Senior Clinical Fellow in Cardiothoracic Transplantation

Senior Clinical Fellow in Cardiothoracic Transplantation The closing date is 22 March 2026

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has an opportunity available for a Senior Clinical Fellow post in cardiothoracic transplantation to help with the on-going expansion of the transplant and donor organ retrieval programme. This post is available for 1 year initially.

Main duties of the job

• On call transplant and retrieval rota
• Theatre experience with up to one list per week, to maintain general cardiac surgical skills.
• Attend daily ward rounds on transplant patients with transplant physicians for valuable surgical inputs.
• Managing end stage heart failure and lung failure patients
• Research opportunities - both clinical and experimental research opportunities are available. Adequate support will be provided to write abstracts, manuscripts for publishing in peer reviewed journals.
• Attendance at national and international meetings and courses related to heart lung transplantation and mechanical circulatory support will be encouraged.
• Resident doctor/students teaching - We have dedicated time for curricular teaching for the trainees on general cardiothoracic surgery side and a separate programme for teaching in thoracic transplantation.

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.

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, and FRCS/MRCS or equivalents.

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.