Main area Cardiology Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 10 sessions per week (Plus on-call - 1 in 8 PPCI Rota) Job ref MS-CON-7814829-S5
Employer Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site John Radcliffe Hospital Town Oxford Salary £109,725 - £145,478 Per Annum Pro Rata Salary period Yearly Closing 11/06/2026 23:59
Consultant in Cardiology - Specialist Interest in Intervention
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
The Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.
Many of our recruitment programmes use values-based interviewing to identify those who have the skills we seek, who share our values and who are able to deliver compassionate excellence from the outset. We know that this makes a significance difference to your job satisfaction and above all the outcomes and experience of our patients and their families.
A whole-time/part-time post as consultant in Cardiology is available now based at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford University Hospital.
The appointment is on a whole-time/part-time basis but applications are welcome from those who wish to job share.
Any person who is unable for personal reasons to work full-time will be eligible to be considered for the post. If such a person is appointed, modification of the job content will be discussed on a personal basis, in consultation with consultant colleagues. Suitably qualified job-share candidates will receive serious consideration.
The postholder’s duties will be primarily at John Radcliffe Hospital with coronary lab activity at Milton Keynes University Hospital but it is a condition of the appointment that the postholder will be willing to work in any of the Trust’s locations.
Main duties of the job
OUHFT is a large tertiary cardiac centre serving a population of 2.5 million that undertakes approximately 1300 PCI procedures including 350 PPCIs and approximately 500 TAVIs per annum.
The successful applicant will support the ongoing development of the established invasive coronary service, and the growth of a coronary network to consolidate regional services. They will help to provide a non-emergency weekend coronary invasive service to support rollout of a pathway for acute admissions.
There is a growing need for further consolidation of coronary invasive service across the referring centres and this appointment will have a role for strengthening these links by attending local MDT’s and provision of specialist clinics for complex cases.
All consultant cardiologists participate in a consultant of the week rota for general cardiology, currently approx. 1 in 16 weeks. On these occasions the consultant is released from morning fixed commitments to undertake CCU ward rounds, email advice line and this commitment is reviewed periodically and may change following consultation.
The Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides integrated cardiology and cardiothoracic surgery services for health authorities in the Oxford region and for a number of health authorities in neighbouring regions. The population served is approximately 2.5 million.
The successful applicant will join existing consultant cardiology colleagues who provide comprehensive secondary and tertiary care services. The NHS Department works closely with the University Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, with academic medical staff and NHS consultants working across both Departments. Academic interests cover myocardial hypertrophy, vascular biology, and cardiac CT and MRI.
The Cardiology Department delivers comprehensive local services to Oxfordshire and the surrounding counties in its role as the district general hospital, while also providing a full tertiary service in interventional cardiology. Strong collaborative relationships with neighbouring district general hospitals support a steady flow of both elective and emergency referrals.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Clinical
The Interventional Cardiology Department is one the highest volume PCI centres in the UK undertaking the whole range of coronary interventional procedures.
The successful applicant will support the ongoing development of the established invasive coronary service, and the growth of a coronary network to consolidate regional services. They will help to provide a non-emergency weekend coronary invasive service to support rollout of a pathway for acute admissions.
There is a growing need for further consolidation of coronary invasive service across the referring centres and this appointment will have a role for strengthening these links by attending local MDT’s and provision of specialist clinics for complex cases.
Teaching/Research
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust is a teaching hospital trust, and the post-holder will be required to participate in programmes for teaching clinical students, training junior doctors and in clinical examinations. It is expected that this will be an integral part of everyday clinical activity. The post-holder’s contribution to teaching, training and research will be included in the regular job plan review.
Clinical Governance
The post-holder will participate in all clinical governance activities, including clinical audit, clinical effectiveness, risk management, quality improvement activities as required by the Trust, and external accrediting bodies.
Personal and Professional Development
The post-holder will be required to keep himself/herself fully up-to-date with their relevant area of practice and to be able to demonstrate this to the satisfaction of the Trust through annual appraisal and revalidation. Professional or study leave will be granted at the discretion of the Trust, in line with the prevailing Terms and Conditions of Service, to support appropriate study, postgraduate training activities, relevant CME courses and other appropriate personal development needs. The appointee will be mentored by a named senior Consultant.
Management
The post-holder will be required to work within the Trust's management policies and procedures, both statutory and internal, accepting that the resources available to the Trust are finite and that all changes in clinical practice or workload, or developments requiring additional resources must have prior agreement with the Trust. He/she will undertake the administrative duties associated with the care of his/her patients, and the running of his/her clinical service under the direction of the lead clinician and/or directorate chair.
Person specification
Qualifications/Training
* Registration on GMC Specialist Register in Cardiology or CCT in Cardiology within six months of achieving CCT at the time of interview
* Fully trained in Coronary Intervention
* Full registration and licence to practise
* Higher medical degree relevant to cardiac imaging (MD/PhD)
* Sub-speciality interest
Experience
* Elective and acute PCI including PPCI Structural Cardiology including TAVI
* Evidence of ability to make decisions at consultant level and to manage complex clinical problems.
Skills and Knowledge
* Excellent leadership skills. Evidence of ability to lead a clinical team at the level of a consultant in a teaching hospital.
* Effective administrative and time management skills. Training in clinical management.
* Evidence of significant contribution to successful teamwork
* Good spoken and written English. Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills.
* Experience of formal and informal contributions to teaching and training.
* Evidence of effective and sustained contribution to clinical governance, clinical risk management and clinical audit activities
* Ability to contribute to long-term development and success of the service
* Peer reviewed publications Research grants
Other Requirements
* Full registration and licence to practise
COVID-19:
The COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment at this time, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. We will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters so that we can manage individual and environmental risks and so that we can support those who may be undecided about vaccination. If you are unvaccinated there is helpful advice and information at Oxfordshire County Council Website where you can also find out more about how to access vaccination. There is a current Government consultation underway which will determine whether some new starters may need to be vaccinated.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Name: Dr Andrew Lucking
Job title: Clinical Lead for Interventional Cardiology
Email: andrew.lucking@ouh.nhs.uk
In Dr Lucking’s absence, please contact the Cardiothoracic Directorate PA: Georgia French, Georgia.french@ouh.nhs.uk.
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