Senior Clinical Fellow in ACHD

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An academic health sciences center is seeking a Senior Clinical Fellow in ACHD to contribute to inpatient and outpatient care. This role allows specialization in adult congenital heart disease and includes potential management and research opportunities. The position demands proficiency in echocardiography and commitment to postgraduate teaching. Applicants should have extensive training in cardiology and meet GMC registration criteria. The position offers a collaborative environment with respected cardiology teams and the chance to advance practical skills in a leading cardiology unit.

Qualifications

• Candidates should have expertise in main aspects of ACHD.
• Comprehensive experience in cardiology is required.
• Further expertise in relevant sub-specialties is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to all aspects of the inpatient and outpatient ACHD service.
• Undertake at least one ACHD clinic per week.
• Take an active role in postgraduate teaching activities.

Skills

Ability to work as an effective member of a multidisciplinary team

Experience in congenital echocardiography

EACVI CHD certification in transthoracic echo

Evidence of contribution to effective clinical audit

Education

Full GMC Registration

MRCP completed or equivalent

On GMC Specialist Register or within six months of attaining CCT

Job description

Go back Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Clinical Fellow in ACHD

The closing date is 03 February 2026

The Guy's and St Thomas' adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) service has an exciting opportunity for an experienced ACHD trainee to join the team in a Senior Clinical Fellow post to start in February 2026. The post will be tailored to the special interests of the successful candidate with training designed to complement and progress the relevant sub‑specialty training it is expected the candidate will have already undertaken, and would be ideal for a post CCT fellowship. Dependent on the successful candidate's experience, commitment to the ACHD consultant on call rota, with existing consultant support, would be expected. The posts are suitable for cardiologists who have completed or are nearing the end of their training. Opportunities will be made available for management, audit and research according to the skills and needs of the successful candidate.

Main duties of the job

The candidate will be expected to contribute to all aspects of the inpatient and outpatient ACHD service. The exact clinical workload will depend on the candidate's experience and areas of interest, but it is expected that the candidate will independently undertake at least one ACHD clinic per week and contribute to the Consultant ACHD on call rota with support from the ACHD consultant body.

About us

The GSTT Cardiovascular department is part of the Cardiovascular Clinical Academic Group of King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre. The Cardiovascular Centre is a modern purpose built unit, where a full range of non‑invasive and invasive cardiological investigations and therapies are performed. There are five catheter laboratories, three undertaking coronary interventions, including primary angioplasty, and two for invasive electrophysiology, simple and complex pacing.

Job responsibilities

Clinical Workload:

The candidate will be expected to contribute to all aspects of the inpatient and outpatient ACHD service. The exact clinical workload will depend on the candidate's experience and areas of interest, but it is expected that the candidate will independently undertake at least one ACHD clinic per week and contribute to the Consultant ACHD on call rota with support from the ACHD consultant body.

Teaching and Training Commitments:

GSTT is both an undergraduate and a postgraduate teaching centre and Clinical fellows are expected to take an active role in the postgraduate teaching activities. Clinical fellows should attend ward rounds as required and these rounds should be considered a teaching opportunity for more junior staff. In addition they may be required to undertake informal teaching of medical students, nurses and other paramedical staff.

Job Summary

The post holder will work closely with cardiology and surgical congenital teams, alongside specialist ACHD clinical nurse specialists and physiologists, to assist in providing comprehensive seven‑day‑a‑week in patient ACHD care, as well as regular outpatient commitments. They should therefore have completed a significant amount of ACHD training. They will be expected to provide general cardiology/medical supervision of the outpatient clinic and may be asked to give a cardiology opinion for ACHD patients under the care of other services within GSTT.

The post holder is expected to be proficient in congenital transthoracic echocardiography and be able to support the physiologist team.

Depending on their area of interest the post‑holder will also have the opportunity to further their experience in peri‑operative TOE, congenital cross‑sectional imaging, pulmonary hypertension, pregnancy and heart disease and congenital intervention.

Clinical Governance:

All medical and dental staff are expected to take part in clinical governance activity, including clinical audit, clinical guideline and protocol development and clinical risk management. They will be expected to produce evidence of their contribution in these areas and their audit of their own clinical work as part of their appraisal.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

• Full GMC Registration
• MRCP completed or equivalent
• On GMC Specialist Register or within six months of attaining CCT

Clinical Experience

• Expertise in main aspects of ACHD
• Comprehensive experience in cardiology
• Further expertise in relevant sub‑specialty‑ imaging/cardiac obstetric medicine/pulmonary hypertension/ congenital intervention

Knowledge and Skills

• Ability to work as an effective member of a multidisciplinary team.
• Experience in congenital echocardiography
• EACVI CHD certification in transthoracic echo (or equivalent).
• Evidence of contribution to effective clinical audit

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.

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust