Structural Cardiology Fellow (ST3)
| Posting date: | 16 March 2026 |
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| Salary: | £65,048.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £65048.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 30 March 2026 |
| Location: | Leicester, LE3 9QP |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | C9358-26-0190 |
Summary
It is anticipated that the fellow will work under the direct supervision of Consultant cardiologists Professor Kovac and Dr Roberts) for the duration of the appointment in order to get exposure to variety of complex cardiac interventions. The majority of the week will be spent in the lab undertaking procedures (4-6 sessions per week). There will be no regular ward commitment, but it may be that at times other duties will include the care of in-patients. The fellow will be expect to do 1 out-patient clinic per week. The opportunity to join the registrar on-call rota may be available, but is not mandatory. Opportunities will be dependent on the structural fellows level of experience and can be tailored to their interests. There is a well-developed structural intervention service, complex and high risk coronary intervention (CHIP) and CTO PCI service. The University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust pioneered percutaneous valvular intervention and septal defect therapies in the UK and worldwide. We are regularly involved in live transmissions to major UK and international meetings (TCT, PCR, CSI, ACI, ESC). We set up the inaugural structural Course: Leicester Structural Live in 2007. We have an NIHR Biomedical Research Centre and are widely recognised for our world-leading and international excellent research. The high calibre of our academic endeavour was recognised in the latest Research Excellence Framework (REF2021) which ranked the University of Leicester 2nd for Clinical Medicine (UoA1), with 95% of our submission ranked world-leading (4-star) or internationally excellent (3-star). Research is a fundamental aspect of UHL work and the applicant would be expected to whole-heartedly embrace this ethos alongside interventional and clinical work.