Job summary
An
exciting opportunity has arisen for a Clinical Fellow in Multimodality
Cardiovascular Imaging to join the team at the West Yorkshire Heart Centre,
Leeds General Infirmary.
The
post will be fixed term 12 Months, commencing August 2025.
This
post is ideally suited to individuals who are either post CCT (or equivalent)
or approaching CCT, with a subspecialty interest in cardiac imaging and
structural interventional TOE. This fellowship is designed to provide the
skills required to gain competency in multimodality cardiac imaging including
interventional TOE to guide a range of structural interventions.
Leeds
General Infirmary is the largest tertiary cardiac centre in the United
Kingdom, providing services to a population of 2.8 million in West Yorkshire,
with supra-regional services to the broader population of Yorkshire &
Humber, constituting 5.8 million. The
Cardiac imaging department in Leeds offers all cardiac imaging modalities
including Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (CMR), Cardiovascular Computed
Tomography (CTCA) and interventional TOE for a range of transcatheter
interventions.
The
cardiac imaging and structural interventional service at Leeds have a national & international
reputation for excellence and innovation. The team is also renowned for
togetherness and friendship
Further
enquiries are welcome by contacting: Dr Dominik Schlosshan, dominik.schlosshan@nhs.netProf Sven Plein, sven.plein@nhs.net
Main duties of the job
The
fellow will work closely with the imaging consultants led by Dr Dominik
Schlosshan and Prof Sven Plein.
The
fellow is expected to fully participate in all aspects of the multimodality
program including cardiac MRI, cardiac CT, advanced echocardiography and
interventional TOE. While there will be a focus on structural TOE imaging,
training opportunities will be tailored to the successful candidate, taking
level of experience and training needs into consideration. The successful
candidate has the option to focus on the imaging modality of their interest.
There will also be commitments to MDT, patient management, meetings, research
and conferences.
The
CMR department performs over 2500 clinical CMR , the cardiac CT service led by
Radiology performs over 1200 cardiac CT and a large number of gated scans for
interventional planning of structural interventions. The Cardiac Ultrasound
department performs over 25000 transthoracic echocardiograms, including all
specialty techniques such as 3D and strain imaging, more than 2,000 stress
echos and in excess of 500 transoesophageal echos (TOE) and interventional TOE
for mitral TEER and LAAO.
There are no on call or general cardiology/medical
commitments attached to this post. The applicant should be aware that this will
mean only basic salary will be paid. There will be opportunities support the
StR on call rota if there are gaps, but this should not interfere with the day
to day commitments of the fellowship post.
About us
Come
and join our team in Leeds and become part of The Leeds Way sharing our
vision and values. Our Trust is recognised for our staff engagement, great
care and rated GOOD by the Care Quality Commission.
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
Leeds
Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk'
members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts
are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to 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 if you have any
questions.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This
appointment will be based at the West Yorkshire Heart Centre, Leeds General
Infirmary.
Leeds
Teaching Hospitals is one of the largest teaching hospital trusts in Europe.
It serves tertiary population of 3 million across the West Yorkshire region.
There is a team of 33 full or part time Consultant Cardiologists.
We
care for people from all over the country as well as the 780,000 residents of
Leeds. The Trust has a budget of £1
billion. Our 15,000 staff ensures that
every year we treat 1,500,000 people in our 2,000 beds or out-patient
settings, comprising 100,000 day cases, 125,000 in-patients, 200,000 A&E
visits and 1,050,000 out-patient appointments. We operate from 7 hospitals on 5 sites all
linked by the same vision, philosophy and culture to be the best for
specialist and integrated care.
Currently
the Yorkshire Heart Centre is supported by 12 specialist registrars training
in Cardiology, 8 CMT/IMTs, 1 GPVT, 1 FY2 and 4 FY1 trainees. There are often
a number of Clinical in post in coronary intervention, devices and structural
intervention. There are also research fellows in post in the CMR department.
The
Cardiac imaging department in Leeds offers all cardiac imaging modalities
including Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (CMR), Cardiovascular Computed
Tomography (CTCA) and is led by Dr Dominik Schlosshan, clinical lead for
cardiac imaging.
The
Cardiac imaging department is supported by 10 imaging consultant
cardiologists dedicated to cardiovascular imaging with a broad range of
expertise.
The
Cardiac Ultrasound department performs over 25000 transthoracic
echocardiograms, including all specialty techniques such as 3D and strain
imaging, more than 2,000 stress echos and in excess of 500 transoesophageal
echos (TOE) and interventional TOE.
