Senior Clinical Fellow (Ward) Cardiology

The successful applicant will contribute to the delivery of high-quality inpatient care and emergency cardiology services. Responsibilities will include participation in the on-call rota (including bleep-holding, primary PCI cover, crash calls, ITU and surgery liaison) and acting as ward registrar for the hospital's three cardiology wards, with duties including patient reviews and clinical decision-making in collaboration with the consultant team.

In addition to service commitments, the post includes flexible training time. When not rostered for on-call or ward responsibilities, the Clinical Fellow will have opportunities to engage in training across a range of specialist areas, including coronary intervention, cardiac devices, electrophysiology, echocardiography, cardiac MRI, cardiac CT, and specialist outpatient clinics.

On this page you will find a Role Profile which provides information about the hospital and full details about the role. We recommend that you review this and refer to it as you complete your application. Please include how you will meet the Trust Values Compassion, Excellence and Collaboration. If you would like more information about the role or working at Royal Papworth Hospital, please get in touch with the contact for this role.

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the UK's leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state-of-the-art hospital in Cambridge. We perform the most heart and/or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979. It also offers emergency heart attack treatment, sleep centre care and is one of just five centres nationally for those in severe respiratory failure.

Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe the Trust is at the heart of treatments of the future. Royal Papworth became the first hospital trust in the country to be rated outstanding in all five areas assessed by the Care Quality Commission - a rating it still holds today. The Trust holds its values of compassion, excellence & collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day-to-day roles & interactions. Royal Papworth is proud of its diverse workforce and encourages people to embrace their individuality.

The Trust values difference and welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion & belief, sex and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.

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Essential: - MRCP (UK) or equivalent; - Completed/near completion of; - higher degree (MD or PhD); - Valid Adult Life Support (ALS)

Essential: - Registrar-level experience at managing acute Cardiology inpatients; - PPCI centre bleep-holding experience; - Experience managing inpatient cardiology; - Shows critical and enquiring approach to knowledge acquisition, commitment to CPD; - Empathetic approach to patients.; - Capacity to work effectively in a multi-disciplinary team, and ability to demonstrate leadership when appropriate.; - Understanding of the principles of clinical audit.; - Satisfactory health and references. CRB clearance

Desirable: - Has completed general cardiology training; - Medical or cardiothoracic ITU experience; - Research Evidence of published research.; - Awarded postgraduate thesis or degree; - Evidence of participation in audits; - Have experience in the organisation and delivery of teaching activities.

Essential: - Please provide evidence of your commitment to uphold the Trust's values: Compassion, Excellence, Collaboration