# Senior Clinical Fellow (Ward) Cardiology > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-clinical-fellow-ward-cardiology/ff16bc0e-f0bd-468b-a512-4db5d616f07a - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-clinical-fellow-ward-cardiology/ff16bc0e-f0bd-468b-a512-4db5d616f07a.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Royal Papworth Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Cardiology - **Grade:** Senior - **Salary:** £76582.00 - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full-time - **Closing date:** 2026-11-21T23:59:59.999Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-30T14:54:07.275Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/C9175-26-0327 - **Application URL:** https://papworth.tal.net/vx/candidate/apply/2061?instant=apply - **Employer website:** https://www.royalpapworth.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job summary This post is for a Clinical Fellow in Cardiology at Royal Papworth Hospital. The role is ideally suited to a cardiology trainee looking to gain broad experience in a leading tertiary centre. The post is offered as a Substantive/permanent post. Start date to be discussed at interview. ### Main duties of the job The successful applicant will contribute to the delivery of high-quality inpatient care and emergency cardiology services. Responsibilities will include participation in the on-call rota (including bleep-holding, primary PCI cover, crash calls, ITU and surgery liaison) and acting as ward registrar for the hospital's three cardiology wards, with duties including patient reviews and clinical decision-making in collaboration with the consultant team. In addition to service commitments, the post includes flexible training time. When not rostered for on-call or ward responsibilities, the Clinical Fellow will have opportunities to engage in training across a range of specialist areas, including coronary intervention, cardiac devices, electrophysiology, echocardiography, cardiac MRI, cardiac CT, and specialist outpatient clinics. ### 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. For a street view tour: https://royalpapworth.nhs.uk/virtual-tour ### Details - Date posted: 30 October 2026 - Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff - Salary: £76,582 a year - Contract: Permanent - Working pattern: Full-time - Reference number: 175-26-2061 - 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. ### UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window). ### Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab). ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Registrar-level experience at managing acute Cardiology inpatients - PPCI centre bleep-holding experience - Experience managing inpatient cardiology - Shows critical and enquiring approach to knowledge acquisition, commitment to CPD - Empathetic approach to patients. - Capacity to work effectively in a multi-disciplinary team, and ability to demonstrate leadership when appropriate. - Understanding of the principles of clinical audit. - Satisfactory health and references. CRB clearance **Desirable** - Has completed general cardiology training - Medical or cardiothoracic ITU experience - Research Evidence of published research. - Awarded postgraduate thesis or degree - Evidence of participation in audits - Have experience in the organisation and delivery of teaching activities. ### Qualifications **Essential** - MRCP (UK) or equivalent - Completed/near completion of - higher degree (MD or PhD) - Valid Adult Life Support (ALS) ### Additional Criteria **Essential** - Please provide evidence of your commitment to uphold the Trust's values: Compassion, Excellence, Collaboration ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.