Clinical Fellow, Cardiology

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust; Grimsby; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Clinical Fellow in Cardiology to join the Cardiac Services Department. The role supports infants and children with congenital heart conditions, participates in post-operative care, and offers exposure to fetal, catheter lab, and MRI procedures.

The post is part of a national training centre with a strong multidisciplinary team and a focus on professional development within a busy paediatric cardiology service.

Qualifications

• Primary Medical degree and GMC registration are required.
• MRCP or equivalent qualification is expected.
• Basic general and neonatal pediatric training is essential.

Responsibilities

• Education & Training: participate in paediatric cardiology training opportunities.
• Experience: prior Paediatric registrar experience is expected.
• Skills: demonstrate clinical techniques and good judgement.
• Personal Attributes: display time management, energy, integrity, and calmness.
• Training focus: opportunities in fetal cardiology, catheter lab, MRI as available.
• Compliance: DBS disclosure as part of the post.

Skills

Clinical techniques

Good clinical judgement

Interpersonal skills

Time management

Energetic

Integrity

Calm under pressure

Aware of own limits

Education

Primary Medical degree

MRCP or equivalent

GMC registration/licence to practice

Basic general and neonatal pediatric training

Job description

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Clinical Fellow, Cardiology

The closing date is 23 November 2026

The cardiac unit at Alder Hey is one of the SACS approved national centres for congenital cardiac training. This is an exciting time to join the Cardiac Services Department at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, having recently moved into the new Children’s Health Park.

The cardiac team is made up of surgeons (4), cardiologists (13), cardiac liaison nurses (7) and specialised intensive care, anaesthetic, radiology and nursing support. It is one of the principal departments in one of the largest children’s hospital in Europe.

Patients are seen with various heart conditions which include all complex forms of congenital heart disease in neonates including hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Alder Hey has fully equipped dedicated operating theatres with their own specialist staff and a fully equipped catheter room with bi-plane angiography and multi-channel recording facilities. There is one dedicated cardiac theatre with five fixed operating days (three sessions each) every week. There is a second cardiac theatre with two additional operating days (two sessions every Monday and alternate Wednesdays).

All cardiac patients, both medical and surgical, are cared for on a dedicated cardiac unit or the High Dependency Unit. The cardiac unit shares the facilities of a 21-bed intensive care unit with an average cardiac occupancy of 10 beds in the unit, and also has access to beds on the High Dependency Unit.

Main duties of the job

The holder of the post will join the other junior staff (NTN trainees + rotating Paediatric SpR) in maintaining a partial shift rota that provides adequate care and investigation of infants and children with cardiac problems presenting to the Unit. In addition they are expected to participate in the care of the post-operative cardiac surgical patients in the Intensive Care Unit and assist with the care of cardiac patients in outpatients. Whilst much of the work is outpatient and ward based, where a candidate is particularly interested, every effort will be made to facilitate training in other areas of paediatric cardiology that become available (fetal, catheter laboratory, MRI etc.).

About us

As a leader in child healthcare and research, Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust provides care for more than 275,000 children and young people each year, making us one of the biggest and busiest children’s hospitals in Europe. This care is delivered not only on our main site in Liverpool, but in patients' homes and communities, and at other hospitals across the North of England.

Our state‑of‑the‑art hospital, on our main site in Liverpool, opened in October 2015. It sets a new benchmark within the NHS and has won many prestigious industry awards. Buildings, however, are only as good as what happens inside them.

Our highly professional, skilled staff include some of the best clinicians in their field in the world. This expertise is combined with a care and compassion, evident in all of our staff, that our patients and families tell us is unique. This dedication and passion for putting our patients at the heart of everything we do has helped us to achieve a rating from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) - England’s independent regulator of health and social care - of 'Good' overall and 'Outstanding' in the category of 'Caring'. This is something that we’re proud of, but it's something that wouldn't have been possible without our staff.

Job responsibilities

Education & Training

• Primary Medical degree


• Eligible and a licence to practice with GMC registration


• MRCP or equivalent


• Basic General and Neonatal Pediatric training

Experience

• Experience as a Paediatric registrar

Skills

• Competence in clinical techniques


• Good clinical judgement


• Good interpersonal skills

Personal Attributes

• Good time management


• Energetic


• Integrity


• Calm


• Aware of own limits

Person Specification

application form and interview

• Training in Paediatric Cardiology

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.

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust