Junior Clinical Fellow in Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery

Weare excited to offer the opportunity to join the Heart Team at the Yorkshire Heart Centre, Leeds General Infirmary, as a Junior Clinical Fellow (ST1-2) in Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery. This is a fixed term contract is a fantastic opportunity for those seeking experience of cardiology and cardiac surgery careat a large tertiary cardiac centre.

Please note, that we currently have vacancies available to start immediately, ifappointed. The contract would run until August 2026.

These posts will be tailored to meet training needs, including opportunities fortrainees to become involved in research and procedural skills. The posts wouldbe suitable for individuals who have completed foundation posts, or those whowish to evolve their experience in order to prepare for higher specialtytraining programmes.

The successful applicant would be involved in auditand quality improvement projects, including the chance to collaborate with our research teams.

Thepost holder will undertake ward duties (both Cardiac Surgery and Cardiology),supporting inpatient care on the cardiology admissions unit and the inpatientbed base. There will be opportunities to expand training in cardiology and cardiac surgery specific skills (e.g. cardioversion, central venous access,temporary pacing, CCU care, cardiac catheter lab work, cardiac theatres and imaging including echocardiography) as well as outpatient clinics. It is intended that the duties of the posts will be tailored to the individuals needs, taking into consideration the post holders prior experience, around the service elements of the role.

Therewill be a commitment to 1:11 full shift LST cardiology/surgery on call rota,including long days, nights and twilights. This is fully supported by aresident full shift HST Cardiology rota and twice daily consultant ward rounds.

The service is supported by a number of foundation year doctors and IMT 1-2 doctors as well as Advanced Care Practitioners.

This appointment will be based at the LGI, one of the largest and most moderntertiary 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 PCIprocedures, including 24/7 primary PCI, over 900 invasiveelectrophysiology/cardiac ablation procedures and in excess of 700 implantabledevice procedures per annum, making the Yorkshire Heart Centre one of the highest volume units in the UK. The TAVI service is one of the largest in theUK. The cardiac MRI service, adult congenital cardiology service, paediatriccardiology and interventional paediatric cardiology as well as adult andpaediatric surgical services all complement each other across the same singlesite.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our processof redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. Assuch, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the rightto close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact ifyou have any questions.

Weare excited to offer the opportunity to join the Heart team at the Yorkshire Heart Centre, in The General Infirmary at Leeds, as a Junior Clinical Fellow in Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery.

Thisis a fantastic opportunity for those desiring a sustained experience incardiology and / or cardiac surgery at a large modern tertiary cardiac centre.

Itis intended that these posts can be tailored to meet training needs, includingopportunities for trainees to become involved in research, quality improvement and procedural skills.

Theposts would be suitable for individuals who have completed foundation posts or equivalent or wish to evolve their experience (e.g. following core medicaltraining) in order to prepare for higher speciality training programmes.

The service is supported by a number of foundation doctors, internal medical and GP trainees as well as Advanced Care Practitioners. As well as time on the wardsand on an on-call rota, this allows flexibility to tailor training, including experience in outpatient clinics, catheter lab time, operating theatreobservation and cardiac imaging.

Itis intended that the successful applicant would be involved in audit and quality improvement projects, including the chance to collaborate withresearchers to present and publish work.

Wewill ensure that these posts receive dedicated clinical supervision with an experienced named supervisor, portfolio review, study leave and teachingprogrammes with evidence to count towards future training.

This appointment will be based at the Yorkshire Heart Centre, Leeds General Infirmary, one of the largest and most modern tertiary cardiac centres in theUK, serving a population of over 3 million. There are 6 state of the art Cardiac Catheter laboratories, with over 2000 PCI…