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Job summary

Main area
Cardiology
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Local Appointment nodal point 5 (MT05)
Contract
11 months (Fixed term for 11 months)
Hours
Full time - 40 hours per week
Job ref
190-STH-26-159
Employer
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Northern General Hospital
Town
Sheffield
Salary
£76,582 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
30/07/2026 23:59

Employer heading

NHS

Senior Clinical Fellow in Advanced Cardiac Electrophysiology

NHS Medical & Dental: Local Appointment nodal point 5 (MT05)

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.

Job overview

The appointment shall commence in September 2026 for a fixed term period of 11 months. Full registration with the GMC with a licence to practise is required at the time of application and satisfactory completion of Foundation training or equivalent and General cardiology experience is essential.  The post does not award a National Training Number.  This post is not recognised as a ‘training post’ and if the appointee does not hold right of residence in the UK sponsorship will be required. The duties of this post are equivalent to those of a registrar at ST6-ST8  level .MRCP or equivalent is essential.

Main duties of the job

Please see the attached job description for full details about the department and the main responsibilities. 

The purpose of this Fellowship in Cardiac Electrophysiology is to provide extensive training in advanced cardiac rhythm management at the Northern General Hospital. This is a large interventional electrophysiology centre in the UK. It serves the population of South Yorkshire and NE Derbyshire (1.8 - 2.0 million).
The Fellowship will involve training in catheter ablation, including the use of 3-dimensional mapping system and other technologies with emphasis on imaging modalities and their integration with invasive electrophysiology.  In addition, the Fellow will be involved with the in-patient and out-patient assessment of patients presenting with electrical cardiac issues

Working for our organisation

These are the values that all staff at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are expected to demonstrate in all that they do.

Patients First – Ensure that the people we serve are at the heart of what we do

Respectful – Be kind, respectful, fair and value diversity

Ownership – Celebrate our successes, learn continuously and ensure we improve

Unity – Work in partnership with others

Deliver – Be efficient, effective and accountable for our actions

The Trust have developed a PROUD Behaviours framework which details specific behaviours we expect to see and do not expect to see, aligned to each of the five PROUD Values.
For further details of our services and organisational structure, including our Board of Directors, and our future plans please visit 

www.sth.nhs.uk/about-us

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached job description for full details about the department and the main responsibilities.

Person specification

Clinical experience

Essential criteria
  • ST6-ST8 or equivalent
  • Experience of electrophysiology procedure including complex ablation
  • Proactive care of pre- and post-procedural patients
  • Insight into abilities and knowledge and ability to ask for help if required
Desirable criteria
  • First- operator experience of transseptal puncture and complex ablation procedures

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of application.
  • Basic Medical Degree
  • Satisfactory completion of foundation training or equivalent
  • minimum 2 years of general Cardiology training and three years of general medicine training or equivalent
  • MRCP or equivalent
Desirable criteria
  • Higher research degree in an EP- related topic.
  • IBHRE or EHRA EP accreditation

Clinical Governance , audit & Research

Essential criteria
  • Experience of audit projects
  • Understanding of research principles.
Desirable criteria
  • Active involvement in a clinical governance programme

Teaching and training

Essential criteria
  • Experience of teaching undergraduate medical students /resident doctors .
Desirable criteria
  • willingness to develop new approaches to teaching and learning.

Maintaining Clinical Competence

Essential criteria
  • Written evidence of satisfactory training to date: e.g.: workplace assessments.

Personal attributes

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrates behaviour consistent with PROUD values (see appendix)
  • Flexible approach to service delivery and committed approach to development
  • A commitment to personal / unit CPD
  • Time Management skills
  • Honesty, integrity , awareness of ethical dilemmas , respect of confidentiality
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of leadership skills
  • IT literate

Communication Relationship and working with colleagues

Essential criteria
  • Ability to communicate clearly and fluently in English language
  • Ability to communicate and liaise effectively with patients and other people within a multidisciplinary team.
  • Neat , legible writing of notes/ charts
Desirable criteria
  • Awareness of current issues in NHS

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Dr Andreas Kyriacou
Job title
Consultant Cardiology
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01143055012

If you have problems applying, contact

Address
HR Department
Northern General Hospital
Sheffield
S5 7AU
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