Clinical Fellow in Cardiac Electrophysiology

Main duties of the job

This is a one year fellowship for a senior trainee in clinical cardiac electrophysiology. There will be a particular focus on the development and completion of training in simple and complex catheter ablation. This appointment will be based at the West Yorkshire Heart Centre, one of the largest tertiary cardiac centres in the UK, serving a population of over 3 million.

We have 6 state of the art, newly furbished Cardiac Catheter laboratories. We perform over 1000 invasive electrophysiology/cardiac ablations and in excess of 700 implantable device procedures performed per annum, making the West Yorkshire Heart Centre one of the highest volume arrhythmia units in the UK.

The department consists of 6 EP Consultants who also implant devices and perform a full range of electrophysiological procedures including VT ablation, AF ablation and SVT ablation.

Training opportunities will be tailored to the successful candidate, taking level of experience and training needs into consideration.

For more information about the role and start date, please contact Dr Ben Mercer, Consultant,

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest acute health providers in the UK and based in one of the fastest growing and vibrant cities in the north.

At Cardio-Respiratory CSU, we aim to be a fair and supportive CSU with positive, caring teams who are champions of the Leeds Way values. Our values are part of what make us different from other trusts, so we see this as a strength, as well as a responsibility. They have been developed by our staff and set out what they see as important to how we work.

Our five values are:

• Patient-centred
• Collaborative
• Fair
• Accountable
• Empowered

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This appointment will be based at the West Yorkshire Heart Centre, Leeds General Infirmary, one of the largest and most modern tertiary cardiac centres in the UK, serving a population of over 3 million. There are 6 state of the art Cardiac Catheter laboratories, with over 2000 PCIs, including 24/7 primary PCI, over 1000 invasive electrophysiology/cardiac ablations and in excess of 700 implantable device procedures per annum, making the West Yorkshire Heart Centre one of the highest volume units in the UK.

The TAVI service is the largest in the UK outside of London. In addition, cardiac MRI, adult congenital cardiology, paediatric cardiology and interventional paediatric cardiology, as well as adult and paediatric cardiac surgical services, all complement each other within the same site.

The department consists of 2 inpatient wards (one acute admissions cardiology ward), a day case interventional ward, a day case seated suite, 6 lab catheter suite and a 10 bed CCU.

The post is fixed term for one year (starting September 2026), with options to extend if mutually agreed.

MEDICAL STAFF IN THE DEPARTMENT
31 Consultants
11 Specialist Registrar (ST 3+)
22 LSTs working across cardiology and cardiac surgery

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
Please see Person Specification

The candidate should have achieved competency in Electrophysiology in line with their Speciality training programme at a level approaching or having achieved CCT (or equivalent).

Candidates must be fully registered with the General Medical Council and hold a license to practice at the time of application.

DUTIES OF THE POST
The candidate will be expected to provide supervised input into the care of patients with arrhythmia including those undergoing catheter ablation. The post would be ideally suited to those approaching or having achieved CCT (or equivalent) in cardiology with a subspecialty interest in electrophysiology. The role will include outpatient and inpatient…