Senior Clinical Fellow (Ward) Cardiology

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 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.

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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