Trust Fellow in Paediatric Cardiology - North East England, United Kingdom - The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Trust Fellow in Paediatric Cardiology (ST1-2) (Trust Fellow) - Paediatric Cardiology - The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust – Tyne and Wear

These posts are well suited but not limited – to Junior Doctors-in-training, wanting to have exposure to Paediatric Cardiology with aim to enhance their experience for career progression or as out-of-programme experience.

Two posts full-time (40hrs per week) fixed term to commence 7 August 2024 until 5 August 2025 with possibility of extension for another 12 months.

• Two posts part time (20hrs per week) fixed term for an initial period of six months commencing as soon as possible.

During the appointment, you will be attached to the Paediatric Cardiology Ward covering inpatient care, participating in ward rounds with senior colleagues and involved with outpatient day cases.

During your time, you will also be encouraged to attend all areas of the unit including cardiac theatres, catheter laboratory, echo department and weekly case discussions.

Dr Abbas Khushnood, Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist on Ext 37318 or via email at

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.

We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We're also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country.

This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

84 million patients 'contacts' each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment.

We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients.

We welcome all applications irrespective of people's race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.

To work in a busy Paediatric Cardiology Ward covering inpatient care, participating in daily cardiology ward rounds with senior colleagues including specialist ward rounds.

During your time, you will also be encouraged to attend all areas of the unit including cardiac theatres, catheter laboratory, echo department and weekly case discussions.

Opportunities to participate in ongoing or new research projects within the department.

• To develop and pursue research ideas within congenital cardiology with the support of consultants.

Participating in weekly journal club, bedside teaching, teaching medical students and attending MDT sessions.

To meet those needs some staff groups will be increasingly asked to work a more flexible work pattern so that they can offer services in the evening or weekend.

As a result any offer of employment to a consultant post will be subject to you agreeing to work a new more flexible pattern or working in the future if required, including evening and weekend work.

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