Research fellow in Cardiology | East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare provider in Stevenage is looking for a Research Fellow in Cardiology for a 12-month fixed-term position. The role involves managing clinical research projects and patient recruitment while working towards an MD/PhD in Cardiology. Candidates will engage in innovative research, supporting patient care, and may assist with commercial clinical trials. This position does not offer visa sponsorship. Applications close on 22 Dec 2025.

Benefits

Positive work-life balance

Flexible working patterns

Qualifications

• Experience in managing clinical research projects.
• Ability to obtain permissions from Ethics Committees.
• Knowledge in cardiac services and patient care.

Responsibilities

• Running clinical research projects with patient recruitment.
• Designing new clinical research projects.
• Delivering cardiac services to patients in clinics.

Skills

Research skills in cardiology

Patient recruitment

Data entry

Education

MD/PhD in Cardiology

Job description

We have an exciting and prestigious opportunity available! We are looking to appoint a Research Fellow in Cardiology, the appointment is for a 12‑month fixed‑term post, available from March 2026 with a view to extend.

The Trust serves a population of 520,000 and has on‑site angiography, angioplasty and pacing.

The successful applicant will be engaged in cardiology research predominantly, working towards an MD/PhD in Cardiology. The main area of research focuses on the use of near‑patient testing of thrombotic status to identify patients with cardiac conditions at risk of future thrombotic events and investigating the relative effect of antithrombotic agents in thrombotic risk reduction and bleeding risk.

The successful applicant will be actively involved in these and future projects, and it is intended that the candidate will register for a higher research degree (MD or PhD), through existing links with either the University of Hertfordshire or Imperial College. There will also be a requirement to help support the research team of nurses to recruit patients into commercial clinical trials and registries that are ongoing.

We do not offer visa sponsorship for this role. This means even if you have the right to work currently but will require a new sponsorship to work for our Trust your application will not be considered.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for day‑to‑day running of clinical research projects, in particular for patient recruitment, enrolment, follow‑up and data entry.
• Contribute to the design of new clinical research projects. Obtain permission from the local Ethics Committee and write up results.
• Participate in delivering cardiac services, both to research participants and general cardiology patients, in particular out‑patient clinics, ward cover and on calls. Exposure to Cardiac Imaging and Intervention is also possible.

Hospitals

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
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• Hertford County, Hertford
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We run the following hospitals and are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide. Our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient‑led Trust where dedicated staff provide high‑quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work‑life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

In the paragraphs above you have read an overview about the role we would like to offer and general information about main duties of the post holder. Please see attached – job description which describes in full details the duties, responsibilities and reporting relationships of the advertising role.

This advert closes on Monday 22 Dec 2025.