Job summary
We
are inviting applications to fill a Clinical Fellow vacancy at The Leeds
Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust in the Department of Adult Congenital Heart
Disease (ACHD).
This
post will commence 6th of August 2025 and will be for 1 year.
This
post is suitable for candidates who have completed IMT2 (or equivalent).
Essential
qualifications: MBBS or equivalent.
Essential
experience: Core Training in General Medicine or equivalent. The post would
suit a candidate either with some Cardiology experience who wishes to gain
specific experience in ACHD, or a candidate with little or no experience in
Cardiology who is looking to pursue Cardiology as a career. Many previous
fellows have successfully moved from this post to a formal Cardiology training
scheme. This post carries no on call commitment.
Candidates
must be fully registered with the General Medical Council and hold a license to
practice by the intended start date.
For
more details, please contact Dr Helen Parry, helen.parry3@nhs.net
Main duties of the job
This post will include managing patients on the
ward, attending outpatient clinics, post operative management of patients,
discussions with relatives, co-ordination of MDTs and exposure to operating
theatre and catheter labs. Involvement in audit and research is encouraged.
About us
Leeds
Children's Hospital covers 27 medical and surgical specialties and is one of
the largest specialist children's hospitals in the country. We have over 20
inpatient wards, employ over 800 nurses and last year held over 170,000
outpatient appointments and treated over 25,000 surgical patients both
electively/non-electively.
Leeds
Teaching Hospitals is currently embarking on one of the largest and most
high-profile investment, transformation and regeneration programmes in the
city and the wider region. Its Building the Leeds Way Programme aims to
transform healthcare for patients in Leeds and the wider region. The
investment Programme include 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's Hospital for Leeds and the surrounding region.
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
The
ACHD team works closely with the units paediatric cardiology team and adult
acquired cardiologists and has close links with the departments of obstetrics
and feto-maternal medicine.
This
post will include managing patients on the ward, attending outpatient clinics,
post operative management of patients, discussions with relatives,
co-ordination of MDTs and exposure to operating theatre and catheter labs.
Involvement in audit and research is encouraged.
This post is suitable for candidates who have
completed IMT2. There is no on call responsibility
Job description
Job responsibilities
The
ACHD team works closely with the units paediatric cardiology team and adult
acquired cardiologists and has close links with the departments of obstetrics
and feto-maternal medicine.
This
post will include managing patients on the ward, attending outpatient clinics,
post operative management of patients, discussions with relatives,
co-ordination of MDTs and exposure to operating theatre and catheter labs.
Involvement in audit and research is encouraged.
This post is suitable for candidates who have
completed IMT2. There is no on call responsibility
Person Specification
Eligibility, Fitness to practice, and Language Skills
Essential
- Be eligible for full registration with, and hold a current licence to practise from the GMC at intended start date. Please can you include your GMC number and renewal date.
- Eligible to work in the UK.
- Advanced Life Support Certificate from the Resuscitation Council UK or equivalent (as required to complete Foundation competences) by intended start date
- Demonstrable skills in the English language and passed relevant testing if required.
- 36 months experience after full GMC registration or equivalent
- Evidence of achievement of ST3 competencies in medicine or Surgery (as defined by the curricula relating to Core Medical training or Core Surgical Training)
Clinical Experience and Career Progression
Essential
- Evidence of achievement of CT/ST1&2 competencies in medicine (as defined by the curricula relating to Core Medical training), or equivalent.
Desirable
- Experience in Cardiology or an interest in pursuing Cardiology as a career
Additional Requirements
Essential
- Evidence of attendance at organised teaching and training programme(s)
- Evidence of self-reflective practice
Clinical, Academic, and Personal Skills
Essential
- Demonstrates understanding of research, including awareness of ethical issues
- Demonstrates understanding of the basic principles of audit, clinical risk management, evidence-based practice, patient safety, and clinical quality improvement initiatives
- Demonstrates knowledge of evidence-informed practice
- Ability to provide complete details of employment history
Desirable
- Evidence of relevant academic and research achievements, e.g. degrees, prizes, awards, distinctions, publications, presentations, other achievements
- Evidence of involvement in an audit project, a quality improvement project, formal research project or other activity which focuses on patient safety and clinical improvement
- Evidence of interest in, and experience of teaching
- Instructor status (or a recommendation for instructor status) in an advanced life support course (ALS, ATLS, EPLS, APLS) or equivalent course
Qualifications
Essential
- MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
- Completed IMT2 or equivalent
Person Specification
Eligibility, Fitness to practice, and Language Skills
Essential
- Be eligible for full registration with, and hold a current licence to practise from the GMC at intended start date. Please can you include your GMC number and renewal date.
- Eligible to work in the UK.
- Advanced Life Support Certificate from the Resuscitation Council UK or equivalent (as required to complete Foundation competences) by intended start date
- Demonstrable skills in the English language and passed relevant testing if required.
- 36 months experience after full GMC registration or equivalent
- Evidence of achievement of ST3 competencies in medicine or Surgery (as defined by the curricula relating to Core Medical training or Core Surgical Training)
Clinical Experience and Career Progression
Essential
- Evidence of achievement of CT/ST1&2 competencies in medicine (as defined by the curricula relating to Core Medical training), or equivalent.
Desirable
- Experience in Cardiology or an interest in pursuing Cardiology as a career
Additional Requirements
Essential
- Evidence of attendance at organised teaching and training programme(s)
- Evidence of self-reflective practice
Clinical, Academic, and Personal Skills
Essential
- Demonstrates understanding of research, including awareness of ethical issues
- Demonstrates understanding of the basic principles of audit, clinical risk management, evidence-based practice, patient safety, and clinical quality improvement initiatives
- Demonstrates knowledge of evidence-informed practice
- Ability to provide complete details of employment history
Desirable
- Evidence of relevant academic and research achievements, e.g. degrees, prizes, awards, distinctions, publications, presentations, other achievements
- Evidence of involvement in an audit project, a quality improvement project, formal research project or other activity which focuses on patient safety and clinical improvement
- Evidence of interest in, and experience of teaching
- Instructor status (or a recommendation for instructor status) in an advanced life support course (ALS, ATLS, EPLS, APLS) or equivalent course
Qualifications
Essential
- MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
- Completed IMT2 or equivalent
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).
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.
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).
