Skip to main content

This site is independent of the NHS and the Department of Health.

Please wait, loading

Job summary

Main area
Cardiology
Grade
Consultant
Contract
Permanent: requirement to cover 1:6 for routine weekend work
Hours
Full time - 10 sessions per week (1:6 for routine weekend work)
Job ref
262-A-25-7227956
Employer
North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Cumberland Infirmary/West Cumberland Hospital/Workington CDC
Town
Carlisle/Whitehaven/Workington CDC
Salary
£105,504 - £139,882 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
15/08/2025 23:59

Employer heading

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust logo

Cardiology Consultant with interest in Heart Failure

Consultant

Job overview

We are seeking an enthusiastic cardiologist with an interest in Acute Heart Failure working across the Trust including the soon to open Community Diagnostic Centre(CDC). This post will support the existing team of interventional and non interventional cardiologists which at present delivers an elective and urgent service including 24/7 Primary PCI.  There would be a commitment to a 1:6 weekend general cardiology on call which would include coronary care ward rounds, cardiology ward reviews and hospital referrals. 

The post has no commitment to Acute General Medicine but does involve participation in a 1:9 Consultant Cardiologist of the week rota

The post joins a dynamic team of cardiologists in delivering secondary Cardiology services for the North Cumbrian population.  This developing department provides cardiology services to a local urban and rural population of approximately 320,000 people

Main duties of the job

Main duties include but not limited to:

  • Provide Heart Failure clinics
  • Participate in COW as per rota
  • Performing job planned clinics
  • Teaching/educating Central Doctors on ward
  • Contributing to MDT meetings
  • Triage referrals
  • Contribute to 1:6 for routine weekend work
  • Traveling to Whitehaven Hospital and Workington CDC to cover service

Working for our organisation

At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding hospital and health services to half a million people. Established on 1st October 2019, the Trust is creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout north Cumbria and beyond. We're responsible for delivering over 70 services across 15 main locations and we employ more than 6,500 members of staff.

Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high quality care every time'.

  • Being a clinically led organisation
  • Quality and safety at the heart
  • A positive patient experience every time
  • A great place to work
  • Managing our money well

As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.

Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. There is an expectation for all staff to support this by familiarising yourself with the Trust's sustainability initiatives such as waste and recycling, going paperless, videoconferencing, sustainable transport and others.

We encourage you to think about what you can do as an individual and within your team to contribute in to embedding carbon reduction into the everyday running of our organisation.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description for further details. Additional contact: David Hay 07900264449 [email protected] 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Valid Full Registration with the General Medical Council
  • Entry on the General Medical Council (GMC) Specialist Register CCT/CESR
  • Membership of the Royal College Physicians or equivalent
Desirable criteria
  • Higher medical degree
  • BSE or equivalent training in trans thoracic echo

Experience

Essential criteria
  • High level of clinical experience and competence in Clinical Cardiology
Desirable criteria
  • Experience in district general hospital practice.
  • Experience in the management of patients with Inherited Cardiac Conditions
  • Experience of /Accreditation in cardiac CT or MRI

Clinical Governance

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of experience in Clinical Governance
  • Experience of Audit

Personal and Professional Attributes

Essential criteria
  • Upholds Trust values.
  • GMC code of conduct.
  • Enquiring, critical approach to work.
  • Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
  • Leadership qualities.
Desirable criteria
  • Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional and national levels

Management

Essential criteria
  • Ability to organise and manage own workload efficiently
Desirable criteria
  • Experience/qualification in clinical leadership/management

Teaching

Essential criteria
  • Experience and commitment to teaching undergraduate and postgraduate clinical staff
Desirable criteria
  • Medical education qualification

Research

Essential criteria
  • Experience of research
  • Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems
Desirable criteria
  • Postgraduate research degree
  • Ability to supervise postgraduate research
  • Publications in peer reviewed journals

Other

Essential criteria
  • Willingness and ability to travel across sites to fulfil the requirements of the post
  • Able to be based within 30 minutes of the base hospital

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleAge positiveArmed Forces Covenant (Silver Award)Mindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerBetter Health - SilverFair Train Silver StandardStep into health

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

Apply online now

Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Dr Justin Barclay
Job title
Clinical Director for Cardiology
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01228 814034
Apply online nowAlert me to similar vacancies