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Cardio-Respiratory - Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds Teaching Hospitals, Great George Street, Leeds (2025)

17/11/2025

Are you a Clinical Perfusionist looking for a new challenge?
We're looking for Band 7 and 8a Clinical Perfusionists to join our Cardiac Surgery Team.
In Leeds, we provide a diverse range of cardiac surgery from neonatal to adult patients, including ECMO, intra-aortic balloon pumping and intra-operative cell salvage. You can expect to find a supportive and forward thinking department, keen on delivering the highest standards of healthcare.
For more information, contact Andrew Nichols, Clinical Perfusion Manager andrew.nichols1@nhs.net
Apply here:
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12/11/2025

Congratulations to Tania Abab, Associate Practitioner in Clinical Physiology, who is our second winner of the Clinical Director's Award!

"Tania has worked in Respiratory Physiology since 2022 and has been an asset to our team since joining us. She has worked incredibly hard to achieve her professional qualifications such as her ARTP spirometry certificate and more recently her practitioner qualification with distinction. Tania is always caring and friendly to her colleagues and provides excellent patient care on a daily basis."

Amazing work, well done!

10/11/2025

Last but not least, Ann Boardman, Respiratory Clinical Nurse Specialist, is our final Head of Nursing Award winner for this quarter!

Ann was nominated for:

"Ann is a fantastic, hard working, dedicated and knowledgeable respiratory nurse. I am always reassured to receive her advice and support when managing complex patients with chronic respiratory disease. She has wealth of knowledge on our patients and the integrated LTH/community services, paired with her reliable, friendly and unflappable manner. Ann has been proactive in raising concerns when she notices aspects of clinical care or follow-up have not been as expected. In doing so, and in supporting our team learning, she regularly makes a difference to improve patient safety."

Congratulations Ann!

06/11/2025

Congratulations to Emma Bagguley, Registered Nurse Associate, who is our second Head of Nursing Award winner!

Emma was nominated for:
"Emma has consistently shown excellence since she started on J09 nearly 10 years ago. She has worked up from an apprentice CSW to an RNA. She is a true advocate for all her patients and goes above and beyond for both staff and patients every shift. She makes every shift better and never says no to any task no matter how great or small. I am so proud of the RNA she has become, and I would love her excellent work to be celebrated and recognised."

04/11/2025

And the winner is... last week we awarded the first of our Head of Nursing Awards to Sarah D***s, Clinical Educator!

Sarah received 2 nominations:

"Sarah has been instrumental in assisting L18 in achieving a 47% reduction in Healthcare-Associated Infections (HCAIs) by designing and delivering impactful, role-specific infection prevention training. She established an IPC Champion Group across the CSU including multiple wards, empowering frontline staff to lead by example, share learning, and support their teams. Her focus on education, development, and wellbeing has improved staff confidence, retention, and team cohesion. Sarah is extremely dedicated to her role as clinical educator. She is proactive in her role and contributes positively to all staff on L18. She plays a vital part in supporting new staff when joining the CSU and remains visible on the ward. Her approachable and friendly personality makes it easy for staff to go to her for support. She goes above and beyond to find solutions for staff. She is an excellent role model for staff and ensures high standards are maintained."

"Sarah's contribution to me and other wards respectfully has been nothing but brilliant! She's provided fantastic support with the induction of two new ward clerks - I say this as we don't really have and educator as such for ward clerks. I helped as much as I could where possible but it was crucial to get Sarah's support during this busy period. I have nothing but total admiration for her. Her drive and energy is boundless coupled with a natural ability to make existing and new employees feel welcomed and valued. Sarah is an integral part of the hospital and very valued by for her knowledge and unwavering support to all and has been for many years."

Well done Sarah!

22/10/2025

Congratulations to Rachele Moccia, Clinical Support Worker on J06 who has been awarded an IRIS award!

"Rachele went above and beyond in her role while looking after me during my two-week admission. I have Cystic Fibrosis and, due to being in isolation, I couldn’t leave my room—so her help meant everything. She would bring me fresh water, food, and snacks whenever I was hungry, and she always made the effort to check in on me and chat. She was incredibly patient-centred and fair in everything she did. While my parents were on holiday during my admission—meaning I had fewer visitors—Rachele took me under her wing. She knew how lonely hospital can be, and she made time to talk with me. We chatted about all sorts of things, and her presence became a constant throughout my stay. She was always smiling, always happy to help, and showed genuine care, compassion, and kindness. She was like a walking angel, and I feel truly blessed to have had her looking after me. When my health started to improve, she was genuinely happy for me and so proud. Rachele thoroughly deserves this award and to be recognised and celebrated for how personal and caring she is in every single thing she does.”

