North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

Locum Cardiology Consultant with interest in Heart Failure

The closing date is 22 April 2026

Job summary

We are seeking an enthusiastic locum cardiologist with an interest in Acute Heart Failure working across the Trust including our Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC). This post will support the existing team of interventional and non interventional cardiologists which at present delivers an elective and urgent service including 24/7 Primary PCI. There would be a commitment to a 1:6 weekend general cardiology on call which would include coronary care ward rounds, cardiology ward reviews and hospital referrals.

The post has no commitment to Acute General Medicine but does involve participation in a 1:9 Consultant Cardiologist of the week rota

The post joins a dynamic team of cardiologists in delivering secondary Cardiology services for the North Cumbrian population. This developing department provides cardiology services to a local urban and rural population of approximately 320,000 people.

All successful candidates will be expected to submit documentation for the GMC Portfolio Pathway within 18 months of their start date.

Main duties of the job

Main duties include but not limited to:

  • Provide Heart Failure clinics
  • Participate in COW as per rota
  • Performing job planned clinics
  • Teaching/educating Central Doctors on ward
  • Contributing to MDT meetings
  • Triage referrals
  • Contribute to 1:6 for routine weekend work
  • Traveling to Whitehaven Hospital and Workington CDC to cover service

About us

At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding hospital and health services to half a million people. Established on 1st October 2019, the Trust is creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout north Cumbria and beyond. We're responsible for delivering over 70 services across 15 main locations and we employ more than 6,500 members of staff.

Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high quality care every time'.

  • Being a clinically led organisation
  • Quality and safety at the heart
  • A positive patient experience every time
  • A great place to work
  • Managing our money well

As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.

Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. There is an expectation for all staff to support this by familiarising yourself with the Trust's sustainability initiatives such as waste and recycling, going paperless, videoconferencing, sustainable transport and others.

We encourage you to think about what you can do as an individual and within your team to contribute in to embedding carbon reduction into the everyday running of our organisation.

Details

Date posted

18 March 2026

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£109,725 to £145,478 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

10 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

262-A-26-7846505

Job locations

Cumberland Infirmary/West Cumberland Hospital/Workington CDC

Carlisle/Whitehaven/Workington CDC

CA2 7HY


Job description

Job responsibilities

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.

CERTIFICATE OF SPONSORSHIP

Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment.Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed. For further information visit theUK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.

Disclosure and Barring Service:

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:

Standard Check: £21.50 + Administration cost of £6.50 = £28. Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.

Enhanced Check: £49.50 + administration cost of £6.50 = £56. Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.

NCIC can offer successful future employees the following benefits:

27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years

Flexible working Scheme

NHS Discounts*

Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work*

Excellent opportunities for development*

Competitive NHS Pension scheme

Vivup is a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems

*Subject to eligibility

Important Information

Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.

If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.

Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date.

Job description

Job responsibilities

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.

CERTIFICATE OF SPONSORSHIP

Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment.Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed. For further information visit theUK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.

Disclosure and Barring Service:

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:

Standard Check: £21.50 + Administration cost of £6.50 = £28. Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.

Enhanced Check: £49.50 + administration cost of £6.50 = £56. Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.

NCIC can offer successful future employees the following benefits:

27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years

Flexible working Scheme

NHS Discounts*

Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work*

Excellent opportunities for development*

Competitive NHS Pension scheme

Vivup is a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems

*Subject to eligibility

Important Information

Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.

If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.

Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Valid Full Registration with the General Medical Council
  • Membership of the Royal College Physicians or equivalent
  • Able and willing to join our CESR support programme at the point of joining
  • MBBS or equivalent primary medical qualification

Desirable

  • Higher medical degree
  • BSE or equivalent training in trans thoracic echo
  • Entry on the General Medical Council (GMC) Specialist Register CCT/CESR

Experience

Essential

  • High level of clinical experience and competence in Clinical Cardiology
  • Experience in Heart Failure

Desirable

  • Experience in district general hospital practice.
  • Experience in the management of patients with Inherited Cardiac Conditions
  • Experience of /Accreditation in cardiac CT or MRI

Clinical Governance

Essential

  • Evidence of experience in Clinical Governance
  • Experience of Audit

Personal and Professional Attributes

Essential

  • Upholds Trust values.
  • GMC code of conduct.
  • Enquiring, critical approach to work.
  • Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
  • Leadership qualities.

Desirable

  • Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional and national levels

Management

Essential

  • Ability to organise and manage own workload efficiently

Desirable

  • Experience/qualification in clinical leadership/management

Teaching

Essential

  • Experience and commitment to teaching undergraduate and postgraduate clinical staff

Desirable

  • Medical education qualification

Research

Essential

  • Experience of research
  • Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems

Desirable

  • Postgraduate research degree
  • Ability to supervise postgraduate research
  • Publications in peer reviewed journals

Other

Essential

  • Willingness and ability to travel across sites to fulfil the requirements of the post
  • Able to be based within 30 minutes of the base hospital
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Valid Full Registration with the General Medical Council
  • Membership of the Royal College Physicians or equivalent
  • Able and willing to join our CESR support programme at the point of joining
  • MBBS or equivalent primary medical qualification

Desirable

  • Higher medical degree
  • BSE or equivalent training in trans thoracic echo
  • Entry on the General Medical Council (GMC) Specialist Register CCT/CESR

Experience

Essential

  • High level of clinical experience and competence in Clinical Cardiology
  • Experience in Heart Failure

Desirable

  • Experience in district general hospital practice.
  • Experience in the management of patients with Inherited Cardiac Conditions
  • Experience of /Accreditation in cardiac CT or MRI

Clinical Governance

Essential

  • Evidence of experience in Clinical Governance
  • Experience of Audit

Personal and Professional Attributes

Essential

  • Upholds Trust values.
  • GMC code of conduct.
  • Enquiring, critical approach to work.
  • Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
  • Leadership qualities.

Desirable

  • Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional and national levels

Management

Essential

  • Ability to organise and manage own workload efficiently

Desirable

  • Experience/qualification in clinical leadership/management

Teaching

Essential

  • Experience and commitment to teaching undergraduate and postgraduate clinical staff

Desirable

  • Medical education qualification

Research

Essential

  • Experience of research
  • Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems

Desirable

  • Postgraduate research degree
  • Ability to supervise postgraduate research
  • Publications in peer reviewed journals

Other

Essential

  • Willingness and ability to travel across sites to fulfil the requirements of the post
  • Able to be based within 30 minutes of the base hospital

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Cumberland Infirmary/West Cumberland Hospital/Workington CDC

Carlisle/Whitehaven/Workington CDC

CA2 7HY


Employer's website

https://www.ncic.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Cumberland Infirmary/West Cumberland Hospital/Workington CDC

Carlisle/Whitehaven/Workington CDC

CA2 7HY


Employer's website

https://www.ncic.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Clinical Director for Cardiology

Dr Justin Barclay

justin.barclay@ncic.nhs.uk

01228814034

Details

Date posted

18 March 2026

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£109,725 to £145,478 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

10 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

262-A-26-7846505

Job locations

Cumberland Infirmary/West Cumberland Hospital/Workington CDC

Carlisle/Whitehaven/Workington CDC

CA2 7HY


Supporting documents

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