Job Summary

• To deliver high quality consultant-led, in-patient and outpatient care for children and adults with congenital cardiac disease from across the region, including a contribution to out of hours cover.
• To join the existing congenital interventional cardiology team to provide tertiary level invasive cardiac services to both adults and children with congenital heart disease as part of a cardiac catheterisation team.
• To participate in multidisciplinary meetings with consultant colleagues in congenital cardiology service to plan and prioritise patient care.
• To participate in multidisciplinary clinical governance and audit meetings.
• To support / deliver appropriate training for specialist trainees.
• To support departmental research activity.
• To work collaboratively with colleagues and the clinical management team to ensure the continued delivery and development of services.

Why You Should Join Our Team

The department serves a population of approximately 5.5 million in Yorkshire, Humberside and Northern Trent. Services include all aspects of specialist tertiary care of cardiac patients with the exception of transplantation. The annual workload of the department includes over 10,000 outpatient consultations and approximately 400 congenital cardiac operations. The congenital cardiac catheter programme performs around 650 procedures per annum (approximately 350 paediatric and 300 adult, around 70% intervention and 30% diagnostic). Hybrid, EP and pacing work takes the invasive cardiology programme to around 750 procedures per annum. There are 5 dedicated invasive cardiology specialist nurses who play a key role in the day-to-day running of the service.

The congenital cardiology department has office space and outpatient clinics situated in the Jubilee Building at the Leeds General Infirmary. The inpatient department within Leeds Children’s Hospital (based in the Clarendon wing) includes a dedicated 16 bed paediatric cardiac ward, (of which 6 beds are designated as high dependency) and a paediatric intensive care unit with 14 beds. There is a hybrid catheter lab specifically for the care of congenital cardiac patients. There are obstetric, neonatal and all sub-specialty paediatric services on site.

The department currently comprises 14 consultant paediatric cardiologists and 5 consultant adult congenital cardiologists. There are 4 congenital cardiac surgeons who work closely with the cardiologists.

What You Will Bring To The Role

• Must be able to demonstrate a high level of clinical experience and competence in Paediatric Cardiology with experience in congenital cardiac catheterisation and intervention.
• Higher specialty training in congenital cardiac catheterisation and intervention.
• Evidence of continuous career progression consistent with personal circumstances.
• Should have completed a recognised training programme in Paediatric Cardiology.
• Evidence of the ability to carry out medical research.
• Well organised and skilled in good time management.
• Effective interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrate ability to relate to and work within a team.
• Hold full GMC Registration with a license to practice.
• Entry on the GMC Specialist Register via: CCT (proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of interview) CESR (or) international applicants should comply with the GMC specialty registration process. CESR applicants must be on the relevant Specialist Register at the time of application.

Please see the attached job description for further information about this vacancy.

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To comply with UK Government regulations on Skilled Worker sponsorship, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust is unable to provide sponsorship to applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria or the salary threshold concessions set out under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please take this into consideration before submitting your application. Full guidance on these concessions, including details of who may qualify, can be found here.

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