Senior Clinical and Education Fellow in Cardiothoracic Critical Care

Overview

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting for a Senior Clinical and Education Fellow in Cardiothoracic Critical Care. The closing date is 05 October 2025.

Royal Papworth Hospital is one of the UK's leading specialist heart and lung centres, with an international reputation for clinical excellence and high-quality teaching. We are seeking a Senior Clinical and Academic Fellow in Cardiothoracic Critical Care, combining specialist clinical practice with a significant role in Medical Education.

You will join a skilled multidisciplinary team caring for patients with advanced heart and lung disease, including those requiring mechanical circulatory support, ECMO, and transplantation. You will also have dedicated time to teach undergraduate students from the University of Cambridge and postgraduate trainees across the East of England, with a focus on simulation-based education and point-of-care ultrasound. You will have the opportunity to contribute to innovation and research in both the clinical and educational aspects of the role.

This role offers an exceptional opportunity for a clinician seeking to develop clinical expertise in specialist cardiothoracic intensive care while building skills in education, quality improvement, leadership, and research all within a world-leading centre.

In addition to the standard study leave budget, the successful candidate will receive 2,000 pounds of dedicated funding to support a course of their choice, further enhancing their clinical, educational, or leadership portfolio.

N.B. Other opportunities may be available including for full time clinical positions please get in touch for further information.

Main duties of the job

• Clinical

• Provide high-quality care for patients with advanced heart and lung disease including those requiring transplantation, ECMO and mechanical circulatory support.
• Contribute to the safe and effective delivery of day and night-time critical care services as part of the resident rota.
• Participate in emergency resuscitation support across the hospital.
• Maintain accurate and contemporaneous records including patient documentation, logbooks and audit data.
• Engage actively in clinical audit, service evaluation and quality improvement projects within the ICU.
• Support departmental clinical research and contribute to ongoing or new research initiatives.

• Education

• Teach and supervise undergraduate medical students from the University of Cambridge and postgraduate trainees within the East of England Deanery.
• Lead and support simulation-based education and point-of-care ultrasound teaching.
• Participate in the design, delivery and evaluation of innovative educational programmes.
• Contribute to professional development of colleagues through workplace and formal teaching sessions.

• General

• Adhere to Trust and departmental policies.
• Maintain professional standards in line with GMC guidance and act as a role model for junior colleagues.
• Contribute to Trust's Quality Improvement strategy and relevant QI initiatives.
• Take part in appraisal and maintain a portfolio demonstrating ongoing professional and educational development.
• Uphold the values of equity, inclusivity and collaboration.

About us

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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Job responsibilities

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.

Person Specification Qualifications

• MBBS or equivalent, full GMC registration and licence to practise
• Completed Foundation and Core Training or equivalent
• Postgraduate qualification in medical education (PGCert, PGDip, MSc)

Experience

• Clinical
• Minimum 12 months' experience in cardiothoracic or general ICU
• Ability to provide immediate support for deteriorating patients and resuscitation across the hospital
• Competence in core ICU procedures (airway management, arterial and central venous access)
• Educational
• Experience of teaching at undergraduate and/or postgraduate level
• Research, Audit and QI
• Understanding of audit principles and involvement in audit/ QI projects
• Knowledge of Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and research governance
• Clinical
• Experience of transplantation, ECMO, or mechanical circulatory support
• Skills in point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS)
• Education
• Experience of simulation teaching/ training
• Research, Audit and QI
• Experience of clinical or educational research
• Publications or conference presentations

Additional Criteria

• Willingness to work flexibly, including out-of-hours
• Good time management and organisational skills
• Please provide evidence of your commitment to uphold the Trust's values Compassion, Excellence, Collaboration
• Commitment to high standards of patient care and education
• Effective team working
• Ability to develop innovative ideas and lead projects
• Experience of mentoring or supervising colleagues

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.

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust