Job summary
- Main area
- Cardiology
- Grade
- (depending on experience)
- Contract
- 4 years (Fixed term for a duration of 4 years from commencing in post.)
- Hours
- Full time
- Job ref
- 382-DOC48-26-A
- Employer
- Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Blackpool Teaching Hospitals
- Town
- Blackpool
- Salary
- (depending on experience)
- Closing
- 15/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Research Fellow in Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction
(depending on experience)
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is situated on the west coast of Lancashire, with services covering the local authority areas of Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre. The Trust is part of the Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care System (ICS) supporting a population of around 1.6 million people.
We have three main hospitals providing acute services to around 330,000 local residents. The organisation also provides specialist tertiary care for cardiac and haematology services, delivers community health services to over 445,000 residents including those in North Lancashire and hosts the National Artificial Eye Service across England. Plus, we provide urgent and emergency care services to an estimated 18 million people who visit the seaside resort each year. We employ over 7000 people from 68 different countries.
We welcome and encourage application from anyone with protected characteristics, as well as supporting reservists and Veterans who are looking for a rewarding and challenging career within the NHS.
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals encourages flexible working in all our roles to support staff in maintaining healthy home-life balance. Working patterns such as: part time working, self-rostering, compressed hours, annualised hours, term time, reverse term time and flexitime working can be explored.
Job overview
Are you an enthusiastic and ambitious clinician or scientist? Do you wish to gain experience in clinical translational research? Do you have an interest in cardiovascular disease? Do you want to further your career in one of the UK’s leading cardiovascular units, affiliated with two top 10 UK Universities including one of the UK’s leading Biomedical Research Centres?
A fully-funded opportunity has arisen for a highly skilled and enthusiastic clinician or scientist to work with world-leading researchers at Lancaster Medical School, Lancaster University; the Lancashire Cardiac Centre, Blackpool, and the NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre and the Faculty of Biology, Medicine & Health, University of Manchester.
Clinical cardiologists in training will have the opportunity to work in a state-of-the-art cardiology catheter laboratory, undertaking invasive microvascular assessments and other coronary vascular procedures. In addition, you will acquire qualitative and quantitative translational skills to transfer clinical knowledge to public health practice, as well as a strong understanding of how to undertake research in the NHS setting.
Salary: Clinical Scale up to ST7 (depending on experience), or PhD Stipend scale, depending on candidate
Main duties of the job
The Lancashire Cardiac Centre, Blackpool, where you will be based, is the regional cardiovascular centre, undertaking all aspects of tertiary cardiology and cardiothoracic care, including hosting the regional primary PCI, structural intervention and Electrophysiology programmes and the regional cardiothoracic surgical unit. It has 5 state-of-the-art cardiology catheter laboratories and is a high-volume centre. It is also one of 15 English NIHR Clinical Commercial Research Delivery Centres, part of the NIHR infrastructure, undertaking multiple cardiovascular late-phase commercial clinical trials.
Professor Gavin Galasko, Consultant Interventional Cardiologist, has been performing invasive coronary microvascular assessments for the past 8 years to diagnose microvascular angina. He has recently set up the only invasive service in the North West to assess and diagnose vasospastic angina invasively. He will support your clinical and academic skill development, together with academics from Lancaster and Manchester University.
Working for our organisation
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is situated on the west coast of Lancashire, with services covering the local authority areas of Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre. The Trust is part of the Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care System (ICS) supporting a population of around 1.6 million people. We have three main hospitals providing acute services to around 330,000 local residents. The organisation also provides specialist tertiary care for cardiac and haematology services, delivers community health services to over 445,000 residents including those in North Lancashire and hosts the National Artificial Eye Service across England. Plus, we provide urgent and emergency care services to an estimated 18 million people who visit the seaside resort each year. We employ over 7000 people from 68 different countries.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The research project will:
1) Retrospectively analyse an extensive clinical database of patients who have undergone microvascular studies, assessing predictors and clinical outcomes
2) Assess reliability of invasive microvascular assessments, including potentially novel methods of assessment
3) Prospectively assess microvascular function in other vascular beds, working with Professor Adam Greenstein and his team at Manchester University.
4) Potentially undertake spectrochemical analyses to develop a predictive algorithm for microvascular and/or coronary vasospastic disease.
5) Develop other appropriate studies in microvascular dysfunction.
Depending on experience and skills you will learn methods for measuring microvascular dysfunction in the cardiology catheter laboratory and in other vascular beds including the retina. Other responsibilities include maintaining accurate patient records, ensuring compliance with research governance, and supporting patient recruitment and follow up, including to commercial clinical trials which will help fund this role. You will be expected to lead the research project and generate first author publications as part of a higher degree. Although not required for funding, there will also be an opportunity to apply for research grants.
Person specification
Education and Qualification
Essential criteria
- Batchelor’s Degree or Equivalent, including Medical Degree
Desirable criteria
- Full GMC Registration
- Medical Degree
- Master’s Degree
- MRCP
- Previous cardiology experience
Experience and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Evidence of an interest in Audit, Research & Innovation
Desirable criteria
- NHS Experience
- Prior research experience in a relevant field, preferably in biological or physiological sciences.
- Previous research experience and academic publications
- Experience with statistical analysis, clinical trial procedures, and/or laboratory techniques
Skills and Ability
Essential criteria
- Strong communication skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Be highly motivated, independent, and able to work as part of a team.
- Ability to organise and prioritise own work with minimal supervision
- Ability to manage research timelines and deliver outputs independently
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Professor Gavin Galasko
- Job title
- Consultant Interventional Cardiologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01253 957761
- Additional information
For further information please contact Prof Galasko via his secretary on 01253 957761
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