Job summary
- Main area
- Consultant Cardiologist with a Specialist Interest in Cardiac Imaging
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week (On-call (1-16))
- Job ref
- 410-MED-7471579
- Employer
- Liverpool Heart & Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Liverpool Heart & Chest
- Town
- Liverpool
- Salary
- £105,504 - £139,882 PA
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Consultant Cardiologist with a Specialist Interest in Cardiac Imaging
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
As the largest single site specialist heart and chest hospital in the UK, we, at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, have a clear vision 'to be the best cardiothoracic integrated healthcare organisation'.
We provide specialist services in cardiothoracic surgery, cardiology, respiratory medicine including adult cystic fibrosis and diagnostic imaging, both in the hospital and out in the community.
We serve a catchment area of 2.8 million people, spanning Merseyside, Cheshire, North Wales and the Isle of Man, and increasingly we receive referrals from outside these areas for highly specialised services such as aortics.
Heart and lung disease continue to be amongst the biggest killers in the UK and the communities we serve are marked by increased prevalence of cardiovascular disease, higher levels of heart failure, hypertension, coronary artery disease and an ageing population.
Our reputation for strong performance is important in delivering the best care for our patients and high quality clinical services. This is underpinned by a culture of research and innovation, delivered in modern estate and facilitated by technology. New and upgraded clinical areas are designed with patients and families fully involved to deliver their needs.
As part of our long term plan, we aim to form strong clinical and organisational relationships where possible. There is clear evidence that partnerships improve patient care and enhance quality and we aim to collaborate with a range of other providers and professionals with the aim to extending access and improve quality.
Our vision is underpinned by five strategic goals:
- Quality: to deliver the highest quality, safest and best experience for patients and their families by providing reliable care
- Service and Innovation: to develop our service portfolio for patients by developing innovative models of care
- Value: to maintain financial viability, enhance service delivery and develop new models of care to improve the health of our patients and safely reduce costs
- Workforce: to be the best NHS Employer by 2019 by attracting and retaining the best staff to deliver excellent patient care
- Stakeholders: to develop productive relationships with key stakeholders in order to enhance our profile and reputation.
Our Mission
“Excellent, Compassionate and Safe care for every patient, every day”
Job overview
The appointee will be joining a team of seven imaging cardiologists, as well as the larger cardiology consultant group. Due to the expansion of LHCH’s surgical and structural programmes, this is an exciting and rewarding time to be involved in tertiary centre cardiac imaging in Liverpool due to the increasing demand, improving investment in cardiac diagnostics/radiology, improving image quality and scanner capabilities, and advancing research. LHCH is a high-volume centre for cardiac CT and MRI, with the scanners being dedicated to cardiac work. The imaging cardiologists and radiologists form a supportive, cohesive, collaborative and efficient team who benefit from each other’s knowledge and experience.
Main duties of the job
The appointee will form part of an established team who deliver a broad range of multi-modality imaging for services including heart valve clinic, TAVI and a developing interventional mitral programme, cardiac surgery (including minimally invasive surgery/aortic repair/Ross procedure), interventional cardiology, electrophysiology/devices, inherited cardiac conditions and cardio-oncology. In addition, there are weekly multi-disciplinary team meetings led by the imaging group for general cardiac imaging queries, mitral/aortic surgery and structural intervention.
Working for our organisation
As the largest single site specialist heart and chest hospital in the UK, we, at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, have a clear vision 'to be the best cardiothoracic integrated healthcare organisation'.
We provide specialist services in cardiothoracic surgery, cardiology, respiratory medicine both in the hospital and out in the community.
We serve a catchment area of 2.8 million people, spanning Merseyside, Cheshire, North Wales and the Isle of Man, and increasingly we receive referrals from outside these areas for highly specialised services such as aortics.
Our reputation for strong performance is important in delivering the best care for our patients and high quality clinical services. This is underpinned by a culture of research and innovation, delivered in modern estate and our encouragement of flexible working in a variety of forms.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The appointee will be joining a team of seven imaging cardiologists, as well as the larger cardiology consultant group. Due to the expansion of LHCH’s surgical and structural programmes, this is an exciting and rewarding time to be involved in tertiary centre cardiac imaging in Liverpool due to the increasing demand, improving investment in cardiac diagnostics/radiology, improving image quality and scanner capabilities, and advancing research. LHCH is a high-volume centre for cardiac CT and MRI, with the scanners being dedicated to cardiac work. The imaging cardiologists and radiologists form a supportive, cohesive, collaborative and efficient team who benefit from each other’s knowledge and experience.
