Job summary
- Main area
- Cardiology
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 279-MWCONCARDRSCH-741
- Employer
- University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Sussex County Hospital
- Town
- Brighton
- Salary
- £113,565 - £150,569 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/11/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Consultant Interventional Cardiologist, Structural & Coronary
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
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.
Working for our organisation
At UHSussex, diversity is our strength, and we want you to feel included to help us always deliver Excellent Care Everywhere, as shown in our Outstanding for Caring CQC rating.
Your uniqueness and experiences will be part of our creative and innovative community where everyone is encouraged to succeed. We have a range of staff networks to help break down barriers, and can offer a buddy to help new members settle in.
We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 3) and a Veteran Aware Trust.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full details of the role, responsibilities and person specification, please refer to the attached Job Description.
Person specification
Experience/ Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • Basic medical degree
- • Postgraduate qualification. or its recognised equivalent
- • 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)
Desirable criteria
- • Higher Degree
- • Competitive Clinical Interventional Fellowship
Clinical Skills and Experience
Essential criteria
- • Independent PCI operator
- • Confident PPCI operator
- • Experience as solo operator with complex intervention
- • Evidence of having undertaken own development to improve understanding of equalities issues.
Knowledge
Desirable criteria
- • Breadth of experience in and outside specialty
Organisation and Planning
Essential criteria
- • Experience and ability to work in multi-professional teams.
Desirable criteria
- • Evidence of managerial skills: Achievements / Course attended
Teaching Skills
Essential criteria
- • Evidence of an interest and commitment to teaching
Desirable criteria
- • Recognised teaching qualification
Academic and Research
Essential criteria
- • Evidence of participation in audit
Desirable criteria
- • Research experience
- • Publications
- • Prizes and honours
Career Progression
Essential criteria
- • Appropriate progression of career to date
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Professor David Hildick-Smith
- Job title
- Consultant Cardiologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01273 696955
- Additional information
Dr David Hildick-Smith, Lead Cardiologist
Dr James Cockburn, Interventional Cardiologist
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