Speciality Doctor - Cardiology | Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust


Company:	Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust
Salary:	£63,696 - £102,689 Per Annum
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Walsall, WS2 9PS
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	9 Sept 2026
Closing date:	9 Oct 2026

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Summary

This is a Speciality Doctor post in Cardiology position for 10 Programmed Activities per week with an additional PA available subject to negotiation. The post will include participation in a Cardiology Registrar on all rota.

Teaching and participation in audit and research interest are encouraged. The Cardiology service is provided from Ward 7 where the Coronary Care Unit is situated and the Cardiac Unit which houses the Cardiac Catheter Laboratory, pacing room, recovery area and clinic assessment room. Cardiac Catheterisation sessions are shared between the participating Consultants and Specialist Grade. There are 7.5 clinically based programmed activities and 2.5 supporting programmed activities.

The post holder will join an existing team of 7 dynamic cardiologists and to undertake OPD and inpatient activities at Walsall Manor Hospital NHS Trust and given the skill sets, may participate in the development of services within the CCG and the Black Country Alliance in Heart Failure. The consultants have interest in imaging, PCI, HF Complex devices, and EP.

The Cardiology department have a robust programme for mentoring the new Speciality Doctors appointment: the successful candidate will have a clear designated supervisor within the departments and appraisal annually with set PDPs.

1. To be responsible for ensuring a commitment in providing a high-quality cardiology service to patients by continual development of practice in the light of research evidence and by audit against Clinical standards.

2. To provide advice to primary and secondary care colleagues in other specialties in relation to cardiac problems and oversee the internal referrals assessed by junior and specialist cardiac team.

3. To provide a comprehensive outpatient service from clinics provided in both the main Outpatient Department and specialist clinics held within the Clinical Measurement Unit.

4. To support teaching and training of junior medical staff, medical students Postgraduate Medical Education in general. The Trust will strongly Support and allow time for CPD for the Successful candidate.

5. To support and encourage audit and research and develop close links with academic initiatives.

6. To actively participate in CME and personal development programmes.

7. To support the on-going development of services for cardiology in line with the existing programmes and have an interest in community cardiology. To support the community heart failure virtual ward.

8. Participate in 1 in 13 General Medical (GIM) On Call for Registrar Level.

9. Participate in Cardiology Registrar on call rota.

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust is an integrated Trust and the only provider of NHS acute care in Walsall, serving a population of 284,300, providing inpatient and outpatient services at the Manor Hospital as well as a wide range of services in the community. Walsall Manor houses the full range of district general hospital services under one roof. The £170 million development was completed in 2010 and the continued upgrading of existing areas ensures the Trust now has a state-of-the-art Critical Care Unit, Neonatal Unit, Obstetric Theatre, and Integrated Assessment Unit facilities.

A new Urgent Emergency Care Centre was opened in March 2023. The two-storey development has significantly improved emergency care facilities and capacity and has provided almost 5,000 square metres of additional clinical space.

The Cardiology inpatient service is provided in a 23 bedded ward 7 which incorporate 5 acute coronary care beds and 18 post coronary care beds. This compromises 5 monitored beds using latest equipment purchased August 2020 and 10 telemetry units. The Cardiology ward is staffed by 8 coronary care trained sisters and 15 staff nurses all of whom undertake the coronary care course and are all ALS trained. The ward is also supported by NVQ trained clinical support workers all of whom rotate between the inpatient ward and cardiac intervention suite. Cardiac Catheterisation sessions are shared between the participating Consultants and Specialist Grade doctor.

Attached to the cardiology ward is the cardiac intervention suite which comprises of 3 theatres, 1 angiography suite with GE Optima System purchased 2018, 1 pacing theatre with GE C Arm purchased 2014 and tilt table facilities and 1 minor ops theatre. The suite also has 6 post 6 procedure trolleys and a consulting room with echocardiogram facilities. We have a team of 5 dedicated lab specialist nurses.

Cardiologist also includes CT Coronary angiogram (four a week), CMR, the hospital also provides myocardial perfusion scanning weekly with supervision using the latest SPECT scanner.

This advert closes on Wednesday 23 Sep 2026

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