Job overview

Consultant in Interventional Cardiology

Applications are invited for a Consultant in Interventional Cardiology.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing department within Northwick Park Hospital, Central Middlesex and Ealing Hospitals. Consultants are expected to work at all sites of the Trust delivering acute and elective care and to liaise with colleagues and GPs.

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust is one of the largest integrated care Trusts in the country bringing together hospital and community services across the boroughs of Brent, Harrow and Ealing. Our 9,000 staff, including 1,300 doctors and 4,000 nurses and serves a diverse population of approximately 850,000. The Trust was established in October 2014 following the merger of The North West London Hospitals NHS Trust and Ealing Hospital NHS Trust and has an annual budget of over £640 million.

The job has been created to support the Trust with providing the best possible care to our cardiac patients. The department is working eventually towards providing 24/7 acute cardiac services and this new role will be an integral part to this provision.

*JD pending RC approval*

Main duties of the job

The job plan incorporates 10 programmed activities, with dedicated 2 weekly sessions in Cath Lab in Northwick Park Hospital, Outpatient Clinics, dedicated time for Continuous Professional Development, as well as 1 in 10 Consultant of the week rota . The successful candidate will be expected to demonstrate flexibility within their job plan which will be agreed upon appointment.

The successful candidate will work closely with the Clinical, Nursing, Admin, Operational and Cardiac Physiologists teams to provide emergency care and deliver elective activity against operational NHS England plan.

Working for our organisation

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.  

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.