Consultant Cardiologist

Main area Consultant Cardiologist Grade YC72 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 40 hours per week (On call rotation) Job ref 287-AMED-314-26

Employer Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Aintree Town Fazakerley Salary £113,565 - £150,569 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 22/09/2026 23:59

YC72

Job overview

University Hospitals of Liverpool Group is seeking to appoint a Consultant Cardiologist (full-time, 10 PA) with a defined subspecialty interest in one of the following areas: Heart Failure and Cardiac Devices (including pacing); Echocardiography and non-invasive ultrasound imaging (including stress echocardiography); or cardiovascular cross-sectional imaging (Cardiac CT and Cardiac MRI). Applicants should clearly indicate their subspecialty interest in their application.

The appointee will contribute to the relevant subspecialty service and its associated multidisciplinary team (for example, the Heart Failure MDT, the Valve / Infective Endocarditis MDT, or the Imaging MDT, as appropriate to their interest).

The successful applicant will play a key role in expanding Cardiology services across the Group and will join a team of 10 Consultant Cardiologists at Aintree University Hospital, delivering comprehensive cardiac care to patients across the Group.

Main duties of the job

The appointee, together with their colleagues at the Aintree site, will have a commitment to the provision of cardiology services. The appointee is responsible for the continued development and expansion of their subspecialty interest and will be expected to work closely with the rest of the Consultants.

The successful candidate will undertake two sessions dedicated to their subspecialty interest. Depending on the area of interest, this may include contributing to or leading the Heart Failure and Devices service, the Echocardiography / Valve service, or the Cardiac CT / MRI service, and sharing the relevant multidisciplinary team meeting (for example the Heart Failure MDT, the Infective Endocarditis / Valve MDT, or the Imaging MDT).

In addition, other duties will include administration, attendance at meetings and continuing professional development. It is expected that the appointee will participate in the on-call rota for Cardiology.

The job plan is annualised and is based on a 10 PA job plan with 2 supporting PAs.

Working for our organisation

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.

UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.

For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women’s Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

In-patient services are provided between a 14-bed ACCU and a 36-bed Cardiology ward (ward 8). The Acute Cardiac Care Unit has a monitoring system. The Unit is run by the Consultant Cardiologists (1 in 9 rota, total of 6 weeks per year) who provide twice daily ward rounds with junior medical staff support.

Ward eight is covered on a week rotational basis by 1 Consultant. Each day on the ward, there will be an expectation of a 'board round' and physical review of new admissions and a shared list with a middle grade doctor and junior medical staff.

Qualifications

• MRCP (UK) or equivalent
• Full registration with the GMC and a licence to practise
• Entry on the GMC Specialist Register via: CCT (proposed CCT date must be within 6 months) CESR, or European Community Rights
• Signed off / accredited for declared subspecialty interest
• Higher research degree, or in the process of obtaining a higher research degree

Experience

• Wide experience in elective and emergency Cardiology in the UK up to the standard expected of CCT
• Evidence of practice at consultant, sub-consultant or senior SpR level for a reasonable period of time
• Previous Fellowships or extended training

Skills

• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Expertise in a declared subspecialty field, in one of the following areas: Heart Failure and Cardiac Devices, including pacing Echocardiography (with TOE and/or Stress Echo accreditation) Cardiovascular cross-sectional imaging (Cardiac CT and/or Cardiac MRI accreditation)
• Organisational skills
• Teaching experience
• Leadership and service development
• Relevant experience in NHS organisation and undertaking audit

Other

• Research and publications relevant to the post
• Ability to lead and teach, relate to patients, relatives and other hospital staff, and work as part of a team
• A team player, able to flex to meet the needs of an expanding, improving department
• Presentations at National and International Meetings

Posts advertised to ‘internal staff’ are open to employees of hospitals within University Hospitals of Liverpool Group and you should confirm your employment within your application form.

Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.
We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received a minimum number of applications from which to make a shortlist.

Note: Under current Home Office Immigration Rules we are currently unable to offer right to work visa sponsorship for Band 2 and 3 roles with a salary of less than £25,000 pa as they do not meet the UK Visas & Immigration criteria.

Trust policy requires that the cost of submitting & processing the successful applicant/s DBS application be recovered via salary deduction following start in post. The amount of £26.50 (standard disclosure) or £54.50 (enhanced disclosure) will be deducted from salary, in manageable monthly instalments for up to 3 months following commencement of employment. Bank posts require upfront payment.

From April 2017, Skilled visa applicants and their adult dependant(s) will be required to provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have lived in consecutively for 12 months or more in the past ten years.

Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.

This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults’ policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures.

Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation.

All employees (and volunteers) are expected maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action.

As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic abuse workplace scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing Domestic Abuse /any forms of sexual violence.

If you have any personal requirements that will enable you to participate in our recruitment process please contact a member of the Recruitment Services by phone on 0151 706 4666 at the earliest opportunity to ensure that measures can be put in place to enable your application for this post.

Please note: new entrants to the NHS will commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

Application numbers

This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.

Name Dr C Papadopoulos Job title Clinical Director Email address charalampos.papadopoulos@uhliverpool.nhs.uk Telephone number 0151 529 2721 Additional information: NA