The
department actively supports a tertiary heart valve disease service with pre
procedure imaging and interventional TOE for trans-catheter and surgical
valve intervention.
Leeds
provides one of the largest valve services in the UK. It offers all streams
of a heart valve centre of excellence including valve surveillance,
assessment of complex valve disease, surgical and trans-catheter treatment of
valve disease within a multidisciplinary team.
Leeds
receives region wide referrals for valve disease management, collaborating
with interventional colleagues, Cardiac Surgery and Valve teams
Leeds
offers one of the largest trans-catheter aortic valve implant (TAVI) programs
in the UK with > 500 TAVI implants annually. There is a growing mitral
intervention program and Leeds is a commissioned regional centre for
transcatheter edge to edge repair (TEER) performing around 50 TEER procedures annually.
There
is also interventional TOE support for LAA closure, paravalvar leak closures,
post MI ventricular septal defect closures, TAVI in MVR and percutaneous
transvenous mitral commissurotomy (PTMC).
The
department actively participates in valve multidisciplinary meetings,
peri-operative TOE and after care in patients with valve disease. There is
also a highly regarded congenital and adult congenital echo service that
supports PFO and ASD closures
Leeds
has a strong record of innovation and is involved in several multinational
clinical trials in trans-catheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) and
tricuspid valve replacement.
The
CMR department is led by Prof Plein a BSCMR accredited CMR laboratories and
performs over 2,500 clinical CMR scans covering all indications from
congenital to stress CMR. The department uses two state of the art Philips
MRI scanners (1.5 Ingenia and 3 Tesla Achieva) and a 3T Siemens scanner.
The
Cardiac CT service is led by Radiology with Cardiology participation and uses
a Siemens Force scanner performing over 1200 CT coronary angiograms and a
large number of gated scans for interventional planning of structural
interventions. CT images are analysed using a dedicated software
(3Mensio).
There
are active Teaching and Research links with the Leeds School of Medicine and
the University of Leeds, both well situated on adjacent sites. The CMR
research group has a world leading reputation for its clinical research
including large single and multi-centre imaging trials and currently employs
8 clinical fellows.
The
post is fixed term for 10 Months.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This
appointment will be based at the West Yorkshire Heart Centre, Leeds General
Infirmary.
Leeds
Teaching Hospitals is one of the largest teaching hospital trusts in Europe.
It serves tertiary population of 3 million across the West Yorkshire region.
There is a team of 33 full or part time Consultant Cardiologists.
We
care for people from all over the country as well as the 780,000 residents of
Leeds. The Trust has a budget of £1
billion. Our 15,000 staff ensures that
every year we treat 1,500,000 people in our 2,000 beds or out-patient
settings, comprising 100,000 day cases, 125,000 in-patients, 200,000 A&E
visits and 1,050,000 out-patient appointments. We operate from 7 hospitals on 5 sites all
linked by the same vision, philosophy and culture to be the best for
specialist and integrated care.
Currently
the Yorkshire Heart Centre is supported by 12 specialist registrars training
in Cardiology, 8 CMT/IMTs, 1 GPVT, 1 FY2 and 4 FY1 trainees. There are often
a number of Clinical in post in coronary intervention, devices and structural
intervention. There are also research fellows in post in the CMR department.
The
Cardiac imaging department in Leeds offers all cardiac imaging modalities
including Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (CMR), Cardiovascular Computed
Tomography (CTCA) and is led by Dr Dominik Schlosshan, clinical lead for
cardiac imaging.
The
Cardiac imaging department is supported by 10 imaging consultant
cardiologists dedicated to cardiovascular imaging with a broad range of
expertise.
The
Cardiac Ultrasound department performs over 25000 transthoracic
echocardiograms, including all specialty techniques such as 3D and strain
imaging, more than 2,000 stress echos and in excess of 500 transoesophageal
echos (TOE) and interventional TOE.
The
department actively supports a tertiary heart valve disease service with pre
procedure imaging and interventional TOE for trans-catheter and surgical
valve intervention.
Leeds
provides one of the largest valve services in the UK. It offers all streams
of a heart valve centre of excellence including valve surveillance,
assessment of complex valve disease, surgical and trans-catheter treatment of
valve disease within a multidisciplinary team.
Leeds
receives region wide referrals for valve disease management, collaborating
with interventional colleagues, Cardiac Surgery and Valve teams
Leeds
offers one of the largest trans-catheter aortic valve implant (TAVI) programs
in the UK with > 500 TAVI implants annually. There is a growing mitral
intervention program and Leeds is a commissioned regional centre for
transcatheter edge to edge repair (TEER) performing around 50 TEER procedures annually.
