Clinical Fellow in Cardiology

Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust

Location: Birmingham

Salary: MT04 - £73279.80 – this includes on-call allowances.

SANDWELL WEST BIRMINGHAM HOSPITALS NHS TRUST

Applicants are invited for 2 posts of Clinical fellow in Cardiology with training in general cardiology and  basic subspecialty training (imaging, coronary angiogram, pacemaker and heart failure therapy) . The appointee will participate in the registrar of the week system for inpatients and be on call for cardiology including assisting at primary PCI. Our Cardiology unit is fully equipped to perform advanced angioplasty, Brady pacing & complex devices and imaging including complex echocardiography, CTCA and cardiac MRI. The post is suitable for those individuals who wish to gain more experience in cardiology to support their application for NTN or completion CESR. The post is based primarily at City Hospital, Birmingham. The Department has 14 full time Consultant Cardiologists and 2 Professors of Cardiology. Further background on the department’s interests can be found on our website

The principal clinical duties will be:-

a)      General cardiology service –Registrar of Week, AMU referrals and review of cardiology patients on wards. 1 – 2 session’s echocardiography (stress echo etc).

b)      1-2 session of supervised ECHO/TOE/Stress sessions

c)      1-2 sessions of Coronary angiogram/2nd operator PCI session and pacing session.

d)      1-2 session of CTCA/CMR/MPI are also available and could be included if required

e)      Participating in the overall care of cardiac in and out-patients (2 clinics per week).

f)       To participate in Cardio thoracic MDTs, PCI and scheduling meetings in a constructive manner.

g)      Active participation in departmental audit and research activities.

h)      To participate in the teaching program for medical students and junior doctors.

i)        The post holder will be expected to work flexibly to meet the needs of the department.

The posts are for a period of one year. Informal enquiries for this post should be made to Dr Fairoz Abdul (0121 507 5813) or Dr Vinoda Sharma (0121 507 2499).

Any candidate who, for personal reasons, is unable to work full-time will be eligible to be considered for the post. For further information regarding the trust, please visit our website

THE TRUST IS COMMITTED TO EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY AND IS A NO SMOKING ORGANISATION