LHCH provides an advanced echo service encompassing all aspects of echocardiography including stress, 3D, contrast, transoesophageal and echo in the catheter lab for interventional procedures. The cardiac diagnostics department is staffed with 20 highly skilled cardiac physiologists with individual BSE accreditation, with the same accreditation also awarded at departmental level. In the past 12 months, over 10,000 outpatient transthoracic echocardiograms were performed along with over 500 stress echo, 400 transoesophageal echo, 4500 in-patient scans and over 1000 scans for the community cardiology service. For stress echo, the department is able to offer all modalities including treadmill, bike, pacing and pharmacological stress. TOE is performed in a purpose-built endoscopy suite. The adult congenital heart disease team are integrated within the imaging department and work in close collaboration with the imaging cardiologists. There are strong links with local secondary care cardiologists and a local network to which the appointee would be expected to contribute.
The TAVI/structural team work closely with the imaging group, and currently consist of six interventional cardiologists. The service is expanding with new appointments imminent, and there is collaborative working with dedicated nurse specialists, cardiac and vascular surgeons. Approximately 500 TAVIs will be performed this year, with a recently established TEER service gaining experience and consultant recruitment. Additional structural work includes PFO, paravalvular leak and VSD closure.
LHCH provides excellence with regards to care for patients with heart valve disease. The valve clinic has been well established for several years and is run using an MDT approach comprising the consultant group, cardiac physiologists and a heart valve nurse. The service offers specific expertise to the complex group of patients under surveillance with borderline severe/asymptomatic severe valve disease, as well as guiding patients towards surgical and transcatheter treatment via the multidisciplinary team.
The radiology department provides outstanding technology for cardiothoracic imaging. There are two MRI scanners including a wide bore (1.5T cardiac optimized Siemens Sola MR scanner and a 3T VIDA Siemens), and two dual energy Siemens force CT scanners. CT images are analysed using dedicated software (Syngo via).
There is a Consultant of the Week structure, to which the new appointee will contribute, whereby all cardiology in-patients are reviewed daily. There is an MDT/heart team structure for patients who may require valve surgery, percutaneous valve intervention, aortic surgery as well as revascularisation and high-risk surgical cases, to which the appointee would be expected to contribute. New consultant appointments can have an appointed mentor and would receive clinical support from all senior colleagues.
The job plan/timetable is flexible and can be adjusted to suit the needs of the appointee and any specific interests they may have.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Full registration with the GMC
- Entry on Specialist Register (or entry expected within 6 months)
- MRCP (UK), or provide evidence of equivalent training and experience
Desirable criteria
- Qualifications Full registration with the GMC Entry on Specialist Register (or entry expected within 6 months) MRCP (UK), or provide evidence of equivalent training and experience A higher degree e.g. MD, PhD
Clinical Experience
Essential criteria
- Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining UK CCT in cardiology
- Clinical expertise in at least two imaging modalities (CT/cMRI/echo), which includes an advanced accreditation in chosen modalities
- Ability to offer imaging opinion on a range of problems, both emergency and elective
- Ability to work well within a team and establish good professional relationships
- Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
- Understanding and evidence of clinical governance and audit
Desirable criteria
- Experience of supervising Tier 1 doctors
- Ability to teach image acquisition and post processing skills
- Experience of teaching basic clinical skills to undergraduates.
- Experience of supervising Tier 2 doctors
- Ability to supervise postgraduate research
- Level 1/2 accreditation as an educational supervisor
Management and Administrative Experience
Essential criteria
- Ability to advise on efficient and smooth running of a specialist service.
- Ability to organise and manage outpatient priorities, waiting lists and catheter lab time.
- Ability to manage and lead a cardiology team.
Desirable criteria
- Ability to manage and lead a subspecialist service, cardiology directorate and working parties as appropriate.
- Experience of audit management.
Teaching Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of supervising Tier 1 doctors
- Ability to teach clinical and operative skills.
- Level 1 accreditation as an educational supervisor
Desirable criteria
- Experience of teaching basic clinical skills to undergraduates.
- Experience of supervising Tier 2 doctors
- Ability to supervise postgraduate research.
- Level 2 accreditation as an educational supervisor
Research Experience
Essential criteria
- Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems.
- Peer reviewed publications.
Desirable criteria
- Success in grant applications
- Editorial experience
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Ability to work in a team. & good interpersonal skills,
- Enquiring, critical approach to work
- Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GP’s, nurses and other agencies.
- Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems
- Commitment to continuing medical education
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr S Srivastava
- Job title
- Consultant Cardiologist, Clinical lead CVI
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0151 600 1106
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