Clinical Fellow Paediatric Cardiology

NHS; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job description

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Birmingham Children's Hospital are currently recruiting for two Clinical Fellows to join Paediatric Cardiology Department for the duration of 12 months. One of the posts is to commence as soon as possible and the second post from 9th October 2025.

We are looking for enthusiastic, experienced clinicians in paediatric cardiology to support and enhance our departmental activities. The candidates must have a current GMC registration and have previous UK experience in general paediatrics and neonatology. It is desirable to have some experience in paediatric cardiology but not essential. The candidate would be expected to support our service and the administrative activities of the Unit. There would also be exposure to the various aspects of the sub-speciality programmes that run within the department. The candidate would be working within the Heart Unit as part of a full shift rota of middle grade doctors (subject to change depending on training and departmental needs). Our team has a multidisciplinary approach, including advanced nurses (site practitioners).

Main duties of the job

Inpatient Activity: The Clinical Fellow would be expected to support inpatient activity for all children requiring cardiac reviews, would work very closely with the on-call cardiology consultant (who has no other programmed activity during this period) and would be responsible for leading the ward rounds, planning the daily management and treatment of patients on the wards. The Clinical Fellow would be accountable to the on-call cardiologist & cardiac surgeon of the week.

Outpatient Activity: We would recommend that the Fellow should be undertaking 2-3 clinics per week. The patients seen in the clinic should be discussed with the consultants, as appropriate.

On call: The successful candidate will be expected to undertake on-call commitments planned at a 1:11 full shift rota (subject to change). This also involves on-call cover over the weekends. The individual will be expected to undertake an out-of-hours commitment, which will vary depending on the duties of the post but will not exceed the limits defined in the Terms and Conditions of Service.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• MRCP/MRCPCH or equivalent
• GMC Registration

Knowledge & Nature of Experience

• Paediatric cardiology experience for at least 6 months
• Practical skills to include resuscitation, intensive and general care of children and babies
• Previous UK experience

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.