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Leeds Teaching Hospitals
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Job summary
An established healthcare provider is seeking a Paediatric Cardiology Fellow for a 12-month role at a leading children's hospital. This position offers invaluable exposure to both inpatient and outpatient cardiology, including opportunities for advanced procedures like echocardiography and cardiac catheterization. Ideal for those at ST3-4 level looking to enhance their skills and experience in a supportive environment, this role emphasizes service delivery while encouraging participation in research and quality improvement projects. Join a dynamic team committed to transforming healthcare for children in the region.
Qualifications
- Must hold GMC licence to practise.
- 12 months' experience after full GMC registration required.
Responsibilities
- Provide Paediatric Cardiology services and manage patient care.
- Participate in clinical governance and educational programs.
Skills
Paediatric Cardiology
Clinical Governance
Research Skills
Audit Experience
Communication Skills
Education
MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
Job description
Job summary
ThisPaediatric Cardiology Fellow role is for an initial period of 12 months. Therole is designed to support the service delivered within the Leeds GeneralInfirmary Paediatric cardiology department. The post does not attract a formalUK national training number, and as per the current curriculum requirements forPaediatric cardiology, the experience gained during the procedure cannot becounted towards a formal registrar training period (even if a numbered post islater obtained by the trainee).
Thisrole would best suit an individual who is at ST3-4 level and is keen to gainmore exposure to paediatric cardiology than is currently offered during juniorpaediatric training for resident doctors (at ST 1-3 stages). It would be idealfor a doctor who is building their experience to support a future applicationfor a UK training number in Paediatric Cardiology.
Main duties of the job
Thesuccessful candidate will be assigned an educational supervisor and willreceive exposure to both elective and non-elective inpatient and outpatientpaediatric cardiology work. This will include experience in ward patientmanagement, Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive care cardiology. Although themajor focus of the post will be in supporting service delivery in these areas,depending on the previous experience of the successful candidate, there may beopportunities for some exposure to sub-specialty work including advanced echo,advanced cross-sectional imaging, cardiac catheterisation, fetal cardiology andelectrophysiology. Due to the focus on service delivery, this specific rolewould not be suitable for a candidate who already holds a UK national trainingnumber in Paediatric Cardiology and is looking to train in a sub-specialty areain ST7 or ST8.
Theappointee will be expected to undertake audit and quality improvement projects,as well as to attend clinical governance meetings, mortality and morbiditymeetings, regional and national educational meetings. Research activity isencouraged.
Theappointee will actively participate in the local educational programme ofteaching undergraduates as well as postgraduates.
About us
LeedsChildren's Hospital covers 27 medical and surgical specialties and is one ofthe largest specialist children's hospitals in the country. We have over 20inpatient wards, employ over 800 nurses and last year held over 170,000outpatient appointments and treated over 25,000 surgical patients bothelectively/non-electively.
LeedsTeaching Hospitals is currently embarking on one of the largest and mosthigh-profile investment, transformation and regeneration programmes in the cityand the wider region. Its Building the Leeds Way Programme aims to transformhealthcare for patients in Leeds and the wider region. The investment Programmeinclude the construction of two new hospitals at the Leeds General Infirmary(LGI) site one for adults and the other a brand state of the art Children'sHospital for Leeds and the surrounding region.
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 doexperience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, pleasebear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact ifyou have any questions.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Provision of Paediatric Cardiology Services within the Hospital with responsibility for the prevention, assessment, diagnosis and treatment of illness within the Paediatric Cardiology department.
Close working with medical, nursing and allied health professionals to assist in providing high quality patient care.
The post holder will be accountable to Dr Dominic Hares as clinical supervisor and as clinical training lead of the department.
Induction: The candidate will undergo hospital Induction immediately on taking up the post. Further local induction to the ward and addressing issues specific to the role will be provided following completion of the hospital induction.
Orientation: The successful candidate will undergo a period of orientation. This will include observing consultants in clinic, shadowing registrars on call and shadowing registrars in the wards. Candidates will take clinical responsibilities and be placed on the on call rota only after the supervising consultant deems them competent to do so. To be on the cardiac arrest rota, the candidate will need to have received APLS/EPLS certification. The period of orientation will generally be for a period of 4 weeks, but in some cases a longer period of orientation may be required. This will be decided by the educational supervisor and departmental clinical lead.
The post holder should meet with the educational supervisor to discuss personal development plans within the first two weeks of commencing the post.
Clinical: The Training Fellow will be responsible, together with SpR colleagues, for both inpatient and outpatient work.
1. Inpatient: The post holder will be expected to attend consultant ward rounds (up to 5 / week) and will perform personal ward rounds on the patients admitted on call under the supervising consultant(s).
2. Outpatient: The post holder will do 1 clinics / week under supervision. They will discuss patients seen in clinic with the supervising consultant.
