We are excited to offer the opportunity to join the cardiology team at the West Yorkshire Heart Centre, The General Infirmary at Leeds, as a Junior Clinical Fellow in Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery. This is a fantastic opportunity for those desiring a more sustained experience in cardiology at a large modern tertiary cardiac centre. It is intended that these posts could be tailored to meet training needs, including opportunities for trainees to become involved in research and procedural skills. The posts would be suitable for individuals who have completed foundation posts, or those who wish to evolve their experience (e.g. following core medical training) in order to prepare for higher speciality training programmes. The service is supported by a number of foundation year doctors, internal medical and GP trainees as well as Advanced Care Practitioners. This will allow flexibility to tailor training to requirements, including experience in outpatient clinics, catheter lab time, operating theatre observation and cardiac imaging. It is intended that the successful applicant would be involved in audit and quality improvement projects, including the chance to collaborate with researchers to present at national meetings and publish work. We will ensure that these posts receive dedicated clinical supervision with an experienced named supervisor, portfolio review, study leave and teaching programmes with evidence to count towards future training. LEVELS OF RESPONSIBILITY This will depend upon prior experience and can be discussed. It is expected that the levels of responsibility will be that of LST (above FY and below HST) and the successful candidate will receive supervision from a named consultant with responsibility to develop the individuals training e-portfolio or equivalent. As the post is for duration of one year, it is expected that the successful applicant would be able to establish themselves in the team and evolve the role. Working alongside rotational posts (LST) the post holder may well develop increasing levels of responsibility. There will also be the opportunity to work with our growing team of Advanced Care Practitioners in delivering high quality care to our patients. TEACHING AND RESEARCH/STUDY AND TRAINING It is expected that the successful applicant will be able to access opportunities to attend weekly teaching and monthly educational departmental meetings. An expanding research and clinical trials programme is in place, in which the successful candidate will be expected to participate fully, with protected time for research and audit in the timetable. Depending on the candidates level of experience and needs, training opportunities can be tailored. The post is fixed term (one year) to cover a period of staff reconfiguration created by changes to the internal medicine training programme (IMT). THE LEEDS WAY VALUES 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.