Locum Cardiology Consultant

Whittington Hospital NHS Trust

Locum Cardiology Consultant

The closing date is 22 September 2025

Overview

FIXED-TERM LOCUM CONSULTANT CARDIOLOGIST with a subspecialty interest in HEART FAILURE. Applications are invited for the post of locum consultant cardiologist with subspecialty interest in heart failure, on a full-time (10 PAs) one-year fixed-term basis.

The appointee will join a vibrant and innovative cardiology department based at the Whittington Hospital that has been the recipient of UK Customer Service Excellence Award for its clinical services.

The appointee must be accredited in Cardiology and be on the GMC\\\’s Specialist Register or within six months of being admitted to the Specialist Register. A subspecialty interest in heart failure is a requirement for this post. There is no requirement for on-calls in general (internal) medicine, but this can be accommodated in the job plan for a qualified appointee.

The successful candidate will collaborate in patient management with clinicians at Whittington Health and work closely with colleagues working in cardiology, acute/general medicine and in the wider community. It is a clear aim of the service to reduce local waiting times for a cardiovascular opinion and to ensure high-quality inpatient care of patients with cardiovascular conditions, particularly heart failure. It is the intention of the cardiology department to recruit a permanent full-time consultant cardiologist with subspecialty interest in heart failure within the next 12 months.

Main duties of the job

Please see the full Job Description and the Person Specification for further details about the job role.

About us

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

Details

Date posted: 08 September 2025

Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade: Consultant

Salary: £109,725 to £145,478 a year

Contract: Fixed term

Duration: 12 months

Working pattern: Full-time

Reference number: 220-EIM-MED-001

Job locations

Whittington Hospital
London
N19 5NF

Employer details

Employer name: Whittington Hospital NHS Trust

Address: Whittington Hospital
London
N19 5NF

Employer\\\’s website: https://www.whittington.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Consultant Cardiologist
Dr Chee Yee Loong
cheeyee.loong@nhs.net

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Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. We look after our staff and strive to recruit, train and promote in ways that reflect this diversity.