About this role
Job summary Cardiac Research Fellow
Applications are invited for the position of Cardiac Research Fellow to join the Cardiac Research Department at Northwick Park Hospital, London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a nationally recognised research and echocardiography department under the supervision of Professor Roxy Senior, Director of Cardiac Research and internationally renowned expert in cardiovascular imaging and research. The successful candidate will play a key role in a diverse portfolio of commercial and non-commercial cardiovascular research studies, gaining extensive experience in clinical research delivery, patient recruitment, trial management and advanced cardiovascular imaging. The Cardiac Research Department is fully integrated within the Cardiology Service and works closely alongside consultant cardiologists, physiologists, research nurses and clinical trial practitioners to deliver high-quality cardiovascular research.
This full-time, fixed-term post is initially offered for 12 months, with the possibility of extension subject to funding and satisfactory performance.
We welcome and actively encourage informal discussions and visits before application.
Candidates must:
Be medically qualified. Be registered with the GMC and hold a current licence to practise. Possess MRCP (or equivalent). Satisfy Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) requirements.
Main duties of the job
The primary responsibility of this role is to act as an Investigator across the Cardiac Research Department's portfolio of commercial and non-commercial clinical research studies, contributing to patient recruitment, study delivery and the clinical management of research participants.
The post-holder will receive the full support of the department to fulfil their training requirements and develop special interests. There will be the opportunity to develop specialist echocardiographic techniques, such as stress echo and MCE.
There is specific training available for those seeking BSE Transthoracic and Stress echo accreditation.
Please note that this post does not provide training opportunities in coronary intervention, cardiac devices or pacing.
About us
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
Job description Job responsibilities
The successful candidate will take a proactive and major role in the departments commercial and non-commercial research, including recruitment of patients and responsibility for their clinical care throughout trials. The department conducts research involving all aspects of heart disease.
We hope this post will be attractive to candidates with a genuine passion for research who would be interested in following one of the following routes:
1. Candidates looking to develop their research skills. This may be, but is not limited to, candidates with cardiology experience but waiting to obtain their NTN.
2. Candidates looking to develop their research skills, also with an interest in learning how to perform, interpret and report stress echocardiography and myocardial perfusion images to a high standard. This role will support any candidate wanting to work towards BSE accreditation in stress echocardiography, however, candidates interested in stress echocardiography/myocardial perfusion imaging must be competent in transthoracic echocardiography (TTE). BSE accreditation in TTE is not a requirement and candidates working towards TTE accreditation will also be supported in this role. Candidates interested in pursuing this route will be asked for perform a basic echo at interview.
3. Candidates looking to undertake their own original research project, up to the level of MD, under the supervision of Professor Roxy Senior. This may be, but is not limited to, candidates already with their NTN, looking to take a break to undertake a research project.
The Echocardiography Department at Northwick Park has been granted Centre of Excellence status in the UK for Transthoracic, Transesophageal and Stress Echocardiography, following a formal visit by the British Society of Echocardiography. It is one of the busiest departments in the country, performing ~ 8000 echocardiograms and 3000 stress echocardiograms annually. The department is also one of the few hospitals in the UK to host National Stress Echocardiography workshops throughout the year.Our facilities include a new angiography suite, along with state-of-the-art echocardiography equipment, a dedicated 26 bed cardiac ward, 8 bed coronary care unit, heart failure unit and 8 bed day care unit for elective outpatient procedures. This post does not have any general medical on call commitments but we will work with the candidate to ensure that clinical skills are able to be maintained.
To view the main responsibility, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
MBBS or equivalent Full registration with GMC MRCP UK (or equivalent)
Desirable
Accreditation in imaging (BSE/EACVI/ASE)
Knowledge Essential
Successful completion of core medical training Experience in Cardiology
Desirable
Evidence of relevant academic and research achievements, e.g. prizes, awards, distinctions, presentations, publications, other achievements
Teaching Essential
Evidence of ongoing interest and achievement in research
Desirable
Experience of teaching and training undergraduates, postgraduates and junior medical staff
Management and audit Essential
Understanding the principles of clinical governance and its implications Leadership skills Ability to organise and prioritise workload effectively Ability to plan strategically and to exercise sound judgements when faced with conflicting pressures Ability to motivate and develop the multi-disciplinary team, balancing departmental and personal objectives IT skills and computer literacy Understanding and experience of audit
Desirable
Management qualification or current study towards management qualification Evidence of service audit, design or change management Ability to organise research and work within research governance procedures
Research/publications Essential
Knowledge of research methodology Able to demonstrate an understanding of research, including ethical issues
Desirable
Training in research methodology Publications in peer review journals Presentations to learned societies GCP training
Personal skills Essential
Energy and enthusiasm and the ability to work under pressure An enquiring and critical approach to work Caring attitude to patients Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other staff and agencies. Commitment to Continuing Medical Education and Professional Development Patient Care: Commitment to deliver a high-quality service with patient welfare at forefront of practice
Desirable
Finance: Knowledge of finance and budgets Thorough (well prepared, self-disciplined / committed, punctual, meets deadlines)
Language Essential
Are able to speak and write English to the appropriate standard necessary to fulfil the job requirements
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
Address Northwick Park Hospital
Harrow
HA1 3UJ
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.lnwh.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)