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Job summary

Main area
Cardiac Imaging & Amyloidosis
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Senior Clinical Fellow - MT04
Contract
Fixed term: 36 months (36 Months from start date)
Hours
Full time - 40 hours per week
Job ref
391-RFL-7217124
Employer
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Royal Free Hospital
Town
London
Salary
£61,825 per annum plus London Weighting
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
23/06/2025 23:59

Employer heading

NHS

Clinical Research Fellow in Cardiac Imaging & Amyloidosis

NHS Medical & Dental: Senior Clinical Fellow - MT04

The North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust is a medium-sized acute and community trust with over 525 beds and over 600 community staff, serving more than 600,000 people living across Enfield and Haringey and the surrounding areas, including Barnet and Waltham Forest.

The hospital has been on its present site for over 100 years and was established as an NHS trust by statute in December 1990. The Trust’s services are provided on the North Middlesex University Hospital site as well as a range of community sites across the London Borough of Enfield, including at partner hospitals. They provide services in collaboration with a range of partners, including local GPs, acute, mental health and other community health service providers across North Central London.

In the year ending 31 March 2022, the Trust reported a turnover of £419.7m and employed almost 4,000 staff. Following the transfer of Enfield Community Services on 1st April 2023, this has increased as we have welcomed over 600 new staff including District Nurses, Community Matrons, Community Physiotherapists, Psychologists and many more across a wide range of adult and children’s community services in Enfield. It is an exciting time to join North Mid as we continue our journey to become an integrated care organisation to deliver high quality, seamless care in our local communities, with a focus on tackling health inequalities.

Job overview

JOB SUMMARY

Context

Applications are invited for a Clinical Research Fellow to support clinical research and the clinical service within the Cardiac Magnetic Resonance (CMR) Imaging department and National Amyloidosis Centre (NAC) at the Royal Free Hospital.  The post is suitable for a clinical trainee with a cardiology background who wishes to gain experience in the clinical condition, cardiac imaging, and clinical and translational research. There will scope for maintaining clinical work with sessions in CMR and weekly amyloidosis clinics.  The Centre maintains a longstanding high profile clinical and basic science research programme and serves as the national referral centre for patients with amyloidosis and inherited periodic fever (auto-inflammatory) syndromes. http://www.ucl.ac.uk/medicine/amyloidosis. 

 

Main duties of the job

Main purpose of the job
Amyloidosis is a multi-system disease that encompasses many specialties.  The post holder will contribute to the delivery of the clinical services within the Centre (NAC and Cardiac MRI Department) and will contribute to the centre’s clinical research program.  The post holder will have ample opportunity to join/develop research relevant to their interests including areas of existing research such as cardiac imaging (echocardiography, MRI, CPET), proteomics, genetics, and clinical trials in amyloidosis. This will be under the guidance and supervision of senior academic staff. The position is available for 3 years from 1st May 2025 and the postholder is encouraged to register for a PhD at UCL as part of the role, with annual registration fees to be funded by the Centre.

If the successful candidate is a specialty registrar with a National Training Number (NTN) they should apply prospectively to the JRCPTB to discuss any educational or clinical credit which may be achieved from the post.  

Working for our organisation

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.

Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top.

For more information please follow link https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

Person specification

Clinical

Essential criteria
  • Membership of Royal College of Physicians or overseas equivalent
  • Relevant Specialty experience
  • GMC Registration
Desirable criteria
  • Experience in data collection, management, analysis and presentation
  • Membership of relevant Royal College or overseas equivalent
  • Ability to provide clinical supervision

Clinical

Essential criteria
  • Medical degree
  • Experience in cardiology (or speciality relevant to amyloidosis)
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate level
  • National Training Number (NTN)

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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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Julian Gillmore
Job title
Professor of Medicine
Telephone number
02077940500
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