Locum Registrar in Cardiology

Applications are invited for a Locum Registrar to join the existing Cardiology team based at the West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds.

The Locum Registrar in Cardiology post is for Monday to Friday, Normal Working Day hours and will be available until 4th August, 2026.

Successful candidates will have previous NHS experience in Cardiology.

The hourly rate is £55 with an additional 12.07% applied to the hourly rate for WTD.

Notice: We are unable to support sponsorship roles on Bank as we are not able to guarantee hours.

Main duties of the post

Key tasks will include the following:

• Work as part of the Cardiology team to provide the best medical management to patients under your care.
• Supervise and teach more junior staff on the ward.
• Liaise with relatives and carers.
• Liaise with other members of the multidisciplinary team.
• Lead the medical team during on-call and out of hours, including management of cardiac arrest calls.

Job responsibilities

• Hold full registration and licence to practise with the GMC.
• Provide general care at registrar level to the patients admitted, including supervision of day-to-day management.
• Care for both the emergency admissions and in-patients in cardiology, including regular participation in ward rounds and assessment of patients referred from other departments.
• Escalate any concerns and seek advice from senior colleagues where needed.
• Provide an out-patient service under consultant supervision in specialist cardiology clinics.
• Adhere to hospital policies, protocols, and procedures.
• Participate in the training, teaching and supervision of junior colleagues.

Person Specification

• Hold full registration and licence to practise with the GMC.
• Previous clinical experience in Cardiology and General Internal Medicine at registrar level.
• Previous experience in echocardiography.
• Previous experience in diagnostic coronary angiography.
• Previous experience in pacemaker implantation.

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.