Locum Consultant Cardiologist - Adult Congenital Heart Disease

Locum Consultant Cardiologist - Adult Congenital Heart Disease

NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant

Main area Cardiology Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant Contract 12 months (Fixed Term: 12 months) Hours Part time - 7.7 sessions per week (Plus on-call) Job ref 321-MRC-MS-8164306-S1

Site John Radcliffe Hospital Town Oxford Salary £113,565 - £150,569 Per Annum Pro Rata Salary period Yearly Closing 26/08/2026 23:59

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.

The Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking to appoint a Locum Consultant Cardiologist with a specialist interest in congenital heart disease (ACHD) on a part-time basis (7.74PAs), for a fixed term period of 12 months. The individual should have expertise in congenital heart disease with relevant specialist higher training. There will an additional opportunity for a specialist session for suitably trained candidates.

The postholder’s duties will be primarily at John Radcliffe Hospital, however it will also be necessary to attend Northampton General Hospital and Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading. As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.

Main duties of the job

This post is part of the ACHD service at Oxford University Hospitals and will working alongside other consultants and members of the multidisciplinary team. The post is to cover maternity leave. The key aim is for the candidate to participate in clinical and other service activities with the object of ensuring a high standard of patient care. They will be required to contribute to the management of the clinical service and service development. The post holder with support the advanced nurse specialists perform their clinical duties. The post holder will have access to an administrator that is shared with other members of the team and will be provided with the appropriate IT equipment and support to undertake their clinical duties.

Working for our organisation

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 the existing Consultant colleagues who currently provide comprehensive secondary and tertiary services. The NHS department works closely with the University Department of Cardiovascular Medicine with rotation of clinical lecturers between the two departments and Consultants working across both departments. Academic interests include myocardial hypertrophy, vascular biology and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging.

Cardiology provides a local service to Oxfordshire Health Authority, as the local district general hospital, as well as offering a tertiary service for interventional cardiology. Good relations with colleagues in neighbouring district general hospitals ensures a flow of referrals both elective and emergency.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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 doctors in training 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 themselves fully up-to-date with their relevant area of practice and to be able to demonstrate this to the satisfaction of the Trust. 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. This is currently 30 days over a 3 year period

Management

• The postholder 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. The post holder will have access to mentoring by other consultant colleagues when appointed

Person specification

Professional Qualifications

• Medical degree and eligible for full UK GMC registration and a Licence to Practice.
• MRCP
• On GMC Specialist Register or within six months of attaining CCT or NB. Non-UK trained doctors must be on the GMC Specialist Register in Cardiology by date of interview.
• Fully trained in congenital heart disease
• Higher medical degree relevant to ACHD (MD/PhD).
• Sub-speciality interest CHD imaging, including accreditation in TOE and CHD

Experience

• Comprehensive clinical experience in congenital heart disease
• Evidence of ability to make decisions at consultant level and to manage complex clinical problems.
• Further expertise in aortopathy, Obstetric cardiology

Skills and Knowledge

• Excellent leadership and interpersonal skills.
• Effective administrative and time management skills. Training in clinical management.
• Evidence of significant contribution to successful teamwork and ability to work as an effective member of a multidisciplinary team.
• Good spoken and written English
• Highly developed communication & 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.
• Understanding of the principles and applications of clinical research
• Evidence of leadership in the development of clinical services.
• Education/teaching qualification.
• Peer reviewed publications in ACHD Higher degree (PhD or MD).

Other Requirements

• Driving licence required.

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.

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