Research fellow in Cardiology

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Research fellow in Cardiology

The closing date is 22 December 2025

We have an exciting and prestigious opportunity available! We are looking to appoint a Research Fellow in Cardiology, the appointment is for a 12-month fixed-term post, available from March 2026 with a view to extend. The Trust serves a population of 520,000 and has on site angiography, angioplasty and pacing.

The successful applicant will be engaged in cardiology research predominantly, working towards an MD/PhD in Cardiology. The main area of research focuses on the use of near-patient testing of thrombotic status to identify patients with cardiac conditions at risk of future thrombotic events and investigating the relative effect of antithrombotic agents in thrombotic risk reduction and bleeding risk. The successful applicant will be actively involved in these and future projects, and it is intended that the candidate will register for a higher research degree (MD or PhD), through existing links with either the University of Hertfordshire or Imperial College. There will be also a requirement to help support the research team of nurses to recruit patients into commercial clinical trials and registries that are ongoing.

Please note we do not offer visa sponsorship for this role.This means even if you have the right to work currently but will require a new sponsorship to work for our Trust your application will not be considered.

Main duties of the job

• Responsible for day to day running of clinical research projects, in particular for patient recruitment, enrolment, follow-up and data entry.
• Contribute to the design of new clinical research projects. Obtain permission from local Ethics Committee and write up results.
• The appropriate candidate will participate in delivering cardiac services, both to research participants and general cardiology patients, in particular out-patient clinics, ward cover and on calls. Exposure to Cardiac Imaging and Intervention is also possible.

About us

At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Job responsibilities

In the paragraphs above you have read an overview about the role we would like to offer and general information about main duties of the post holder. Please see attached job description which describes in full details the duties, responsibilities and reporting relationships of the advertising role.

Person Specification Qualifications

• Hold a current licence to practice from the General Medical Council
• College Membership (MRCP) or qualification of an equivalent level
• Postgraduate academic degree
• Broad range of experience in Cardiology, at least 12 months at Core Training level or higher.
• Experience in Echocardiography
• NHS experience

Knowledge

• Experience of audit

Fitness to Practice

• Evidence of engagement with appraisal and revalidation

Skills

• Able to evidence engagement with clinical governance and the identification of errors and the learning from errors
• Able to show situational awareness and application of good decision making
• Can evidence leading on patient safety issues and achieving a change in practice
• Experience of supervising undergraduates, doctors in training and other colleagues
• Ability to teach clinical skills
• Experience in organising educational activities

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.

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust