Structural Heart Fellow

Clinical and Research/Innovation Fellowship in Structural Heart Disease – 12-Month Advanced Fellowship (2026 Intake)

• Attractive salary with packaging options, relative to appointment level + access to salary packaging via Maxxia to maximise your take home pay (including venue hire, meals, entertainment and novated leasing).
  
• Full-time, fixed term for 12 months, located at Macquarie University Hospital, Sydney NSW
  
• Be part of Australia’s first and only university-owned, academically integrated healthcare organisation, where clinical excellence, research, and professional development are actively encouraged and supported.

About the Role

Macquarie University Hospital (MUH) is an internationally leading high-volume centre in Structural Heart Disease. The MUH Structural Heart Disease program is integrated with a translational research program that spans advanced imaging, artificial intelligence, device bioengineering to cutting-edge clinical trials of novel Structural Heart interventions including new transcatheter mitral & tricuspid technologies.

Macquarie University Hospital is seeking an exceptional cardiology trainee or early-career cardiovascular clinician to join our Structural Heart Disease program in a Fellowship that integrates multidisciplinary clinical training in advanced Structural Heart Disease with training in Structural Heart Disease research and innovation. As the Structural Heart Fellow, you will work closely with a high-performing multidisciplinary Heart Team in the diagnosis, planning, and management of patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) and other structural heart.

interventions. Clinical training will be tailored to the Structural Heart Disease sub-specialty interest of the successful candidate (e.g. advanced imaging, heart failure management and/or SHD interventions). The role combines clinical exposure with dedicated time for active involvement in biomedical innovation, research, and academic development.

This is a unique opportunity to train in a leading academic hospital that integrates world-class clinical practice, cutting-edge research, and medical education.

Key Responsibilities

• Participate in inpatient and outpatient clinical care of Structural Heart Disease patients
  
• Present at multidisciplinary team meetings and educational forums
  
• Perform and interpret Structural Heart Disease transthoracic and transoesophageal echocardiography (TOE), including interventional TOE for procedural guidance
  
• Assist in case planning and intra-procedural support for TAVI and related
  
• Interventions
  
• Liaise with patients, families, and general practitioners to support integrated
  
• patient care
  
• Actively participate in an innovation program to identify unmet clinical needs and opportunities for innovation in Structural Heart Disease
  
• Actively contribute to clinical research, audits, and academic publications

What We Offer

• Supervised training in an internationally recognised Structural Heart program
  
• Access to advanced imaging, robotic, and transcatheter technologies
  
• Clinical and Academic mentorship from experienced cardiologists, surgeons, and imaging specialists
  
• Opportunities for national and international conference participation
  
• A collaborative environment committed to education, innovation, and patient-centred care

About You

• FRACP (or equivalent) in Cardiology (or close to completion)
  
• Demonstrated interest in Structural Heart Disease
  
• Strong clinical skills
  
• Excellent communication, organisation, and teamwork abilities
  
• Research experience is highly desirable

How to Apply

Join a leading centre for cardiovascular innovation! To be considered for this position, you will demonstrate how your experience aligns with this role in your CV and a 1–2-page cover letter.

Specific Role Enquiries: Prof Martin Ng, Professor of Cardiology and Structural Heart at Macquarie University Hospital martin.ng@mq.edu.au

Applications Close: Sunday, 26th April 2026, 11:59pm, AEST

**Please note: We will be reviewing applications and conducting interviews on a rolling basis. The advertisement may close earlier than the stated deadline if the position is filled. **

Why Join Us?

You'll play a key role in shaping the future of integrated healthcare in Australia. You'll join a supportive, collaborative team that is committed to delivering innovative, patient-centred care backed by world-class research and teaching.

At Macquarie University Health, we know working together leads to better health outcomes. This happens when clinicians, researchers, students and staff unite to improve lives through compassionate, coordinated, effective care that is centred around the patient. We are celebrating our 15-year anniversary.

As Australia's first fully integrated academic health precinct on a university campus, we translate research into faster diagnoses, better treatments and integrated, evidence-based recovery pathways. In this environment, our students receive unique, hands-on learning experiences. That's how we Heal. Learn. Discover. ™

We offer fantastic range of Employee Benefits including:

• Salary sacrifices options and excellent salary packaging benefits (including venue hire, meals, entertainment and novated leasing) so you have great potential to maximise your income working for us
  
• Post graduate study and ongoing education support through scholarship programs
  
• Macquarie University Childcare at a reduced staff rate
  
• Extensive Macquarie University facilities including sporting facilities, gym and pool

More information about our employee benefits can be found here.

Pre-Employment Checks

Macquarie University Health cultivates a workplace defined by safety, ethical conduct, and strong integrity. Prior to completion of an offer of employment, preferred candidates will be required to participate in a combination of pre-employment checks relevant to the role they have applied for.

Your employment is conditional upon the completion and maintenance of all role-required pre-employment or background checks in terms satisfactory to Macquarie University Health.

If you're already part of the Macquarie Group (MQ University, U@MQ, MQ Health, MGSM), you'll need to apply through your employee Workday account. To apply for this job: Login to Workday and go to the Careers App > Find Jobs.