Trainees, and Specialty Training Registrars.
• Participate in the teaching and training of any other health care professionals within the Directorate.

Person Specification

Education, Qualifications and Specialist Skills

• Primary Medical Qualification
• Full GMC Registration with a licence to practise
• Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register (within 6 months from the date of the AAC)
• Higher research degree (MD or PhD)
• Special skills training in the specialty

Clinical Experience

• Evidence of experience in the specialty
• Evidence of a substantial commitment to the specialty
• Ability to offer an expert clinical opinion within the speciality
• Ability to take independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients referred to a tertiary centre
• Evidence of a special interest in complex PCI

Management and Administration Experience

• Involvement with management and project leadership within the specialty
• Evidence of involvement in authoring or reviewing clinical guidelines
• An understanding of Clinical Governance
• Proven management and administrative experience and understanding of management goals
• Evidence of leadership / project management
• Evidence of having implemented change
• Experience in developing and implementing new technologies

Teaching

• Experience of supervising junior medical staff
• Experience of participation in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching
• Ability to teach clinical / technical / practical skills
• Attendance at courses to develop teaching skills
• Postgraduate qualification in medical education

Clinical Governance, Audit & Research

• Experience of audit projects and Clinical Governance
• Understanding of research principles
• Higher research degree (MSc, MD or PhD)
• Publications in interventional research in the last five years

Personal Attributes

• Alignment with the Trust's values
• Flexible approach to service delivery and committed approach to development
• Committed to share in professional, managerial and teaching responsibilities necessary to fulfil the obligations of the Directorate to the Trust and its workforce
• A commitment to personal / unit CPD.
• Ability and willingness to work the on‑call rota
• Ability and willingness to work a more flexible pattern of working in the future if required, including evening and weekend work

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.

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£109,725 to £145,478 a year per annum pro rata