Job summary
- Main area
- Cardiology
- Grade
- Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 110-MD326-0725
- Employer
- Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Prince Charles Hospital
- Town
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Salary
- £110,240 - £160,951 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 03/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Consultant Cardiologist - Special Interest in Devices & Heart Failure
Consultant
We provide healthcare services to people living in Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough areas, serving a population of around 450,000. We are ideally situated between Wales’s capital city, Porthcawl to the west, and the stunning scenery in the Brecon Beacons.
Our vision is to care for our communities and patients by preventing ill-health, promoting better health, providing excellent services and reducing the need for inpatient care wherever possible through the provision of strengthened home, primary and community care.
We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race/nationality, religion/belief, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.
Cwm Taf Morgannwg is a Living Wage Employer.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh or English, and no preference will be given to applications submitted in either language.
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12.60 per hour - £24,638 per annum.
This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2025/26 is confirmed
Job overview
We are delighted to offer this opportunity to join the Cardiology Department at Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board as a Consultant Cardiologist.
This is an exciting opportunity to join our passionate and enthusiastic team and to play a key role in developing and improving the provision of cardiac services based at the Prince Charles Hospital.
The successful candidate will need to demonstrate professional excellence and the ability to deliver effective care, will be required to adhere to the Trust’s policy on Maintaining Medical Excellence and be committed to maintaining their standard of performance by keeping their knowledge and skills up to date.
Applicants wishing to apply for this post should possess the MRCP or equivalent, be GMC-registered with a license to practice and hold specialist registration in Cardiovascular Medicine or be within six months of specialist registration at the interview date.
English and/or Welsh speakers are both equally welcome to apply.
Interview date will be September 4th 2025.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will support the Directorate of Medicine in providing a specialist cardiology service. There will be an expectation to manage patients allocated to cardiology as part of the acute medical take as well as taking referrals and giving advice to physician colleagues in the care of cardiac patients. As such the post holder will be expected to work closely with colleagues in the cardiology department to develop a consistent, multi-disciplinary approach to the care for patients with cardiac conditions throughout the Directorate of Medicine and the Health Board.
Working for our organisation
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.
We live by our core values:
- We listen, learn and improve
- We treat everyone with respect
- We all work together as one team
We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Main Duties of the Post
The consultant job plan will include dedicated sessions for general and specialist complex pacing sessions, outpatient clinics and other cardiology related activity within the HB. They will work with a team of 4 other existing consultant cardiologists at PCH to support one ‘general cardiology’ firm with appropriate junior medical staff support. PCH is actively looking to expand its range of services and is interested in candidates who may already have, or who are looking to develop, additional sub-specialist skills.
The working timetable will involve 2 weeks in 10 of ‘cardiology ward’ work, during which time the appointee will be the Consultant responsible for the care of cardiology in-patients, and will provide a referral and advice service for acute physicians and other specialities (total approximately 25 patients). For another 2 weeks in 10 the appointee will be the Consultant responsible for the care of GIM inpatients on the cardiology ward (part of ward based working approach) as well as undertaking some elective cardiology work. The other 6 weeks in 10 will entirely involve outpatient and elective cardiology work. During the ‘off-ward’ week the successful candidate will be undertaking a weekly average of 1-2 cardiology clinics and 2-3 sessions of speciality-based work (elective and acute). Travelling as necessary between hospitals/clinics will be required to undertake such duties. Outpatient workload (in line with national guidance) is set at 6 new patients or 12 follow-up patients per post-MRCP Doctor.
The successful candidate will be on the GIM on-call rota which currently is 1:16 weekdays and 1:12 weekends. Weekday on calls require an evening ward round (5pm-9pm) but not a morning ward round (which is covered by acute care physicians except for Saturday morning). Weekend on calls require both morning and evening ward rounds. This time commitment is recognised in the job plan. The on-call also qualifies for time in lieu.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- MRCP or equivalent
- Full GMC registration
- CCT in cardiology (or equivaent accreditation in the UK specialist register) - within 6 months of date of interview
Desirable criteria
- MD or PhD
- Accreditation in GIM
Relevant Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive experience in general cardiology and general internal (as deemed appropriate at interview)
- Working knowledge/experience of the NHS (as deemed appropriate at interview)
Desirable criteria
- Training in cardiac sub specialty
- Sub-specialty training/appropriate experience in cardiac device implantation (PPM and complex devices)
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.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Justin Taylor
- Job title
- Consultant Cardiologist and Clinical Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01685 728355
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