Consultant Cardiologist

Consultant Cardiologist

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 04 January 2026

The successful candidate will join an enthusiastic and friendly team of NHS consultants in delivering high quality cardiology services at Salford Royal Hospital within the Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust. The successful candidate will work with colleagues in developing and expanding services at Salford.

We are ideally looking for a candidate with a specialist interest in Heart Failure +/- pacing. In addition, the successful candidate will work with the team in integrating cardiology services into the community and with the other hospitals within the NCA. There will be opportunities for research, involvement in postgraduate and undergraduate education and quality improvement developments.

The post is a substantive post and therefore essential criteria include Full GMC Registration with a CCT (or proposed date for CCT within 6 months of appointment) in Cardiology.

If you would like to work in a dynamic, caring, inclusive and forward‑thinking environment where innovation is welcomed, then we would welcome your application.

This post is required to bolster service provision for General Cardiology, Cardiac Imaging and Heart Failure services. The successful candidate will join a clinical team of 9 Consultant Cardiologists (1 LTFT colleague), 2 Specialist Registrars, 2 Clinical Fellows, 5 Advanced Clinical Practitioners and 5 Specialist Nurses (SNs all in the HF service).

There is a 10‑bed (monitored beds) Heart Care Unit which is supported by the adjacent 9‑bed HCU step‑down ward (including telemetry facilities). The Unit includes a dedicated HCU procedures room for bradycardia pacing (permanent and temporary), TOE, ILR implantation, urgent cardioversion and pericardial drain insertion.

We are a flexible and innovative department and wish to support candidates to include their chosen subspecialist interest into their job plans.

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester.

Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS Trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work‑life balance.

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• Registration on the GMC Specialist Register-CCT (or within 6 months of obtaining or CESR) CCT

• CCT (or CESR) in Cardiology
• Primary medical degree (MBChB or equivalent)
• Post Graduate Degree e.g. MSc, MD, PhD.
• Evidence of Accredited Clinical & Educational Supervision of…