Consultant in Heart Failure and Cardiac ImagingNHS

Job summary

This is an excellent opportunity to join the Cardiology department at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust. The successful candidate will join a service that prides itself in effective leadership, innovative thinking, and excellent teamwork. We strive to challenge our existing working practices and to constantly improve our service to deliver best practice guidance and to ensure that our patient outcomes are successful, and they feel valued during their visits to the Trust.

The postholder will contribute towards the delivery and development of both the inpatient and outpatient heart failure service at East & North Herts NHS Trust. They will also support the Cardiac Imaging Department through regular imaging sessions, including complex echocardiography and, where appropriate CMR for candidates withrelevant experience.

The role includes participation to the 'Cardiologistof the Week' rota, which includes 1:9 weekend ward rounds. A strongcommitment to the training and education of trainees and other staffmembers is essential.

Please note that the closing date and interview date for this vacancy have been revised. The advertisement will now close on 13 September 2026 at midnight, and interviews will take place on 16 October 2026.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant is expected to be actively involved in the Heart Failure Service at Eastand North Herts NHS Trust and will work closely with the Integrated Heart Failure Service(Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust) and the Hospital at Home Service.

In addition, they areexpected to contribute to the cardiac imaging department. Extensive experience in complexechocardiography (TOE, stress echocardiography) is needed and experience in other imagingmodalities (predominantly CMR, but also CT) is desirable.

The ideal candidate should have an interest in valvular heart disease, as we are currently in the process of setting up a Valve Clinic. The post holder will also contribute towards the general cardiology service at the Lister, including participation in the Cardiologist of the week Rota, which includes weekend cardiology ward rounds.

Job description

The postholder will contribute towards the delivery and development of both the inpatient and outpatient heart failure service at East & North Herts NHS Trust. They will also support the Cardiac Imaging Department through regular imaging sessions, including complex echocardiography and, where appropriate CMR for candidates with relevant experience.

The role includes participation to the Cardiologist of the Week rota, which includes 1:9 weekend ward rounds. A strong commitment to the training and education of trainees and other staff members is essential.

Key responsibilities

Maintenance of high-quality patient centered care

Shared responsibility for the day-to-day management of the service and participation in strategic planning

Teaching and training within the multidisciplinary service

Active involvement in multidisciplinary team meetings and directorate clinical governance activity

Active participation in continuing medical education

About us

At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.