Clinical Fellowship with a focus in TAVI

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK heart and lung hospital is seeking a Clinical Fellow for its TAVI program in Cambridge. The role involves hands-on training in TAVI procedures, patient assessments, and participation in multidisciplinary team discussions. The ideal candidate will possess qualifications like MBBS and FRCS/MRCS, with previous clinical experience in cardiac intervention being beneficial. This fellowship offers a unique opportunity to work in one of the top hospitals dedicated to advanced cardiovascular care.

Qualifications

• MBBS, and FRCS/MRCS or equivalent required.
• MD or PhD preferred.
• Aptitude for practical skills such as hand-eye coordination.

Responsibilities

• Work on all aspects of the TAVI pathway including patient assessments.
• Attend TAVI and SHD intervention clinics for patient follow-ups.
• Assist and become independent in TAVI implantation.

Skills

Clinical judgement

Hand-eye coordination

Dexterity

Visual-spatial awareness

Education

MBBS, and FRCS/MRCS or equivalent

MD or PhD

Job description

Clinical Fellowship with a focus in TAVI

The closing date is 31 December 2025.

The Royal Papworth Hospital TAVI fellowship aims to provide interventional cardiologists who have already attained sufficient experience in coronary intervention training in TAVI and other SHD interventions.

We envisage that the successful candidate will be fully competent in all aspects of the TAVI pathway including initial patient assessment, TAVI patient work‑up and valve implantation. This will include large‑bore access under ultrasound guidance, the use of a variety of closure devices, experience in peripheral intervention either for the management of complications or facilitation of transfemoral TAVI, use of embolic protection devices and implantation of both balloon‑expandable and self‑expanding TAVI systems. At least 75% of the fellow's time will be pure hands‑on TAVI and other SHD intervention training with 15–20% dedicated to pre‑ and post‑procedure patient reviews and the TAVI MDT. 5–10% of time can be spent on TAVI CT training and research interests.

Main duties of the job

Clinical experience

• Attendance to TAVI and structural heart disease (SHD) intervention clinics where new referrals and first post‑TAVI follow‑up patients are seen.
• Attendance to weekly TAVI and SHD MDTs.
• Review of in‑patient referrals for TAVI including presentation of such cases at weekly MDT.
• Post‑procedural ward rounds with an aim to facilitate discharge within 24–48hrs.
• TAVI CT training will be provided on a weekly basis by our team of TAVI dedicated radiologists.

Procedural experience

• Assist, train and become independent in TAVI implantation in both simple and complex anatomies.
• Use of real‑time ultrasound guided arterial puncture for transfemoral access including the use of micropuncture techniques.
• Competence in vessel closure with the AngioSeal and ProStyle systems.
• Use of transradial and transfemoral secondary access for peripheral intervention including the use of peripheral balloons and self‑expanding stents for the management of complications.
• Use of intravascular lithotripsy to assist TAVI in difficult peripheral vascular anatomies.
• Full competency in the use of axillary TAVI devices.
• Significant experience in PFO, ASD, PVL and LAAO closure.
• Gain experience in transcatheter edge‑to‑edge repair, paravalvular leak closure and other SHD procedures.

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 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.

Qualifications

• MBBS, and FRCS/MRCS or equivalent
• MD or PhD

Experience

• Appropriate knowledge base and ability to apply sound clinical judgement to problem.
• Demonstrates awareness of the basics of managing cardiac disease
• Shows aptitude for practical skills, e.g. hand‑eye coordination, dexterity, visual‑spatial awareness Attendance at relevant courses,
• e.g. ATLS, basic surgical skills

Additional Criteria

• Please provide evidence of your commitment to uphold the Trust's values: Compassion, Excellence, Collaboration
• Please see attached Job Description for full detail of person specification

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.

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust