Locum Consultant Interventional Cardiologist in Coronary Intervention

Locum Consultant Interventional Cardiologist in Coronary Intervention

Applications are invited to apply for a locum appointment to a Consultant Cardiologist with a specialist interest in PCI post.

The post holder will flexibly deliver 8.5 PAs of emergency, inpatient and outpatient care of patients with ischaemic heart disease, with a further 1.5 PA allocated SPA time.

The post will be based at Leeds General Infirmary, one of the largest tertiary cardiac centres in the UK, with a team of 33 Cardiologists serving a population of over 3 million. There are 7 state of the art Cardiac Cath Labs, performing 2800 PCIs (including 1100 primary PCI), 600 TAVI, 900 ablations/studies and 700 device procedures per annum, making Leeds one of the highest volume UK units.

The PCI team provides a full range of advanced coronary interventions, including a high-volume CTO service, atherectomy, laser, lithotripsy, IVUS, OCT, FFR, CFR etc.

In addition, ICC, advanced imaging, cardiac MRI, adult congenital, paediatric and interventional paediatric cardiology, as well as adult and paediatric cardiac surgical services, all complement each other within the same site. The department consists of 2 inpatient wards, a day case interventional ward, a daycase seated suite, 6 lab catheter suite (+1 paediatric lab), cardiacinvestigation unit and a 10 bed CCU.

The post is fixed term for 6 months starting April 2026, with options to extend if mutually agreed. The purpose of this appointment is to cover a vacated position within the Interventional Cardiology Team.

The successful appointee will join the existing rostered direct clinical activity delivered by the interventional team supported by a team of 10 other Cardiologists (6 PCI, 4 Structural and 1 Research).

This includes:

• 1. Acute Clinical Work

• Monday-Friday in-hours acute coronary service, assessing and managing acute coronary syndrome and coronary intervention patients on CCU and the Cardiology ward, supported by the General Cardiology consultant on-call. (1 in 8.5)
• Weekday acute cath lab PCI rota Monday-Thursday 8am to 6pm. (1 in 10)
• Out-of-hours coronary intervention rota. (1 in 5 weekday night on-call, 1 in 10 weekend on-call (24 hours Friday and Sunday))

• 2. Elective Clinical Work

• Regular elective cath lab PCI sessions.
• Regular outpatient clinic activity.

The posts have no on call commitment for Acute Medicine. Further information and contact details can be found in the attached job description. Prospective applicants are encouraged to visit the department and are invited to contact any of the following persons:

Dr Andrew Hogarth Clinical Director

Dr Jennifer Rossington Lead Clinician and PCI Lead

Dr Kate Gatenby Lead Clinician

Interview Date: 27th February

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is one of the largest hospital trusts in Europe, with access to leading clinical expertise and medical technology, situated in one of the fastest growing and vibrant cities in the north. We operate from 7 hospitals on 5 sites all linked by the same vision, philosophy, and culture to be the best for specialist and integrated care. With a budget of £1 billion our 15k staff ensure that every year we treat 1.5m people in our 2000 beds or OP settings, comprising 100k day cases, 125k inpatients, 200k ED visits and 1m OP appointments.

Come and join our team in Leeds and become part of the Cardio-Respiratory CSU, where we aim to be a supportive CSU with a positive and caring team who are champions of the Leeds Way values. Our values make us different from other trusts, and we see this as both a strength and a responsibility.

Our five Leeds Way values are:

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