Heart Research UK is pleased to continue its partnership with the British Cardiovascular Society (BCS) to offer fellowship opportunities to BCS members.
The BCS-Heart Research UK clinical fellowship scheme offers the potential for clinical top-up training, allowing candidates across the NHS workforce to gain new clinical skills or experience in a global centre of excellence.
Fellowship One: Individual clinical placement for up to two months
Under this scheme, there is one individual clinical placement for up to two months to a global centre of excellence for a senior trainee or consultant cardiologist. This scheme could particularly suit a clinician with unmet training needs in ACHD, cross-sectional imaging (CMR/CT), or ICC, though other sub-speciality areas will be considered. The fellowship funding would be used to contribute to travel, accommodation, salary and any local medical regulatory/certification costs.
Successful candidates will be expected to provide a full report of their experience within one month of completion and a short video clip detailing their experience which will be used to promote the scheme. All fellowships must be completed by the end of May 2025. The candidate will provide a short talk on their experience at the BCS Conference in June 2025.
Maximum award value of fellowship: £15,000. Applications close at 11:59 pm on Friday, 4th October.
Fellowship Two: Team placement for up to six members of a team for one week
One team placement for up to six members of each team (composition can be any NHS employees in the cardiovascular workforce) to visit a global centre of excellence for one week to observe a specific pathway of care or specific procedure for which there are plans for adoption back in the UK host centre.
This could suit a cath-lab team in complex intervention, structural intervention, EP/devices, paediatric or adult congenital HD, or an imaging department planning to start a new clinical service (e.g., cardiac CT or CMR). The fellowship funding would be used to contribute towards travel, accommodation, salary and any local medical regulatory/certification costs.
Successful candidates will be expected to provide a full report of their experience within one month of completion and a short video clip detailing their experience which will be used to promote the scheme. All fellowships must be completed by the end of May 2025. The team will provide a short talk on their experience at the BCS Conference in June 2025.
Maximum award value per team fellowship: £16,000. Applications close at 11:59 pm on Friday, 4th October.
Fellowship Three: Individual clinical placement for up to one month
One individual clinical placement for a Healthcare Professional (e.g. nurse specialist, technologist, clinical scientist, pharmacist, physiologist), for up to one month to a global centre of excellence to learn new practical skills or pathways of care, for which there are plans for adoption back in the UK host centre. The fellowship funding would be used to contribute towards travel, accommodation, salary and any local medical regulatory/certification costs.
Successful candidates will be expected to provide a full report of their experience within one month of completion. All fellowships must be completed by the end of May 2025. The candidate will provide a short talk on their experience at the BCS Conference in June 2025.
Maximum award value of fellowship: £5,000. Applications close at 11:59 pm on Friday, 4th October.
