Clinical Research Fellow

Key Responsibilities:

Supporting the coordination and management of trial activities

Submitting applications for relevant Regulatory, Ethics and Governance permissions to conduct Clinical Trials within the Trust/University.

Identifying, screening and assessing the suitability of local patients to take part in research, according to specified inclusion/exclusion criteria.

Providing specialist information to patients about taking part in Clinical Trials, including the risks and benefits of participation in specific protocols. Initiating and facilitating the process of gaining their informed consent.

Ensuring trial specific investigations and sampling are undertaken as per the Protocol to establish eligibility and to ensure safe entry into trials.

Maintaining accurate documentation in an auditable format and accurately record data as required by each project.

Identifying barriers to recruitment and performance, communicating these to the wider team, and help facilitate their resolution.

Ensuring all activities undertaken meet the standards set out in the Principles of Good Clinical Practice and National Research Governance Framework for Health & Social Care (DH, 2005).

Actively participate in team meetings, including research fellows, research nurses and department consultants and University staff.

Promote a culture of academic excellence through peer-peer learning and education sessions and journal club

Identifying barriers to recruitment and performance, communicating these to the wider team, and help facilitate their resolution.

Qualifications

• Full GMC registration with a licence to practice

• Good Clinical Practice

Experience

• Prior NHS experience in a medical specialty

• Prior engagement with research

• Development of documents for regulatory approval submission

Clinical Skills

• Understanding of clinical risk management

Knowledge

• Able to demonstrate appropriate level of clinical knowledge

• Knowledge and use of evidence based practice

• IT skills

• Effective, confident presentation ability

Other

• The ability to interact well intellectually and personally with colleagues, students and patients

• Ability to motivate others and engage different staff in activities

• Self-motivation, initiative and the ability to work both independently and as part of a busy team

• Evidence of prioritising and organisational skills and the ability to meet tight deadlines

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills including presentation and report writing skills

• Good attention to detail

• Evidence of participation in audit

• Publications

• Prizes and honours

• Logical thinking, problem solving and decision making

We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.

For more information, please see our People and OD Strategy 2026

Smoke Free Policy:

All of our hospitals operate a strict no smoking policy. Smoking cigarettes or tobacco products is not allowed on any of the grounds or in any of the buildings run by us. This applies to patients, staff, carers and visitors to Trust premises.

Our goal is to improve the health and wellbeing of everyone we care for and, by making sure that our NHS services are smoke-free, we benefit the health of people who use our services as well as the health of the people who work for us.