Job requirements
Essential
11 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Teaching Skills
Evidence of an interest and commitment to teaching
- Career Progression
Appropriate progression of career to date
- Academic and Research
Evidence of participation in audit
- Organisation and Planning
Experience and ability to work in multi-professional teams.
- Experience/ Qualifications
Basic medical degree
- Experience/ Qualifications
Postgraduate qualification. or its recognised equivalent
- Experience/ Qualifications
Full and specialist registration (with a licence to practise) with the GMC or be eligible for registration within six months of the interview. • If you trained in the UK, you must also have a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in Cardiology or be within six months of receiving it by the interview date. • If you trained outside the UK, you must provide evidence that your qualifications are equivalent to the UK CCT. (Equivalence must be confirmed by GMC by date of AAC)
- Clinical Skills and Experience
Independent PCI operator
- Clinical Skills and Experience
Confident PPCI operator
- Clinical Skills and Experience
Experience as solo operator with complex intervention
- Clinical Skills and Experience
Evidence of having undertaken own development to improve understanding of equalities issues.
Desirable
8 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Knowledge
Breadth of experience in and outside specialty
- Teaching Skills
Recognised teaching qualification
- Academic and Research
Research experience
- Academic and Research
Publications
- Academic and Research
Prizes and honours
- Organisation and Planning
Evidence of managerial skills: Achievements / Course attended
- Experience/ Qualifications
Higher Degree
- Experience/ Qualifications
Competitive Clinical Interventional Fellowship
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Sussex Cardiac Centre, one of the UK's leading tertiary cardiac centres, as a Consultant Interventional Cardiologist with interests in Coronary and Structural Heart Intervention. Based primarily at the Royal Sussex County Hospital, the successful candidate will join a supportive and highly experienced multidisciplinary team delivering advanced cardiac care across Sussex and the wider South East.
The role offers a varied job plan including coronary and structural intervention, inpatient and outpatient cardiology, participation in the primary PCI and consultant on-call rotas, and involvement in teaching, research, clinical governance and service development.
We are seeking a motivated and collaborative clinician with strong interventional cardiology skills, excellent clinical judgement and a commitment to delivering high-quality patient-centred care. This is an excellent opportunity to develop specialist interests within a nationally recognised cardiac centre with state-of-the-art facilities, strong academic links and an established reputation for clinical excellence, innovation and teamwork.
Main duties of the job
The clinical duties of the post include the following:
- 2 Out-patient clinics
- Catheter Lab sessions including Structural Heart and Coronary work
- Working collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary teams
- Audit and education
- In-patient duties – Team of the Week consultant (1:12)
- Primary angioplasty rota
The post holder will be responsible for providing consultant support for Team of the Week, consultant delivered acute cardiology rota 1:12 frequency.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full details of the role, responsibilities and person specification, please refer to the attached Job Description.
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.
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This advert is for Consultant Interventional Cardiologist, Structural & Coronary with University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust in Worthing, England. It is listed as a Consultant Medical doctor Cardiology role. The advertised salary is £113,565 - £150,569 per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 04 Nov 2026.
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