Interventional Fellow in Complex PCI and TAVI

NHS; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 73,000 - 86,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare institution in the United Kingdom is seeking an Interventional Fellow to join their TAVI team. The role offers extensive training and experience in TAVI procedures with a fixed salary of £73,992 per annum. The successful candidate will engage in various clinical duties, including managing patients and participating in educational meetings. This position begins in March 2026 and is ideal for those looking to advance their skills before applying for permanent consultant roles.

Qualifications

• Proven experience of managing patients undergoing TAVI procedures.
• High volume first-operator experience (>400 cases) of PCI procedures.
• Written evidence of satisfactory training to date.

Responsibilities

• Participate in TAVI lab sessions and seminars for professional development.
• Manage pre-and post-procedural care of patients.
• Attend weekly TAVI MDT meetings and document patient data.

Skills

Experience of PCI procedures

Ability to communicate effectively

Teaching experience

Proactive patient care

Education

Primary Medical Qualification

Full GMC registration

Completion of Foundation Training

Higher research degree in a PCI-related topic

Job description

Interventional Fellow in Complex PCI & TAVI (Post CCT equivalent)

Closing date 22 January 2026.

We are delighted to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our well‑integrated team.

The appointee will participate extensively under the supervision of all the TAVI consultant cardiologists. They will gain extensive first operator experience. There will be training in analysis and interpretation of cardiac CT for patients being assessed for TAVI. A regular component of the fellowship will be dedicated training in TAVI using the Edwards Sapien, Medtronic Evolut TAVI valves and Abbott Navitor valves.

The appointee will be expected to participate in the pre‑and post‑procedural care of patients they have performed procedures upon as well as regularly attend the TAVI MDTs.

The post is to commence March 2026 for 12 months. This is a fixed salary post of £73,992 per annum with no on‑call.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Main duties of the job

This post is an opportunity to gain experience in TAVI in a high‑volume UK centre. It is suitable for a candidate who is competent in PCI and would like to further enhance their skills in TAVI prior to application for substantive consultant interventional posts.

For an informal discussion and further information regarding the opportunity and Directorate, please contact: Professor Rajiv Das, Consultant Cardiologist on 0191 2448525 or via email at [e-mail].

Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification.

About us

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion. We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We're also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic disorders.

Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients' contacts each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce that reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people's race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under‑represented groups.

Job responsibilities

Clinical:

The successful appointee will work as part of the TAVI team. Typical duties per week will include 6/7 TAVI lab sessions, 1 TAVI clinic and time allocated for audit and research. There will be responsibility for the management of patients undergoing TAVI procedures.

Administrative:

Responsibility for recording data from lab patients in local databases, writing discharge summaries and communicating with General Practitioners.

Other:

Attendance and participation at the weekly TAVI MDT meeting, other educational meetings and the relevant quality assurance programme.

Emergency and On‑call Responsibilities:

There is no out‑of‑hours commitment attached to this post. It is not expected that the appointee will take part in the General Cardiology specialty registrar on‑call rota, but it may be possible to accommodate this if the appointee expressly wishes to do so and has suitable experience. This would involve covering CCU including direct admissions to the PPCI service and other cardiac emergencies. This is a 1:10 rota and is resident.

Education and Training:

A named educational supervisor will discuss the needs of the appointee at the start of the job and review them regularly. The appointee will also receive positive support from the Trust with regard to taking exams or additional qualifications and will have access to a minimum of 10 days of study leave per year, plus additional days for Trust and (if applicable) MTI induction.

There are opportunities for Audit, and to develop an interest in the research activities of the department. The appointee will be involved as a sub‑investigator for on‑going research studies in clinical electrophysiology in the department.

Accountability:

The appointee will be accountable in their clinical duties to the consultants whose patients they are managing in the first instance, to the Clinical Director of cardiothoracic services and ultimately to the Medical Director of the trust.

Indicative timetable

Morning

Afternoon

Monday

Admin

TAVI clinic

Tuesday

TAVI

TAVI

Admin

TAVI

Thursday

TAVI

TAVI

Friday

TAVI

TAVI

Flexibility

In line with the Trust's core value of placing patients at the heart of everything we do, we are developing our service provision to be responsive to the needs of our patients. To meet those needs some staff groups will be increasingly asked to work a more flexible work pattern so that they can offer services in the evening or weekend. As a result, any offer of employment to a consultant post will be subject to you agreeing to work a new more flexible pattern or working in the future if required, including evening and weekend work.

Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

• Primary Medical Qualification.
• Full GMC registration at the time of application.
• Satisfactory completion of Foundation Training or equivalent and General Cardiology training.
• Higher research degree in a PCI‑related topic.

Clinical Skills and Knowledge

• Experience of PCI procedures, including complex PCI.
• Proactive care of pre‑ and post‑procedural patients.
• Insight into abilities and knowledge, and the ability to ask for help when required.
• High volume first‑operator experience (>400 cases) of PCI procedures.

Maintaining Clinical Competence

• Written evidence of satisfactory training to date e.g. workplace assessments.

Teaching

• Experience of teaching undergraduate medical students & Foundation Doctors.
• Willingness to develop new approaches to teaching and learning.

Clinical Governance, Audit and Research

• Experience of audit projects.
• Understanding of research principles.
• Publications/abstracts in PCI/TAVI research.

Communication, Relationships and Working with Colleagues

• Ability to communicate clearly and fluently in the English language.
• Ability to communicate and liaise effectively with patients and other people within a multidisciplinary team.
• Neat, legible writing of notes/charts.

Personal Attributes

• Alignment with the Trust's Values.
• Flexible approach to service delivery and committed approach to development.
• A commitment to personal / unit CPD.
• Honesty, integrity, awareness of ethical dilemmas, respect for confidentiality.
• Evidence of leadership skills.
• IT literate.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust