Job summary
- Main area
- Paediatric Cardiology
- Grade
- Senior Clinical Fellow
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (+ on call (1:12))
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week (40.25 hours)
- Job ref
- 196-MED4878
- Employer
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Evelina London Children's Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £61,825 - £70,425 p.a. excl. LZ
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Post CCT Fellow in Paediatric Cardiology in Fetal Cardiology
Senior Clinical Fellow
Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.
Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.
The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.
We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.
Job overview
This one-year post will provide the postholder with advanced training in prenatal diagnosis and management of congenital heart disease. It will provide an opportunity for a transition period between higher specialist training/completion of training in Paediatric Cardiology (CCT) and working at consultant level. The postholder will gain experience in all aspects of fetal cardiology with the majority of their timetable committed to developing their sub-specialty interest. Commitment to paediatric cardiology service provision, including paediatric cardiology rapid assessment clinics is also an integral part of the post. It is expected that by the end of the one year post the successful candidate will be in a position to apply for a consultant position.
Main duties of the job
The main objectives of this post are:
• To develop subspecialty skills in fetal cardiology
• To provide a service commitment in Paediatric Cardiology and be involved in all aspects of the department.
• To provide clinical support, together with other registrars, to the consultants in paediatric cardiology and fetal cardiology as well as perform independent outpatient clinic duties.
• To participate in all clinical activities including multidisciplinary meetings across all sites with the objective of ensuring a high standard of patient care.
• To take an active part in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training.
• To contribute to the management of the clinical service and service development.
Working for our organisation
Evelina London Children‘s Healthcare (ELCH) is the second largest provider of acute (hospital) children‘s services in London. We provide children‘s hospital services (secondary acute services) to the local area and an almost comprehensive portfolio of tertiary services (we take referrals from other healthcare organisations such as local or district hospitals) to south London and south east England. We also provide specialist and universal children‘s community services to the communities in Lambeth and Southwark.
On 1st February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals became part of Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust – a truly once in a generation development. Together, we are taking our first steps towards our vision of creating a brand-new centre of excellence that will be the global leader in the research into and treatment of heart and lung disease in patients from pre-birth to old age.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The postholder will be expected to take part in the full range of clinical activities of the department. The duties, sufficient to maintain and develop their pre-existing skills, will be negotiated with the Educational Supervisor and Consultants in paediatric cardiology.
Clinical:
The focus of this post is to develop subspecialty clinical skills in fetal cardiology. The postholder will also be expected to undertake a mixed range of duties at senior registrar level (under the supervision of one of the consultants). These will include but are not limited to outpatient commitments, participating in joint discussions about patients and in the allocation of clinical duties within the department if the need arises. The postholder will care for inpatients and out-patients both within the department and at outreach clinics.
Person specification
Good Medical Practice:
Essential criteria
- Evidence of understanding of and adherence to the principles of Good Medical Practice set out by the General Medical Council
- Demonstrate examples of Trust values
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
- Full GMC Registration with entry on the Specialist Register, or within 6 months of CCT (or equivalent) at the time of application
- MRCP or MRCPCH or equivalent
- Minimum of 7 years’ experience in clinical medicine or research posts
Desirable criteria
- MSc or other degrees / qualifications
- Higher degree eg MD (res), PhD
Management
Essential criteria
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- The ability to use information technology
- An awareness of and positive attitude to equal opportunities issues within healthcare and education
- Completion of an audit or service evaluation
- Training in health services management
Desirable criteria
- Involvement in service development
- Demonstrates management experience in or outside specialty / medicine
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Competent to work without direct supervision where appropriate
- The ability to take individual responsibility for planning and undertaking own work
- Ability to work as an effective member of a multidisciplinary team
- Ability to take individual responsibility for planning and undertaking own work
- Awareness of own limitations
- Training in breaking bad news
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrates use of evidence-informed practice
- EACVI accreditation in congenital echocardiography
Clinical Experience
Essential criteria
- Clinical Experience
- Demonstrable competencies and logbook of practical aspects of fetal echocardiography and prenatal counselling equivalent to 1-2 years of ST7-8 training in fetal cardiology
- Experience of fetal cardiology
Desirable criteria
- Use of advanced imaging modalities in fetal cardiology e.g. deformation imaging, fetal cardiac MRI
Research
Essential criteria
- Experience of clinical or basic sciences research
- Experience of using a database for data entry and collection.
Desirable criteria
- Paediatric cardiology or fetal cardiology peer-reviewed publication in journal
teaching
Essential criteria
- Commitment to teaching of medical and other staff including medical students
Desirable criteria
- Formal teaching qualification
- Evidence of teaching in organised courses/meetings
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Trisha Vigneswaran
- Job title
- Paediatric Cardiologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
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