Advanced Heart Failure Clinical Fellow: Sponsorship Available

  • Full Time
  • United Kingdom
  • 54,499 to 76,582 £ / Year

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

This is a Clinical Fellowship in Advanced Heart Failure, Mechanical Circulatory Support (MCS) and Heart Transplantation. The post is available for one year, with a possibility of extension by mutual agreement.

This Fellowship post in the Transplant Unit at Royal Papworth Hospital provides an opportunity for a Cardiologist to receive sub-specialty training in the management of advanced heart failure, mechanical circulatory support and heart transplantation.

The post-holder will work with the six existing Transplant Cardiologists and one Health Education East of England rotating cardiology registrar as part of the wider Transplant Team. The post will provide experience and training in all aspects of inpatients and outpatient care of advanced heart failure and heart transplant patients.

Successful candidates in the role will receiving training opportunities on par with a UK trainee and the post-holder will have a trained and named educational supervisor, be mentored by the existing team with regular meetings and oversight by the whole team.

Informal visits can be arranged through Dr Pettit or Dr Bhagra.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will be responsible to the Clinical Lead of the Transplant Unit and accountable to the Medical Director when undertaking the following duties:

1.Delivery of patient care under Consultant supervision, seeking advice or assistance as required according to level of experience.

2.To read and abide by the standard operating procedures of the Transplant unit.

3.Completion of accurate records, such as patient notes and discharge summaries.

4.Attendance at clinics, catheter labs, ward rounds and clinical meetings.

5.Undertaking procedures which will be directly or indirectly supervised as appropriate for level of experience.

6.Participation in clinical audit and research

7.Participation in regular timetabled teaching of other junior medical staff, students and non-medical staff.

8.Participation in training activities, maintaining portfolio and personal development plan.

9.Attendance at mandatory training.

10.Compliance with the policies and procedures of the Trust.

11.Adherence to the working pattern of the specialty and participating in the monitoring of hours as required by the Trust.

12.Notify the appropriate consultant if unavailable to attend work

13.Booking annual leave in accordance with the departmental arrangements and policies of Trust

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • MBBS or equivalent
  • MRCP or equivalent.

Desirable

  • Specialist Registration in Cardiology.
  • Higher degree, e.g., MD, PhD

Experience

Essential

  • Enrolled in or recently completed UK Cardiology Specialist Training or equivalent in home country
  • Potential to benefit from training at this level
  • Capacity to apply sound clinical knowledge and judgement & prioritize clinical need.
  • Demonstrates appropriate technical competence with potential for developing complex clinical & diagnostic skills
  • Understands the principles of clinical governance
  • Knowledge of research methodology
  • Knowledge of the fundamentals of health service management.
  • Demonstrates understanding of the basic principles of audit
  • Experience in the organisation and delivery of teaching activities.
  • Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team.
  • Able to communicate effectively and sensitively with patients, relatives, medical and non-medical colleagues, and to seek advice when appropriate.
  • Has skills of leadership and ability to collaborate.
  • Demonstrates commitment to CPD.
  • Satisfactory references.

Desirable

  • Experience in the management of advanced heart failure, performance of endomyocardial biopsies and right heart catheterisation.
  • Experience in dealing with heart transplant recipients. Exposure to patients with MCS.
  • Demonstrates motivation for career in advanced heart failure and transplantation
  • Publications in field in peer reviewed journals.
  • Presentation of papers at scientific meetings.
  • Experience in recruitment of patients to clinical trials
  • Record of initiation of audit projects and presentation of results.

Additional Criteria

Essential

  • Please provide evidence of your commitment to uphold the Trust’s values: Compassion, Excellence, Collaboration

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 8 November 2026

To apply for this job please visit papworth.tal.net.