Research fellow in Cardiology

1 week ago


Stevenage SG AB, United Kingdom East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust Full time £42,000 - £63,000 per year

We have an exciting and prestigious opportunity available We are looking to appoint a Research Fellow in Cardiology, the appointment is for a 12-month fixed-term post, available from March 2026 with a view to extend.

The Trust serves a population of 520,000 and has on site angiography, angioplasty and pacing.

The successful applicant will be engaged in cardiology research predominantly, working towards an MD/PhD in Cardiology. The main area of research focuses on the use of near-patient testing of thrombotic status to identify patients with cardiac conditions at risk of future thrombotic events and investigating the relative effect of antithrombotic agents in thrombotic risk reduction and bleeding risk.

The successful applicant will be actively involved in these and future projects, and it is intended that the candidate will register for a higher research degree (MD or PhD), through existing links with either the University of Hertfordshire or Imperial College. There will be also a requirement to help support the research team of nurses to recruit patients into commercial clinical trials and registries that are ongoing.

Please note we do not offer visa sponsorship for this role. This means even if you have the right to work currently but will require a new sponsorship to work for our Trust your application will not be considered.

Responsible for day to day running of clinical research projects, in particular for patient recruitment, enrolment, follow-up and data entry.

Contribute to the design of new clinical research projects. Obtain permission from local Ethics Committee and write up results.

The appropriate candidate will participate in delivering cardiac services, both to research participants and general cardiology patients, in particular out-patient clinics, ward cover and on calls. Exposure to Cardiac Imaging and Intervention is also possible.

At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

The Lister Hospital, Stevenage

New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City

Hertford County, Hertford

Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

In the paragraphs above you have read an overview about the role we would like to offer and general information about main duties of the post holder. Please see attached – job description which describes in full details the duties, responsibilities and reporting relationships of the advertising role.



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