Consultant Interventional Cardiologist (PCI)


Company:	NHS Jobs
Salary:	£113,565 to £150,569 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Newcastle upon Tyne, NE7 7DN
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	17 Sept 2026
Closing date:	1 Oct 2026

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Summary

Clinical: The post will form part of the consultant PCI on-call rota. PCI sessions will be in the on-call urgent cardiac catheter lab dealing with patients presenting with ACS including STEMI and NSTEMI from around the region. The candidate will also have elective sessions. To provide expert care for patients admitted to Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals with cardiology conditions and to provide specialist interventional cardiology opinion to colleagues in referring hospitals around the region, as needed. To provide clinical expertise in the sub-specialist area appropriate to the training and expertise of the appointee and the service needs of the department. To provide in-patient opinions and, where appropriate, continuing supervision for patients with cardiology conditions. The appointees will contribute to the on-call consultant interventional cardiologist rota at the Freeman. The frequency of on-call will be approximately a 1-in-11 shared with PCI colleagues from the Freeman. The interventionist is typically on call. It is anticipated the successful candidate will contribute a regular daytime on-call PCI session weekly in addition to on-call for PCI out of hours. Administrative: The appointee will participate in all aspects of Clinical Governance, making a significant contribution to multidisciplinary audit and risk management activities. Assist the Cardiothoracic Directorate Manager and Clinical Director in the timely investigation of complaints working to provide reports within the timeframe set out by Trust policy. Contribute to the general organisation and running of Cardiothoracic Services within the Trust, working in collaboration with colleagues and report to the Clinical Director. The appointee will manage their own cardiac catheter lab sessions to ensure efficient use of resources, to include supervision of trainees. They will contribute to the management of the Cardiology Clinic service overall. Research: The Trust welcomes and encourages research as a high-profile activity that compliments the service provided. The emphasis is on studies that fall within the National Institute of Health Research Portfolio. Teaching: Participate in the teaching of undergraduate students in both medicine and dentistry. The Cardiology Department provides intensive teaching during the Foundations of Clinical Practice Cardiology teaching week. In addition, the unit teaches students within various phases of the course, including, but not limited to, Student Selected Components and Hospital Based Practice teaching. Active involvement in the clinical supervision of all postgraduate trainees in the department with specific responsibility for the education development of Foundation doctors, Core Medical Trainees, and Specialty Training Registrars. Participate in the teaching and training of any other health care professionals within the Directorate. Flexibility: In line with the Trusts core value of placing patients at the heart of everything we do, we are developing our service provision to be responsive to the needs of our patients. To meet those needs some staff groups will be increasingly asked to work a more flexible work pattern so that they can offer services in the evening or weekend. As a result any offer of employment to a consultant post will be subject to you agreeing to work a new more flexible pattern or working in the future if required, including evening and weekend work. Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification.

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