Senior Clinical Fellow; SPR in Heart Failure/Transplant Medicine
Listed on 2026-03-07
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Doctor/Physician
Surgeon, Medical Doctor, Critical Care Physician, Healthcare Consultant
The closing date for this position is 18 March 2026.
Role: Senior Clinical Fellow (SPR) in Heart Failure / Transplant Medicine.
Location: Harefield Hospital.
This registrar‑level post in Advanced Heart Failure/Transplant Medicine offers training and experience in advanced heart failure, ventricular assist device support, and post‑heart transplant management. It is suitable for post‑CCT fellowship candidates and current cardiovascular trainees seeking out‑of‑programme training.
The post holder will undertake an active role in inpatient care and participate in outpatient clinics, as well as the EWTD‑compliant on‑call rota.
Please note this vacancy may close early if a sufficient number of applications have been received.
Main duties of the job- Full‑time medical team member of the Trust's multi‑disciplinary transplant team.
- Clinical management and support to heart failure patients receiving mechanical circulatory support, mainly as a bridge to transplantation.
- Clinical teaching to medical team members with emphasis on advanced heart failure, ventricular assist devices and post‑transplant long‑term care.
- Clinical audit and retrospective analysis of clinical data, with emphasis on training and mentoring junior team members.
Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals joined Guy's and St Thomas' in February 2021 and are the largest specialist heart and lung centre in the UK and among the largest in Europe. We provide treatment for people with heart and lung disease, including rare and complex conditions, offering some of the most sophisticated treatment that is available anywhere in the world. Our integrated approach to caring for patients from before birth, through childhood, adolescence and into adulthood and old age has been replicated around the world and has gained Royal Brompton and Harefield an international reputation as a leader in heart and lung diagnosis, treatment and research.
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best known hospitals – Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield – as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation. We are part of King's Health Partners and one of England's eight academic health sciences centres, with a National Institute for Health Research biomedical research centre established with King's College London in 2007, and dedicated clinical research facilities.
responsibilities
Clinical Responsibilities
- Full‑time clinical member of the multi‑disciplinary team, including participation and presentation at weekly multi‑disciplinary team meetings and other meetings in the Division and Trust.
- Maintain good communication within the Transplant service at Harefield Hospital, collaborating with medical and surgical colleagues, other departments and services.
- Assist when required in the Angiography Laboratory.
- Attend and lead outpatient clinics.
- Arrange transfer of patients to/from other hospitals or discharge home, including a transfer/discharge summary.
- Perform minor surgical procedures such as chest aspiration, chest drain insertion, central venous lines and arterial blood gases.
- Supervise and train junior staff allocated to the Transplant Service.
- Conduct regular ward rounds to ensure effective management during the in‑patient stay.
- Keep the Ward Sister and Consultant informed of any patient who is giving cause for concern.
- Communicate to a patient's relative the progress of that patient (note the original typo “patent” is corrected).
- Dictate or input all urgent discharge summaries only and ensure they are forwarded to the patient's General Practitioner or hospital of transfer as soon as possible after discharge.
- Be available for emergency calls to ITU and other parts of the hospital as required (e.g., cardiac arrest).
- Participate in the Medical Audit Programme and update relevant patient database programmes.
- Participate fully in the service and training programme of the Transplant Service and Heart Division.
- Accept that occasional emergencies and unforeseen circumstances may occur, and respond to the needs of…
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