Senior Clinical Fellow in Adult Congenital Heart Disease
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The closing date is 28 September 2025
An opportunity has arisen for the position of Senior Clinical Fellow in Adult Congenital Heart Disease at The Adult Congenital Heart Disease Unit (ACHD), Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (QEHB), starting date to be confirmed. The post is fixed term for 12 months. The unit offers a supra-regional service for the management of adult congenital heart patients in the West Midlands and covers all relevant clinical sub-specialities including cardiac obstetric services, electrophysiology, devices, interventional catheter-based procedures, full ACHD surgical programme, and cardiac transplantation. There is onsite advanced imaging including TTE, TOE, cardiac CT, cardiac MRI and nuclear cardiology and expertise in cardiopulmonary exercise testing. The post offers the opportunity to sub-specialise in all areas of ACHD. It is suitable for an individual who has gained their CCT or equivalent and would like to gain further experience in this field prior to consultant appointment, or for trainees wishing to pursue subspecialty training in ACHD, subject to educational approval.
Main duties of the jobThe post holder's clinical duties will include 3 general ACHD clinics per week, ACHD imaging sessions, MDT meetings and ACHD in-patient care. There will be the opportunity for clinical duties to be tailored to meet the training needs of the successful candidate.
About usUniversity Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
Job responsibilitiesThe Wellcome Clinical Research Facility provides both clinical rooms, nursing care (both in and out-patient) and facilities including echocardiography, 24 hour ECG recording, exercise testing, fluoroscopy and haemodynamic monitoring, adjacent clinic and research rooms and IT support. There are also extensive basic science laboratory facilities on site. The Institute of Translational Medicine opened in September 2016 and houses the Rare Disease Unit, providing individualised clinical care for some of our most complex patients and the ACHD unit with unparalleled research opportunities. There is a dedicated research 3T Cobalt MRI scanner for research.
The ACHD team is currently expanding its research involvement.
Person Specification Qualifications- Primary medical qualification
- Full GMC registration
- MRCP or equivalent
- Evidence of experience of ACHD.
- Having completed or nearing the end of a recognised training programme in adult cardiology.
- Transthoracic echo skills relevant to ACHD.
- Commitment to an understanding of the principles of audit
- An understanding of and commitment to research and evidence-based practice in all aspects of medical care.
- An understanding of clinical governance
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.
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
£65,048 to £73,992 a yearDependent on equivalent experience