Senior Clinical Fellow in Paediatric Cardiology

The Clinical Fellow in Paediatric Cardiology provides specialist cardiac care to infants, children, and young people at Noah's Ark Children's Hospital for Wales. Appointed at ST4-8 equivalent level, the post holder functions as the Paediatric Cardiology Registrar within a consultant-led multidisciplinary team.

The role involves day-to-day management of inpatient cardiology services, including ward rounds, assessment of acute referrals, and provision of cardiology advice to general paediatrics, PICU, NICU, surgical teams, and the Emergency Department. Participation in paediatric resuscitation and emergency care is integral.

The Fellow contributes to outpatient clinics, nurse-led postoperative and rapid-access clinics, and Joint Cardiac Clinics. The post includes supervised experience in cardiac investigations such as echocardiography, ECG interpretation, Holter monitoring, exercise testing, and coordination of cardiac CT and MRI.

Participation in the paediatric cardiology on-call rota, teaching, audit, quality improvement, research, and clinical governance activities is expected. All duties are undertaken in line with Health Board policies and Good Medical Practice, with appropriate supervision., The Clinical Fellow in Paediatric Cardiology will provide day-to-day clinical care to infants, children, and young people with congenital and acquired cardiac conditions at Noah's Ark Children's Hospital for Wales. Working at ST4-8 equivalent level, the post holder will function as the Paediatric Cardiology Registrar within a consultant-led multidisciplinary team.

Key responsibilities include coordination of inpatient cardiology care, participation in ward rounds, assessment and management of acute referrals, and provision of cardiology advice to general paediatrics, PICU, NICU, surgical teams, and the Emergency Department. The post holder will contribute to paediatric resuscitation and emergency care, including leadership roles as appropriate.

The role includes participation in outpatient clinics, nurse-led postoperative and rapid-access clinics, and Joint Cardiac Clinics. The Fellow will undertake supervised cardiac investigations, including echocardiography, ECG interpretation, Holter analysis, exercise testing, and coordination of cardiac CT and MRI.

The post holder will take part in the paediatric cardiology on-call rota, contribute to teaching and training, and engage in audit, quality improvement, and clinical governance activities in line with Health Board and training requirements.

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 17,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving over 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services. Together we are committed to improving health outcomes for everyone, delivering excellent care and support.

Our mission is "Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together", and our vision is that every person's chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. Our 10-year transformation and improvement strategy, Shaping Our Future Wellbeing, is our chance to work collaboratively with the public and our workforce to make our health board more sustainable for the future.