PVDU Clinical Research Fellow
The closing date is 13 July 2025
Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced speciality trainee to join the research team in the Pulmonary Vascular Diseases Unit based in the R&D department in the Victor Philip Dahdaleh Heart & Lung Research Institute (VPD-HLRI).
The Pulmonary Vascular Diseases Unit (PVDU) is part of the specialist thoracic medical services at Royal Papworth Hospital. The Unit is a designated national centre for the management of patients with severe pulmonary hypertension and is the only centre in the UK providing pulmonary endarterectomy and pulmonary balloon angioplasty for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. Applicants will be required to hold MRCP or equivalent and have experience in thoracic medicine or cardiology at specialist trainee level or equivalent. The successful candidate will support ongoing research in translational and experimental medicine in patients with pulmonary hypertension. The role will be for a period of 12 months and we are looking to appoint as soon as possible.
Main duties of the job
1.The post-holder will gain experience in clinical trials and experimental medicine and will be responsible as a named sub-investigator for delivering high quality trials across a portfolio of pulmonary hypertension trials.
2.The post holder will have responsibility for assisting in clinical research studies conducted within area of responsibility, ensuring that studies are run to the highest standards incorporating Good Clinical Practice Guidelines.
3.The successful applicant will contribute to research in digital studies looking to define endpoints and novel treatments that can be adopted in a "patient-centred" care model.
About us
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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Details
Date posted
04 July 2025
Pay scheme
Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade
Specialty registrar
Salary
£61,825 to £70,425 a year
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
12 months
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
175-25-1314
Job locations
Heart and Lung Research Institute
Papworth Road
Cambridge Bio Medical Campus
Cambridge
CB2 0AY
Employer details
Employer name
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Heart and Lung Research Institute
Papworth Road
Cambridge Bio Medical Campus
Cambridge
CB2 0AY
Employer's website
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