3. On call rota: The post holder will be on call rota 1:7 - non resident,
The post holder may also be involved in patient preparation for and follow-up from catheter lab treatments and may be given some opportunities for experience in sub-specialty paediatric cardiology (as previously discussed) depending on level of experience and pre-existing competencies.
Administration Duties: These include responsibility for inpatient discharge summaries, outpatient letters etc and the management of other resident medical staff on the team.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Provision of Paediatric Cardiology Services within the Hospital with responsibility for the prevention, assessment, diagnosis and treatment of illness within the Paediatric Cardiology department.
Close working with medical, nursing and allied health professionals to assist in providing high quality patient care.
The post holder will be accountable to Dr Dominic Hares as clinical supervisor and as clinical training lead of the department.
Induction: The candidate will undergo hospital Induction immediately on taking up the post. Further local induction to the ward and addressing issues specific to the role will be provided following completion of the hospital induction.
Orientation: The successful candidate will undergo a period of orientation. This will include observing consultants in clinic, shadowing registrars on call and shadowing registrars in the wards. Candidates will take clinical responsibilities and be placed on the on call rota only after the supervising consultant deems them competent to do so. To be on the cardiac arrest rota, the candidate will need to have received APLS/EPLS certification. The period of orientation will generally be for a period of 4 weeks, but in some cases a longer period of orientation may be required. This will be decided by the educational supervisor and departmental clinical lead.
The post holder should meet with the educational supervisor to discuss personal development plans within the first two weeks of commencing the post.
Clinical: The Training Fellow will be responsible, together with SpR colleagues, for both inpatient and outpatient work.
1. Inpatient: The post holder will be expected to attend consultant ward rounds (up to 5 / week) and will perform personal ward rounds on the patients admitted on call under the supervising consultant(s).
2. Outpatient: The post holder will do 1 clinics / week under supervision. They will discuss patients seen in clinic with the supervising consultant.
3. On call rota: The post holder will be on call rota 1:7 - non resident,
The post holder may also be involved in patient preparation for and follow-up from catheter lab treatments and may be given some opportunities for experience in sub-specialty paediatric cardiology (as previously discussed) depending on level of experience and pre-existing competencies.
Administration Duties: These include responsibility for inpatient discharge summaries, outpatient letters etc and the management of other resident medical staff on the team.
Person Specification
Eligibility, Fitness to practice, and Language Skills
Essential
Essential
Essential
Essential
Eligibility, Fitness to practice, and Language Skills
Essential
Essential
Essential
Essential
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
Additional information
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
Employer details
Employer name
Leeds Teaching Hospitals
Address
Leeds General Infirmary
Great George Street
Leeds
LS1 3EX
Employer's website
ThisPaediatric Cardiology Fellow role is for an initial period of 12 months. Therole is designed to support the service delivered within the Leeds GeneralInfirmary Paediatric cardiology department. The post does not attract a formalUK national training number, and as per the current curriculum requirements forPaediatric cardiology, the experience gained during the procedure cannot becounted towards a formal registrar training period (even if a numbered post islater obtained by the trainee).
Thisrole would best suit an individual who is at ST3-4 level and is keen to gainmore exposure to paediatric cardiology than is currently offered during juniorpaediatric training for resident doctors (at ST 1-3 stages). It would be idealfor a doctor who is building their experience to support a future applicationfor a UK training number in Paediatric Cardiology.
Main duties of the job
Thesuccessful candidate will be assigned an educational supervisor and willreceive exposure to both elective and non-elective inpatient and outpatientpaediatric cardiology work. This will include experience in ward patientmanagement, Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive care cardiology. Although themajor focus of the post will be in supporting service delivery in these areas,depending on the previous experience of the successful candidate, there may beopportunities for some exposure to sub-specialty work including advanced echo,advanced cross-sectional imaging, cardiac catheterisation, fetal cardiology andelectrophysiology. Due to the focus on service delivery, this specific rolewould not be suitable for a candidate who already holds a UK national trainingnumber in Paediatric Cardiology and is looking to train in a sub-specialty areain ST7 or ST8.
Theappointee will be expected to undertake audit and quality improvement projects,as well as to attend clinical governance meetings, mortality and morbiditymeetings, regional and national educational meetings. Research activity isencouraged.
Theappointee will actively participate in the local educational programme ofteaching undergraduates as well as postgraduates.
About us
LeedsChildren's Hospital covers 27 medical and surgical specialties and is one ofthe largest specialist children's hospitals in the country. We have over 20inpatient wards, employ over 800 nurses and last year held over 170,000outpatient appointments and treated over 25,000 surgical patients bothelectively/non-electively.
LeedsTeaching Hospitals is currently embarking on one of the largest and mosthigh-profile investment, transformation and regeneration programmes in the cityand the wider region. Its Building the Leeds Way Programme aims to transformhealthcare for patients in Leeds and the wider region. The investment Programmeinclude the construction of two new hospitals at the Leeds General Infirmary(LGI) site one for adults and the other a brand state of the art Children'sHospital for Leeds and the surrounding region.
