Senior Clinical Fellow in Cardiology

This is a one year fixed term post from August 2024 based in Cardiology at the Princess of Wales Hospital (POWH), and supporting General Internal Medicine (GIM).
The role will cover all aspects of acute cardiac and medical services together with scheduled Cardiology care working at middle doctor grade. The post includes on call duties within the GIM middle tier rota.
Experience of working in the UK at middle grade level would be expected, and special interests, which complement existing services, will be supported.
There will be opportunity to develop experience in cardiac diagnostics and outpatient clinics.
Come and join our forward thinking team., THIS POST IS FIXED TERM FOR UPTO 12 MONTHS DUE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE SERVICE
Middle tier doctor engaged in unscheduled care for Cardiology and GIM including out of hours residency, and engaged in scheduled care for Cardiology.
There are 21 Cardiology/GIM beds on a single ward in the Princess of Wales Hospital (including 9 level 2 monitored Acute Cardiac Care Unit beds). The Cardiologists work as a single clinical team and assume the management of all patients in these beds and in addition provide daily 7-day support to the Acute Medical take and provide cardiology advice for in-patients on other wards.
Within cardiology at POWH there are 6 Consultants and 1 associate specialist responsible for the provision of secondary and some tertiary cardiac services. Some services, are also provided at Maesteg Community Hospital and Neath Port Talbot Hospital.
The Cardiologists are supported by two Speciality Trainees, one Senior Clinical Fellow, one Internal Medicine Trainee, one General Practice Specialty Trainee, one Foundation Trainee level 2 and one Foundation Trainee level 1. There are also three Cardiac Advanced Nurse Practitioners, three Heart Failure Clinical Nurse Specialists and two Cardiac Rehabilitation Clinical Nurse Specialists. This post will enable this successful team-based approach to continue and develop.
The post includes on call duties within the GIM middle tier rota.
English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply

We provide healthcare services to people living in Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough areas, serving a population of around 450,000. We are ideally situated between Wales's capital city, Porthcawl to the west, and the stunning scenery in the Brecon Beacons.
Our vision is to care for our communities and patients by preventing ill-health, promoting better health, providing excellent services and reducing the need for inpatient care wherever possible through the provision of strengthened home, primary and community care.
We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race/nationality, religion/belief, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.
Cwm Taf Morgannwg is a Living Wage Employer.
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Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.
We live by our core values:

• We listen, learn and improve


• We treat everyone with respect


• We all work together as one team

We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.

Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 1,2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12 per hour - £23,465 per annum. This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2024/25 is confirmed