There
is also interventional TOE support for LAA closure, paravalvar leak closures,
post MI ventricular septal defect closures, TAVI in MVR and percutaneous
transvenous mitral commissurotomy (PTMC).
The
department actively participates in valve multidisciplinary meetings,
peri-operative TOE and after care in patients with valve disease. There is
also a highly regarded congenital and adult congenital echo service that
supports PFO and ASD closures
Leeds
has a strong record of innovation and is involved in several multinational
clinical trials in trans-catheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) and
tricuspid valve replacement.
The
CMR department is led by Prof Plein a BSCMR accredited CMR laboratories and
performs over 2,500 clinical CMR scans covering all indications from
congenital to stress CMR. The department uses two state of the art Philips
MRI scanners (1.5 Ingenia and 3 Tesla Achieva) and a 3T Siemens scanner.
The
Cardiac CT service is led by Radiology with Cardiology participation and uses
a Siemens Force scanner performing over 1200 CT coronary angiograms and a
large number of gated scans for interventional planning of structural
interventions. CT images are analysed using a dedicated software
(3Mensio).
There
are active Teaching and Research links with the Leeds School of Medicine and
the University of Leeds, both well situated on adjacent sites. The CMR
research group has a world leading reputation for its clinical research
including large single and multi-centre imaging trials and currently employs
8 clinical fellows.
The
post is fixed term for 10 Months.
Person Specification
Eligibility, Fitness to practice, and Language Skills
Essential
- Eligible for full registration with the GMC at time of appointment and hold a current licence to practice
- Eligibility to work in the UK
- Is up to date and fit to practise safely
- All applicants to have demonstrable skills in written and spoken English adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues
Clinical, Academic, and Personal Skills
Essential
- Skilled in the basics of managing medical/surgical conditions, including emergencies
- Proficient in a range of medical procedures as an indication of manual dexterity and hand-eye coordination
- Skilled in management of acute cardiological emergencies
- Clarity in written/spoken communication & capacity to adapt language as appropriate to the situation
- Able to work in multi-professional teams & supervise junior medical staff
Desirable
- Ability to write and submit papers for peer-review publication independently
- Ability to conduct clinical research studies independently
- Evidence that career progression is consistent with personal circumstances
Qualifications
Essential
- Current ALS certification or equivalent
- MBChB or equivalent
Desirable
- MD, PhD or equivalent
- CCT or equivalent
Qualifications
Essential
- Current ALS certification or equivalent
- MBChB or equivalent
Desirable
- MD, PhD or equivalent
- CCT or equivalent
Clinical Experience and Career Progression
Essential
- Evidence of achievement of CT/ST competencies in medicine (as defined by the curricula relating to Core Medical training)
- At least 4 years experience in medical specialities
- Involvement in research
Desirable
- Completion of a full-time research programme leading to an MD/PhD
Person Specification
Eligibility, Fitness to practice, and Language Skills
Essential
- Eligible for full registration with the GMC at time of appointment and hold a current licence to practice
- Eligibility to work in the UK
- Is up to date and fit to practise safely
- All applicants to have demonstrable skills in written and spoken English adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues
Clinical, Academic, and Personal Skills
Essential
- Skilled in the basics of managing medical/surgical conditions, including emergencies
- Proficient in a range of medical procedures as an indication of manual dexterity and hand-eye coordination
- Skilled in management of acute cardiological emergencies
- Clarity in written/spoken communication & capacity to adapt language as appropriate to the situation
- Able to work in multi-professional teams & supervise junior medical staff
Desirable
- Ability to write and submit papers for peer-review publication independently
- Ability to conduct clinical research studies independently
- Evidence that career progression is consistent with personal circumstances
Qualifications
Essential
- Current ALS certification or equivalent
- MBChB or equivalent
Desirable
- MD, PhD or equivalent
- CCT or equivalent
Qualifications
Essential
- Current ALS certification or equivalent
- MBChB or equivalent
Desirable
- MD, PhD or equivalent
- CCT or equivalent
Clinical Experience and Career Progression
Essential
- Evidence of achievement of CT/ST competencies in medicine (as defined by the curricula relating to Core Medical training)
- At least 4 years experience in medical specialities
- Involvement in research
Desirable
- Completion of a full-time research programme leading to an MD/PhD
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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.
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 UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
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. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