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 doexperience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, pleasebear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact ifyou have any questions.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Provision of Paediatric Cardiology Services within the Hospital with responsibility for the prevention, assessment, diagnosis and treatment of illness within the Paediatric Cardiology department.
Close working with medical, nursing and allied health professionals to assist in providing high quality patient care.
The post holder will be accountable to Dr Dominic Hares as clinical supervisor and as clinical training lead of the department.
Induction: The candidate will undergo hospital Induction immediately on taking up the post. Further local induction to the ward and addressing issues specific to the role will be provided following completion of the hospital induction.
Orientation: The successful candidate will undergo a period of orientation. This will include observing consultants in clinic, shadowing registrars on call and shadowing registrars in the wards. Candidates will take clinical responsibilities and be placed on the on call rota only after the supervising consultant deems them competent to do so. To be on the cardiac arrest rota, the candidate will need to have received APLS/EPLS certification. The period of orientation will generally be for a period of 4 weeks, but in some cases a longer period of orientation may be required. This will be decided by the educational supervisor and departmental clinical lead.
The post holder should meet with the educational supervisor to discuss personal development plans within the first two weeks of commencing the post.
Clinical: The Training Fellow will be responsible, together with SpR colleagues, for both inpatient and outpatient work.
1. Inpatient: The post holder will be expected to attend consultant ward rounds (up to 5 / week) and will perform personal ward rounds on the patients admitted on call under the supervising consultant(s).
2. Outpatient: The post holder will do 1 clinics / week under supervision. They will discuss patients seen in clinic with the supervising consultant.
3. On call rota: The post holder will be on call rota 1:7 - non resident,
The post holder may also be involved in patient preparation for and follow-up from catheter lab treatments and may be given some opportunities for experience in sub-specialty paediatric cardiology (as previously discussed) depending on level of experience and pre-existing competencies.
Administration Duties: These include responsibility for inpatient discharge summaries, outpatient letters etc and the management of other resident medical staff on the team.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Provision of Paediatric Cardiology Services within the Hospital with responsibility for the prevention, assessment, diagnosis and treatment of illness within the Paediatric Cardiology department.
Close working with medical, nursing and allied health professionals to assist in providing high quality patient care.
The post holder will be accountable to Dr Dominic Hares as clinical supervisor and as clinical training lead of the department.
Induction: The candidate will undergo hospital Induction immediately on taking up the post. Further local induction to the ward and addressing issues specific to the role will be provided following completion of the hospital induction.
Orientation: The successful candidate will undergo a period of orientation. This will include observing consultants in clinic, shadowing registrars on call and shadowing registrars in the wards. Candidates will take clinical responsibilities and be placed on the on call rota only after the supervising consultant deems them competent to do so. To be on the cardiac arrest rota, the candidate will need to have received APLS/EPLS certification. The period of orientation will generally be for a period of 4 weeks, but in some cases a longer period of orientation may be required. This will be decided by the educational supervisor and departmental clinical lead.
The post holder should meet with the educational supervisor to discuss personal development plans within the first two weeks of commencing the post.
Clinical: The Training Fellow will be responsible, together with SpR colleagues, for both inpatient and outpatient work.
1. Inpatient: The post holder will be expected to attend consultant ward rounds (up to 5 / week) and will perform personal ward rounds on the patients admitted on call under the supervising consultant(s).
2. Outpatient: The post holder will do 1 clinics / week under supervision. They will discuss patients seen in clinic with the supervising consultant.
3. On call rota: The post holder will be on call rota 1:7 - non resident,
The post holder may also be involved in patient preparation for and follow-up from catheter lab treatments and may be given some opportunities for experience in sub-specialty paediatric cardiology (as previously discussed) depending on level of experience and pre-existing competencies.
Administration Duties: These include responsibility for inpatient discharge summaries, outpatient letters etc and the management of other resident medical staff on the team.
Person Specification
Eligibility, Fitness to practice, and Language Skills
Essential
- Do you currently hold a GMC licence to practise. If so what is the GMC code and the renewal date.
- Are you eligible to work in the UK?
- Do you have the necessary qualifications in the English language as per the person specification?
Essential
- Can you detail any previous research projects you have been involved in?
- Can you detail any audits you have been involved in?
Essential
- MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
Essential
- Do you have 12 months' experience after full GMS registration?
Eligibility, Fitness to practice, and Language Skills
Essential
- Do you currently hold a GMC licence to practise. If so what is the GMC code and the renewal date.
- Are you eligible to work in the UK?
- Do you have the necessary qualifications in the English language as per the person specification?
Essential
- Can you detail any previous research projects you have been involved in?
- Can you detail any audits you have been involved in?
Essential
- MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
Essential
- Do you have 12 months' experience after full GMS registration?
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
Additional information
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
Employer details
Employer name
Leeds Teaching Hospitals
Address
Leeds General Infirmary
Great George Street
Leeds
LS1 3EX
Employer's website
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