Locum Consultant Interventional Cardiology

We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our well integrated team.

Applications are invited for a consultant post in cardiology in the Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals Trust. We are looking for a 12-month Locum Consultant Cardiologist post with an interest in Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI). The post will be mainly based at the Freeman Hospital. You will join a team of 13 interventional cardiologists (12 NHS and 1 PT academic interventional cardiologist). It is envisaged that the post-holder will contribute to the interventional service, including the full range of interventional techniques and provision of Primary PCI on-call cover. The post holder will be expected to work in close collaboration with the existing team of consultant cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, and allied specialities.

The post attracts 10 Programmed Activities per week for approximately a 1 in 11 on-call for intervention at Freeman Hospital and 1:16 CCU at RVI/ Freeman Hospitals.

In addition to the challenges of the role, we can offer you a commitment to teaching, education, research and audit.

Candidates for the post must be registered medical practitioners and on, or eligible to join, the Specialist Register within six months of the date of the Appointments Committee., We are advertising for a locum Consultant Cardiologist (10 PAs). This is a new post which will be working mainly at the Freeman Hospital Cardiothoracic Unit. The post-holder will have broad general cardiology skills with a special interest in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). There will be responsibilities to develop and contribute to continuing education, professional development, audit and research within the Division and the Trust. There is the expectation of collaborative working with colleagues, allied specialities and liaison with other disciplines throughout the trust and network.

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion. We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We're also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients 'contacts' each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people's race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.