Well done Rachele!

20/10/2025

Over the last couple of weeks we've had the pleasure of presenting our Triumvirate Team Awards to worthy winners across the CSU. We're thrilled to announce that Katie Bowman, Medical Secretary, is the latest winner of the GEM Award!

Sian Parmar, Deputy General Manager, presented Katie with the award and commended her outstanding work ethic, cheery personality, helpful nature and embodiment of the Leeds Way Values! Katie received the following nominations from her colleagues:

“Katie is a fantastic secretary. She has been a steadfast member of the lung cancer team for many years. She is dedicated and hard working. Her organisation and efficiency boggle the mind. Everything gets done, and I am not sure where she finds the time. There have been significant challenges this year but Katie (with the support of colleagues) has remained on top of everything and has supported new team members in their roles. Through this, Katie remain bright, cheerful, and a pleasure to work with. To put it simply, I do not think the respiratory lung cancer service would be able to function as it does without her hard work, dedication and support”

“Katie does an amazing job to support the Lung Cancer Team. She is efficient, reliable, and most importantly is brilliant at dealing with patients, organising appointments, explaining what is going on etc., which hugely facilitates the smooth running of the service. Her work behind the scenes has a massive positive impact on patient experience and I hope that she can be rewarded for this”

“Katie is an irreplaceable member of the lung cancer service. Her organisation and communication skills promote patient flow through a challenging pathway. A joy to work with, she remains positive even when the work load is increasing. She has managed to maintain the work rate despite having to say goodbye to a
long term colleague, and supported a new colleague take on her role. We’d be lost without her!”

“I have known Katie for many years. Her work ethic is impeccable. Her approach to patients is always sensitive , sympathetic and caring approach to patient at all times. She is a very able multitasker and natural team player.”

Well done Katie!

16/10/2025

Over the last couple of weeks we've had the pleasure of presenting our Triumvirate Team Awards to worthy winners across the CSU. We're thrilled to announce that Dr Roshni Manoj, Junior Clinical Research Fellow in Cardiology, is the first winner of the Clinical Director's Award!

Dr Andrew Hogarth, Clinical Director, presented Dr Manoj the award for her exceptional dedication, hard work and commendable work ethic. Dr Manoj was nominated by a Consultant colleague who commended her ability to balance the roles and responsibilities of her busy clinical role whilst leading a clinical trial with ease.

Well done Roshni!

13/10/2025

Earlier this month, Jason Swarbooke and the team on J06 were invited to attend the Picker Experience Network Awards having been nominated for the fantastic work they do in engaging with patients through the Cystic Fibroris Patient Support Group.

The Picker Experience Network Awards recognise outstanding excellence in patient experience. Whilst the team were not winners on this occasion, to be nominated for a national award is a huge achievement in itself and reflects the wonderful way the team have included the patient’s voice in their service.

Well done Jason and Team!

08/09/2025

Join us on Sunday for the Take Heart Family Fun Day and Sponsored Walk in Roundhay Park!

Take Heart Charity have supported Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery for 36 years, raising over £6 million to provide comfort and enhance our patients experience. Recent projects include the renovation of the roof top gardens in Jubilee Wing and the Rob Sapsford Training Suite

Find out more: https://www.takeheart.net

18/08/2025

We are thrilled to share the success of our recent “Respiratory Super Clinic”, which has proven to be a shining example of teamwork, dedication, and patient-centred care!

On Friday, our Respiratory team saw over 100 patients in clinic and reduced our outpatient waiting times by 12 weeks. This is a fantastic achievement and is just one example of actions are taking to help achieve the Commitment of being in the top 25% for patient experience and outpatient efficiency.

Thank you to every Consultant, CSW, nurse, clerk and receptionist involved - a fantastic example of the Leeds Way in action!

11/08/2025

Here in Leeds our Cardiac Surgical Team perform the second largest number of surgical aortic valve replacements in the UK. Last week the team were the first in the North of England to implant the Medtronic Avalus Ultra Aortic Valve Prosthesis!

This is a great example of our clinical teams working with colleagues in industry to ensure we have access to the newest technologies available, thus enabling us to provide the best possible care for our patients.

Well done team!

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