Cardiovascular Research Fellow

About Us

The School of Cardiovascular & Metabolic Medicine & Sciences (SCMMS) provides an outstanding multi-disciplinary environment for the pursuit of cutting-edge cardiovascular and metabolic research (https://www.kcl.ac.uk/scms).  

We study the fundamental molecular, cellular, and physiological processes that underly normal and abnormal cardiovascular and metabolic function and we drive the translation of this strong basic science into advances in clinical practice to improve prevention, diagnosis and treatment.  This activity provides a high-quality research and training environment for non-clinical and clinical scientists.

The School occupies facilities across the Guy’s, St Thomas’ and Denmark Hill campuses of King’s College London and comprises over 65 academic groups, hosting 400 staff and 110 PhD students. 

Our community of world-renowned researchers and educators have access to a state-of-the art core facilities and expertise, including for high-throughput screening, multimodality in vivo imaging, proteomics, integrative physiology and viral & non-viral vector production. As part of King’s Health Partners, we have an excellent environment for basic-clinical interaction and a strong focus on mentoring and career development. 

The School is a partner of the NIHR Biomedical Research Centre at Guy’s and St. Thomas’, which offers world class facilities for translational studies and phase I/II clinical trials. The post is based within the School of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine & Sciences at the Southbank Campus.  The School and these Centres provide an outstanding highly multidisciplinary environment with state-of-the-art equipment, facilities and technical support for both laboratory work and animal studies. 

About The Role

A position is available for a Cardiovascular Research Fellow (Cardiac Physiologist / Clinical Scientist) within the School of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine & Sciences at King’s College London. This jointly funded post between King’s College London and Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust is embedded within one of the UK’s leading echocardiography research groups. The role offers a unique combination of clinical service delivery and academic research, providing an excellent opportunity for both professional and academic development.

The successful candidate will perform and independently report clinical echocardiography examinations to British Society of Echocardiography (BSE) standards. They will lead research clinics jointly overseen by the Echocardiography Department at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust (clinical governance) and the Department of Clinical Pharmacology at King’s College London (academic governance), including but not limited to Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy (CRT) Optimisation and Inherited Cardiac Conditions clinics. The post holder will also undertake vascular and other physiological assessments in accordance with research study protocols. BSE Adult Transthoracic Echocardiography Accreditation (or an equivalent qualification) is an essential requirement for this role.

Working under the supervision of Dr Haotian Gu (Principal Investigator), the post holder will contribute to the NIHR-funded EFFECT-CRT study, the British Heart Foundation-funded EF1 in CRT study, and other research projects led by the Guy’s and St Thomas’ Cardiovascular Research & Development team. Academic responsibilities will include supporting study coordination, data management and analysis, and the preparation of reports, presentations, and scientific publications.

The post will be primarily based at the Clinical Research Facility, St Thomas’ Hospital, London, with travel to other study sites required as part of the research programme.

This is a full-time post (40 hours per week), and you will be offered a fixed term contract for two years from start of contract.

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