# Consultant in Inherited Cardiovascular Diseases > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-in-inherited-cardiovascular-diseases/9825215e-0145-47bc-b16d-c88ac97d4f65 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-in-inherited-cardiovascular-diseases/9825215e-0145-47bc-b16d-c88ac97d4f65.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Great Ormond Street Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Cardiology - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £113,565 - £150,569 pro rata, per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 10 sessions per week - **Closing date:** 2026-11-18T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-28T15:50:45.628Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Great_Ormond_Street_Hospital_Children_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Cardiology/Cardiology-v8032190 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8032190?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.gosh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview An opportunity for a full time Paediatric Cardiologist with expertise in inherited cardiovascular diseases has arisen at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children. This post is available for a consultant with experience in inherited cardiovascular conditions including acute and elective management of young patients and families with diverse genetically determined cardiovascular conditions. The postholder will be expected to be able to independently run outpatient clinics and inpatient care and will join our large and expanding multidisciplinary Team.The successful candidate will also participate in the general Paediatric Cardiology consultant on call rota. ### Main duties of the job We are the largest centre in Europe for the care of inherited cardiovascular disease in children, and are part of the UCLP Inherited Cardiovascular Diseases service, the largest centre for inherited cardiac conditions in Europe. The service at GOS is part of the Cardiac Unit at Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, and includes disease-specific clinics for cardiomyopathies, inherited arrhythmia syndromes, aortopathy syndromes and rare diseases with cardiovascular involvement. Families are seen at Great Ormond Street for screening, diagnosis, evaluation and management. The successful candidate will join a multidisciplinary team that includes clinical nurse specialists, clinicians’ assistants, clinical psychologists and paediatric cardiac technicians, with close links to the electrophysiology, cardiac transplantation and clinical genetics teams. Prof Juan Pablo Kaski is the lead clinician for the service. The successful applicant will join a team of 3 inherited cardiology consultants and 1 clinical cardiovascular genetics consultant to deliver inpatient and outpatient care to children and adolescents with a broad range of inherited cardiac conditions. The post will involve a combination of inpatient and outpatient-based work, as well as participation in the general paediatric cardiology on-call rota (1 in 12, Category A). ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachments. ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Skills/Abilities **Essential** - High level written and oral communication skills - Ability to organise and prioritise own workload - Ability to work under pressure in a multi-disciplinary environment - Presentation skills - Understanding and proven ability to apply research findings in a clinical/organisational context - Excellent interpersonal and negotiating skills - Ability to work on own initiative within an ever changing environment. **Desirable** - Leadership skills ### Experience/Knowledge **Essential** - At least 2 years’ paediatric or adult cardiology - At least 1 year’s dedicated inherited cardiac conditions experience - Experience of echocardiography (paediatric or adult) - Experience of teaching students and multi-disciplinary team - Experience of leading in Clinical Audit processes - Published research in peer reviewed journals in relevant area - Awareness of the importance of Clinical Governance through experience of participating in quality or safety improvement projects **Desirable** - Experience of recruiting patients to clinical research trials - Experience of working in shared care clinics and clinical networks - Experience of clinical leadership or management ### GOSH Culture and Values **Essential** - GOSH Values: Collaboration - We work together to deliver safe, consistent, patient-centred care. Respect - We treat everyone with respect, kindness and equity. Curiosity - We stay curious to drive innovation that delivers exceptional patient outcomes. ### Academic/Professional qualification/Training **Essential** - GMC specialist registration with a Licence to Practice (obtained by designated start date) - MRCP, MRCPCH or equivalent - CCT/CCST in paediatric or adult cardiology (or within 6 months at time of interview) or equivalent training and experience (eligible for Portfolio Pathway – previously known as CESR) **Desirable** - Higher degree – PhD, MD or equivalent - Formal teaching qualification - Leadership qualification ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 264.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10319784) - [terms and conditions (docx, 111.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10732542) - [staff benefits leaflet (pdf, 108.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2815) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.