Job summary
- Main area
- Cardiology
- Grade
- Band 8b
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (establishment review pending)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 337-NP-8430MM-A
- Employer
- London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- EH/NPH/CMH
- Town
- Harrow
- Salary
- £67,950 - £78,028 per annum Inclusive of High Cost Area Supplement
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/01/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Head of Cardiology Diagnostics
Band 8b
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
Find out more about our Trust and why you should join us#WeAreLNWH
Find out more about Our HEART values
Find out more about our Trust Staff Benefits
Our vision at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust is to put “Quality at our HEART”. Find out more about our ambitious strategy
We are clear that our vision can only be achieved by our staff, who are our most valuable asset.
Our vision is driven by our HEART values and behaviours which were developed together with our staff.
- H onesty
- E quity
- A ccountability
- R espect
- T eamwork
These values describe how we interact with each other and our patients and must underpin everything we do to achieve our vision.
LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Job overview
The division of Medicine and Therapies in LNWUH Trust is seeking an experienced leader with extensive cardiac physiology diagnostic experience to be its new Head of Cardiology Diagnostic Services. This role will provide expert professional, clinical and strategic leadership of Cardiology Diagnostics, across the London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust hospitals, including Northwick Park Hospital, Ealing Hospital, Central Middlesex Hospital, and Ealing Community Diagnostic Centre.
Main duties of the job
The role of the Head of Cardiac Diagnostic Department involves a range of responsibilities focused on managing and overseeing the department’s operations.
These responsibilities ensure the provision of smooth operation of the Cardiac diagnostic department and provision of a high quality, evidence-based service for all invasive and non–invasive diagnostic testing for Cardiology.
please refer to Job Description for full list.
Working for our organisation
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.
Person specification
Education/ qualifications
Essential criteria
- BSc in the field of technical cardiology
- Member of Registration Council of Clinical Physiologists
Desirable criteria
- Management qualification
Knowledge and experience
Essential criteria
- experience of budget management/financial management.
- Experience of quality or service improvement
- Experience of working in a complex and challenging environment
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working with NHS commissioning team
Skills, abilities and attributes
Essential criteria
- Ability to flexibly and effectively lead a department on multiple sites
- Ability to positively influence and lead teams.
Desirable criteria
- Project and change management skills
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Nataliya Lightfoot-Boston
- Job title
- General Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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