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Job summary
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 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 micropucture 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 with disabilities will be offered an interview.
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Details
- Date posted: 01 July 2026
- Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff
- Salary: £76,582 a year
- Contract: Fixed term
- Duration: 12 months
- Working pattern: Full-time
- Reference number: 175-26-1862
- Job locations: Royal Papworth Hospital, Papworth Road, Cambridge Bio Medical Campus, Cambridge, CB2 0AY, United Kingdom
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.
Person specification
Experience
Essential
- 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 eg manual dexterity, hand-eye coordination
Desirable
- Shows aptitude for practical skills, e.g. hand-eye co- ordination, dexterity, visual- spatial awareness Attendance at relevant courses,
- e.g. ATLS, basic surgical skills
Qualifications
Essential
- MBBS, and FRCS/MRCS or equivalent
Desirable
- MD or PhD
Additional Criteria
Essential
- 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
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