Clinical Research Fellow Advanced Heart Failure, Transplantation, MCS

We are seeking to appoint a Research Fellow in Cardiovascular Medicine (advanced heart failure, transplantation and mechanical circulatory support) to be based primarily at the Harefield Hospital site.

The successful candidate will carry out an epidemiological study related to advanced heart failure, cardiac transplantation, and left ventricular assist devices.

It is hoped the project will form the successful candidates work towards obtaining an MD or PhD.

The funding is secured for the successful candidate who will be expected to work towards an MD/PhD (tuition fees to be funded by the candidate)., The post holder will be involved in the clinical care of patients in the project and will be the primary point of contact for these patients. The post holder will we working closely with Imperial College HealthCare partners Discover NOW team as well has the heart failure cardiologists in North West London area. They will actively recruit all patients required for the project.

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best known hospitals - Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.

We are among the UK's busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.

We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and - as part of King's Health Partners - we are one of England's eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research's biomedical research centres, established with King's College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.

Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals joined Guy's and St Thomas' in February 2021 and is the largest specialist heart and lung centre in the UK and among the largest in Europe. Weprovide treatment for people with heart and lung disease, including rare and complex conditions, offering some of the most sophisticated treatment that is available anywhere in the world.