Job summary
Are you an ambitious doctor ready to advance your career in cardiology? Join our dynamic team at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital as a Senior Clinical Fellow. This post offers exceptional clinical experience, dedicated training opportunities, and a supportive team environment in a modern hospital setting.

You will be part of a 1:9 full shift rota on a fixed term contract for 1 year. You will need to have MRCP and experience to ST4 level in Cardiology already. You may be an advanced trainee looking to complete your training in a busy clinical environment or just starting out. Either way, we will be keen to meet you.

Our department comprises 22 WTE Consultants including 9 interventional cardiologists who run a busy Primary PCI rota. The PCI team are complemented by pacing specialists who together deliver the UKs largest bradycardia pacing service. Our Electrophysiologists are amongst the highest volume operators in the UK. All of this activity is supported by an expanding State of the Art imaging service. We are a level 2 Adult Congenital Heart Disease centre, a specialist Inherited Cardiac Conditions centre and host a Pulmonary Hypertension Service.

Come and join our team in Norwich and we will help you achieve your career ambitions.

Main duties of the job
All employees, including the appointee, will be expected to be involved in implementing the Trust's Clinical Governance programme. This includes active participation in clinical audit, quality, clinical guidelines/pathways, professional development, appraisal and risk management.

About us
Join us at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and be part of a workforce of over 10,000 staff!

The NNUH is one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, providing first-class acute care for around one million people, living in Norfolk and surrounding areas. We are a teaching and research hospital, at the forefront of innovation, home to state-of-the-art facilities, such as the Quadram Institute. We are pleased to work closely with the University of East Anglia, providing teaching opportunities for our staff and placement opportunities for their students. We attract some of the best and leading professionals from across the country and are proud that our workforce represents 94 countries from across the world.

We are a friendly, collaborative hospital, working with local services and home to N&N Hospitals Charity.

We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:

• Flexible working hours
• Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service
• Multi Faith prayer room at NNUH Colney Lane site
• Discounted gym memberships
• Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
• Wagestream - access up to 40% of your pay as you earn it
• Free Park & Ride service direct to NNUH Colney Lane site
• Free 24-hours confidential counselling support
• On-site Nursery at NNUH Colney Lane
• On-site cafes offering staff discounts at NNUH Colney Lane
• Support in career development
• Flexible staff bank
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars, Cycle to Work scheme and home electronics

Details
Date posted: 16 October 2026
Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade: Doctor - other
Salary: £67,325 a year Per annum pro rata
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 12 months
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 234-MS2588
Job locations: Cardiology Medical Staff, Norwich, NR4 7UY, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job description for full details of the post and person Specifications.

Full GMC with licence to practice required on application.

Person Specification
Qualifications

• Essential: Full GMC Registration MRCP or equivalent Ability to perform at ST4 level
• Desirable: MD, PhD, BSc.

Circumstances

• Essential: Flexible outlook on working hours. Must live within a 15-mile radius of the base Trust or 30 minutes travelling time.

Aptitudes

• Essential: Good communicator. Capable of working in a multi-disciplinary team. Enthusiasm for service development and teaching.
• Desirable: Previous responsibility for service improvement. Management skills Database skills

Experience

• Essential: Applicants who are Nationals from another European country or elsewhere overseas would have to show equivalence to the 5 years training period in the National Health Service required for the specialty. Experience in Cardiology Experience on-call at SpR level Training and expertise in children's safeguarding
• Desirable: Experience in research or published papers in area of special interest Experience of working in the NHS

Communications and Language Skills

• Essential: Ability to communicate effectively with clinical colleagues, colleagues in pathology and support staff Ability to present effectively to an audience, using a variety of methods, and to respond to questions and queries
• Desirable: Good presentation skills.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details
Employer name: Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital
Address: Cardiology Medical Staff, Norwich, NR4 7UY, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.nnuh.nhs.uk/

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Service Director and Consultant Cardiologist, Dr Tim Gilbert, timothy.gilbert@nnuh.nhs.uk, 01603287517

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