Job summary
- Main area
- Cardiology
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed term)
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 359-MSD-778113
- Employer
- Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Maidstone/Tunbridge Wells site
- Town
- Maidstone
- Salary
- £113,565 - £150,569 per annum/pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/07/2026 23:59
- Interview date
- 21/07/2026
Employer heading
CONSULTANT CARDIOLOGIST- ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY AND DEVICES
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Job overview
This post will be a 12-month fixed term contract to cover Maternity leave. The post will be based at Maidstone Hospital however, with a view to cross-site work where required (Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells hospitals including Fordcombe Hospital), as part of our vision of reconfiguring cardiac services and is suitable for a candidate with a specialist interest in cardiac electrophysiology and complex pacing.
The Cardiology Department
The Cardiology Department provides comprehensive non-invasive cardiac diagnostic services on both sides of the Trust. These include trans-thoracic, trans-oesophageal and stress echocardiography, exercise stress testing, tilt testing, ambulatory ECG and blood pressure monitoring. We have a full CT coronary angiography service at both sites and myocardial perfusion imaging service at the Maidstone site. Cardiac MRI at Fordcombe was established in January 2025. Out-patient clinics are provided at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells sites, along with Fordcombe, Sevenoaks and Crowborough hospitals.
Main duties of the job
The aim of this post is for the successful candidate to support the Cardiology service for one year during the maternity cover period. There is opportunity to help develop the cardiac rhythm management service at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust, depending on the candidate’s level of expertise.
This is a provisional job plan reflecting proposed activities and may be subject to amendment after discussion with the successful applicant. The post is expected to be 10PAs with 8.5 DCC (including 1.0 on call) and 1.5 core SPA split:
Direct clinical care (DCC): 7.5 PA
Supporting Programmed Activities: 1.5 PA
On call (including weekend & out of hours): 1.0 PA
Total Programmed Activities: 10 PA
(Please note: 1.5 core SPA is to facilitate appraisal/audit/mandatory training. At 1 year of appointment, this will be reviewed and additional SPA will be offered in line with trust guidelines to include educational supervision, and service development.
The weekly timetable will include two out-patient clinics, dedicated sessions for sub-speciality interest and the CRM MDT meeting. This is in addition to dedicated time for clinical administration and supporting programmed activities.
SPA is used for activities supporting professional development and the service which include teaching, audit, clinical governance and mandatory training. The postholder would be expected to take an active role in clinical governance focussing on CRM, including collecting, analysing and presenting CRM volume and complication data at local and national fora.
Working for our organisation
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust.
The Trust was established in April 2000 through the merger of Mid Kent Healthcare Trust and Kent & Sussex Weald NHS Trust. It provides general hospital care to ~590,000 people in West Kent and North East Sussex, and specialist cancer services to ~1.8 million. Its main hospitals are Tunbridge Wells Hospital (TWH) in Pembury and Maidstone Hospital (MGH), where the Trust HQ is also based.
Key personnel include: Chair: Dr Annette Doherty, Chief Executive: Mr Miles Scott, Chief Medical Officer: Dr Sara Mumford
Maidstone Hospital
Maidstone Hospital is a modern 410-bed facility located on the western edge of Maidstone, just two miles from Junction 5 of the M20. It serves a catchment population of approximately 220,000 and sees around 50,000 A&E attendances annually. The hospital offers comprehensive diagnostic services, including multi-slice CT and MRI.
Specialist cancer services are a major focus. While upper GI cancer care for Kent and Medway is commissioned from Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, and the regional hepatobiliary cancer service is delivered at King’s College Hospital, Maidstone plays a key role in local cancer care delivery. Advanced procedures, such as radiofrequency ablation of liver metastases, are performed on-site for a broad Kent-wide population. The hospital also hosts the Kent Oncology Centre—the fourth largest in the UK—serving patients from across the county. Strong road links support excellent regional access.
Tunbridge Wells Hospital
Tunbridge Wells Hospital, located in Pembury beside the A21, opened in January 2011 following a £230 million, three-year build. It was the first NHS hospital in the UK to feature all single, en-suite rooms across its main wards—enhancing patient privacy, sleep quality, and infection control. Most rooms benefit from natural light and forest views, supporting a more therapeutic recovery environment.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To provide a high standard of care to any patient for whom you have clinical responsibility. This will include any patients referred to you and cared for by you personally or by members of your team and, in addition, any patients of consultant colleagues when you are covering on-call or for annual leave.
To participate in clinical and other service activities and developments with the aim of ensuring a high standard of patient care across the Trust.
To work in close co-operation with other medical, professional and managerial colleagues, both within and outside the specialty, to provide high quality health care to the Trust’s patients, and to make a contribution to future thinking about the Trust’s strategic direction.
To participate fully in and share leadership of the clinical governance of the specialty covering its Trust-wide activities. To attend clinical governance half-days as detailed in the Trust’s Guide to Job Planning unless on agreed leave or while attending emergencies.
To participate actively in departmental audits, sharing co-ordination of audit activities within the department and implementation of change.
To take an active responsibility for undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, training and supervision.
To assume responsibility, both personally and corporately with consultant colleagues, for the management of junior medical staff. You are expected to be involved in their professional development, both clinical and personal as per guidance from the Deanery.
To ensure that all doctors in training for whom you have supervisory responsibilities undertake delegated clinical tasks that are within their level of competence and knowledge.
To ensure at all times that you comply with the General Medical Council’s published guide “Good Medical Practice” including the Duties of a Doctor.
To take personal responsibility for risk management in your work and undertake to review practices and learn from mistakes.
To share in the ‘on-call’ rota. To provide prospective cover for colleagues during annual and study leave and other absences as far as is practicable and clinically safe.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- MB BS (or equivalent)
- Registered with GMC
- Possession or within 6 months of CCT
- Evidence of modular training in coronary intervention
Desirable criteria
- Distinctions, scholarships, prizes
- Other degrees, eg BSc, MSc MD
Audit
Essential criteria
- Understand the principles of audit
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of participation in audit projects
Research
Essential criteria
- An understanding of general principles, scientific method and interpretation of literature
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of personal research projects and their presentation
- Publications in peer-reviewed journals
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Mahir Patel
- Job title
- Consultant Cardiologist and Clinical Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07925 360 309
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