# Consultant Cardiologist with interest in Heart Failure & Pacing

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust
- **Town:** Peterborough
- **Region:** East of England
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Medical doctor
- **Speciality:** Cardiology
- **Grade:** Consultant
- **Salary:** £113,565 - £150,569 per annum
- **Contract type:** 12 months (Fixed Term)
- **Closing date:** 2026-08-05T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-07-08T09:12:23.464Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Cambridgeshire/Peterborough/North_West_Anglia_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Cardiology/Cardiology-v8103558
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8103558?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.nwangliaft.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

We are seeking a proactive and motivated Consultant Cardiologist with an interest in Heart Failure and Pacing and a passion in providing high quality patient centred cardiology services across our acute hospitals, Peterborough City Hospital and Hinchingbrooke Hospital. We are delighted that you are taking the time to consider this post.

You will be a valued member of an inclusive and supportive multidisciplinary team that works collaboratively to deliver inpatient and outpatient Heart Failure services across our hospital sites. Supported by a specialist team of 12 Cardiology consultants, specialist nurses and an experienced Cardiac Physiology team, you will be leading the development of the new Heart Failure Hub at Peterborough City Hospital.

As our new innovative Consultant Cardiologist, you will lead the development of the complex pacing service for the North of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Integrated System. You will provide specialist knowledge and skills in device implantation from brady pacing to complex pacing.

Upon commencing, you will be mentored by the Clinical Lead as well as being allocated a Trust mentor. We will offer secretarial support and office space.

We are committed to supporting your career in an environment where your skills and initiatives are valued. You will show evidence of continuing education to broaden knowledge and skills and develop professionally. We respect your wellbeing and we are open to flexibility in your working patterns.

### Main duties of the job

Key Responsibilities:

- Deliver high quality, patient centred care.
- Expand and deliver heart failure services.
- Contribute to general cardiology services, including outpatients’ clinics and inpatient ward work as consultant of the week and reviewing outlying patients with cardiac conditions.
- Pacemaker implantation
- Shared responsibility for the day-to-day management of the service and participation in strategic planning
- Active involvement in MDT meetings and directorate clinical governance activity
- Teaching, training and participation in continuing medical education.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The job plan is anticipated to contain 10 programmed activities, 8.5 PA's of direct clinical care and 1.5 SPA's per week. You will be required to work across Peterborough City Hospital and Hinchingbrooke Hospital in Huntingdon. Travel between sites will be suitably reimbursed. We are open to consider alternative job content on a personal basis.

You will be joining the Consultant rota on a 1:7 weekend ward rounds as following consultant of the week model. Currently, there are no on call commitments; however, it is expected that the cardiology team moves towards providing 24/7 cover.

You will contribute to general cardiology services including outpatients’ clinics and inpatient ward work as consultant of the week as well as reviewing outlying patients with cardiac conditions. You will share responsibility for the day-to-day management of the service ad participation on strategic planning.

You will be expected to attend the multidisciplinary team meetings and the clinical governance activity across the directorate.

Teaching and training junior members of staff are essential to your professional activity as well as participating in continuing medical education.

## Person Specification

### Other

**Essential**

- Fulfil Trust values: We put patients first We are actively respectful We seek to improve and develop We are caring and compassionate We work positively together
- Computer literacy and general IT skills
- Comprehensive knowledge of and insight into all domains in GMC “Good Medical Practice”
- Awareness of core values of NHS constitution
- Evidence of engagement with appraisal and revalidation
- Up to date and aware of own training needs

### Experience

**Essential**

- Broad range of experience in cardiology BHRS or equivalent accreditation in device implantation
- Ability to offer and be accountable for independent and expert opinion
- Demonstrate an interest and commitment to the speciality
- Experience of teaching medical students, doctors in training and other AHPs
- Teaching Course

**Desirable**

- Experience in organising educational activities

### Key Skills/Abilities

**Essential**

- Show engagement with clinical governance and have open approach to learning from mistakes
- Show evidence of situational awareness and good decision making
- Evidence of making change in practice for patient good
- Participation in research
- Ability to critically appraise published evidence

**Desirable**

- Published papers and original work in peer reviewed journals

### Education and Qualifications

**Essential**

- MRCP or qualification at an equivalent level
- Entry on GMC Specialist Register or, be within 6 months of receipt of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) at time of interview or, provide GMC eligibility for entry on the Specialist Register

**Desirable**

- Postgraduate academic degree

## Documents

- [jd (pdf, 688.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10397980)
- [pacing ps (pdf, 272.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10397978)
- [staff benefits (pdf, 576.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2886)
- [living our values (pdf, 260.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1865)
- [we are team nwangliaft (pdf, 8.3mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2745)
- [information for candidates (pdf, 5.7mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2788)

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