Consultant Adult Congenital Heart Disease Cardiologist
A Vacancy at The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our well integrated team.
The successful candidate will have a UK CCT or equivalent in cardiology or paediatric cardiology and shown a commitment to ACHD cardiology and electrophysiology during their training. They will demonstrate higher specialist training in electrophysiology in ACHD patients and preferably will have undergone a post CCT fellowship.The candidate will be able to run a busy ACHD on call and be able to cross cover ACHD patients on the heart transplant waiting list. The candidate will demonstrate an ability to carry out ACHD electrophysiology interventions, paediatric electrophysiology in older children and commit to some non CHD electrophysiology procedures in adults.
The candidate will be keen to be integrated into all aspects of the department and will be experienced in advanced heart failure management in ACHD patients (in particular invasive electrophysiology assessment and ablation/ advanced pacing for these patients).
To work with the current team of consultants to provide tertiary cardiac care for adults with congenital heart disease in the Northern region and patients referred from other regions for ongoing management. To join the congenital electrophysiology service providing invasive electrophysiology (diagnostic and interventional) care for these patients.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Our staff oversee over 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:
- Freeman Hospital
- Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
- Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)
- Newcastle Dental Hospital
- Newcastle Fertility Centre
- Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
- Northern Genetics Service
- Cramlington Manor Walks
These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.
We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’.
For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust- Participating in an on-call rota (approximately 1-in-7) for ACHD patients referred to the unit and non ACHD patients looked after by our team. The individual will be expected to work effectively in a team and work closely with the intensive care specialists, anaesthetists, cardiac surgeons and cardiology colleagues.
- To provide in-patient and out-patient opinions on ACHD cardiology across the Trust and to colleagues across the network.
- To provide continuing care for ACHD patients on an in-patient or out-patient basis.
- To provide a full range of ACHD electrophysiology opinion and care to patients referred to the unit. This will include inpatient and out patient duties as well as contribution to the ACHD electrophysiology MDT and surgical MDT.
- Contributing to the clinical governance meeting and audit of all areas of ACHD care.
- Undergo Continued Medical Education (CME) in accordance with guidelines stipulated by the Royal College.
- Undertake an annual appraisal and job plan review. It is expected that objectives within job plan reviews will be based on Trust objectives such as fulfilment of fixed contractual commitments on the basis of a 43 week working year with due allowance for statutory holidays.
This advert closes on Friday 12 Sep 2025