Consultant Cardiologist: Devices and inherited Cardiac

Overview

Consultant Cardiologist:
Devices and inherited Cardiac Conditions – University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust. The closing date is 24 February 2026.

This is an exciting opportunity for a first rate consultant, with specialist interest in complex devices and inherited cardiac conditions to join our growing team. The successful candidate will join a team of 26 consultant cardiologists, 8 of whom are specialists in devices and EP, with 3 consultants supporting the ICC service. UHNM is a high volume device centre, implanting more than 1500 pacemakers and devices in 24/25, including leadless and conduction system pacing devices for our secondary and tertiary population of patients.

The established ICC service provides specialist clinics for patients with HCM, DCM, muscular dystrophies, aortopathies, including patients with Marfan"s syndrome, Ehlers Danlos and Loewys Dietz. The unit looks after a full range of channelopathies and has excellent links to the inherited conditions teams in Birmingham and Manchester.

The role includes 2 dedicated cath lab sessions for device implantation. Outpatient clinics with elements of general cardiology in addition to specialty clinics. The successful candidate will join the on call rota for cardiology, currently 1:11. With this, is the responsibility for ongoing care of patients post take. Dedicated ward round time will be given. There will be opportunities to engage in formal teaching for the resident doctor team and educational and clinical supervision.

Service development and innovation are encouraged and well supported by the directorate and care group.

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we re highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential. UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected.

In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by our staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust. At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.

Please see the attached job pack for a detailed description of the role, cardiology service and organisation. An indicative job plan is incorporated.

• Ability to work effectively with colleagues and within a team.
• Attendance at MDT meetings

• Substantial experience in research including recruitment to clinical trials
• Willing to participate in audit programmes
• Publications, presentations and previous audit projects. ICH-GCP certificate
• Evidence of continuing research

• Good leadership skills, communication and interpersonal skills
• Leadership training and experience
• Evidence of leadership
• Evidence of implementing change within a department/service
• Willingness to undertake a leadership role

• Ability and means to meet the travel requirements of the post
• Residence within 20 miles of base (return to base within 30 minutes if required)
• To be accessible by telephone for on call duties

• Full GMC Registration Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining entry on the General Medical Council (GMC)…