About this role
Job summary Clinical Fellow in the department of Paediatric Congenital Cardiac Surgery
We are inviting applications to fill our Clinical Fellow vacancy at The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust in Department of Congenital Cardiac Service. This post will commence asap and is fixed term for 1 year.
Candidates must be fully registered with the General Medical Council and hold a license to practice by the intended start date.
Main duties of the job The Congenital Cardiac Service at Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust is based at the Leeds General Infirmary. Both the Children's and Adult services are located at this site, as well as all necessary supporting services.
The department is a supra-regional service, serving a population of 5.5 million in the Yorkshire and North Trent region. The annual workload of the department is recovering after the pandemic and aiming at 500 operations comprising neonates, infants, children and adults with congenital heart disease. This post supports the Consultant Congenital Cardiac Surgeons and works very closely with the Paediatric and Adult Congenital Cardiologists, the Intensive Care Units and the wider multi-disciplinary team.
About us The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is committed to delivering the highest quality and safest treatment and care to every patient, every time.
Our vision is to provide the highest quality specialist and integrated care.
We will do this through delivery of our multi-year goals and strategic priorities, which you can read about on this page.
Central to it all is The Leeds Way our values and behaviours that are at the heart of everything we do.
Job description Job responsibilities For questions about this job, contact:
Name: Ali Al-Sarraf Position: Consultant Cardiac Surgeon Email: [email protected] Why you should join our Team
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.
What you will bring to the role The post holder will assist the Consultant Surgeons in the operating theatre for 2-3 days per week and supports the Cardiac ICU's and wards. They will attend the weekly multidisciplinary meeting and departmental audit meetings. They will attend one outpatient clinic per week.
The post holder will participate in the 1:4 non-resident on call rota for the Congenital Cardiac Surgery Service.
Please see the attached job description for further information about this vacancy.
About Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust 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
All our actions and endeavours will be guided and evaluated through these values
We’re committed to recruiting exceptional people to deliver outstanding services across Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and helping every colleague reach their full potential. We’re looking for a compassionate, inclusive, and collaborative leader who shares our values and can build strong partnerships. We warmly invite applications from people from a variety of backgrounds and sectors, and are especially keen to hear from individuals from a minority ethnic background. We’re dedicated to creating a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone feels valued, supported, and has a true sense of belonging, as we work together to deliver the best in healthcare to the people of Leeds and beyond.
Sponsorship Eligibility 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.
We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high number of suitable applications.
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Experience Essential
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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.
Employer details Employer name Leeds Teaching Hospitals
Address Leeds General Infirmary
Leeds
West Yorkshire
LS1 3EX
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)