Department: St John's Institute of Dermatology
Grade and Salary: £45,943 - £50,175 per annum, plus £2,162 London Weighting Allowance
Job ID: 137588

About Us

St John’s Institute of Dermatology provides a range of services and facilities to support research aimed at improving outcomes in people with skin disease including skin inflammation, skin cancer and rare skin disease. Work extends from genetic discovery through to a comprehensive portfolio of clinical trials (phase II onwards) and biomarker-enabled precision medicine. The Unit works with investigators within both the academic and industry community.

About the role

The research component of this post will comprise working as part of the Skin Health Theme at St John’s under the supervision of Professor Catherine Smith. This post supports our programme of translational research in inflammatory skin diseases, rare skin disease, and skin cancer including acquisition of carefully phenotyped biosamples to understand disease mechanisms, clinical trials and digital health. You will work as part of and be supported by a large and well established multi-disciplinary research team with a strong track record of producing high impact, translational research.  As part of the research team you will be fully embedded into the clinical service, and regular participation in clinical and other service activities is encouraged. There will also be opportunities to present at national and international meetings. You will receive comprehensive training in all aspects of clinical research from design through to delivery and communication of results.

Post-holders wishing to develop their own research interest/project with a view to a higher degree (MD/PhD) will be strongly encouraged to do so, and if successful in securing funding, will cease to hold this Clinical Research Fellowship and seamlessly progress to a fulltime MD/PhD Fellowship.

The post holder is encouraged to participate in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training. The post will be based at Guy’s Hospital. However, it is a requirement of your employment that you be prepared to work at any additional or different location owned or served by the Trust, either on an on-going or temporary basis according to the demands of the service.

This is a full time post (40 hours per week), and you will be offered a fixed term contract until 31/03/2027.

This post is expected to be fully on site.

About You

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria

·       Full GMC registration with valid license to practice in the UK

·       MRCP or equivalent

·       Broad based general professional training in general medicine and proven track record of general medicine experience

·       Proven track record of Dermatology training and experience

·       Ability to work as an effective member of a multidisciplinary team, and capable of establishing good interpersonal relationships with patients and staff of all grades

·       Understanding of the principles and applications of clinical research

·       Evidence of understanding of and adherence to the principles of Good Medical Practice set out by the General Medical Council, evidence of understanding of the role of clinical management, and evidence of contribution to effective clinical audit and clinical risk management

·       Excellent computer literacy (email, Microsoft Word, Excel, databases).

Desirable criteria

·       Post/approaching CCT in dermatology

·       Dermatology procedural skills including skin biopsy

·       Evidence of original research and/or publications in peer-reviewed journals

·       Experience of working on interventional studies or complex/ large scale observational studies

·       Experience of undergraduate teaching and postgraduate training

Downloading a copy of our Job Description

Full details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document, provided at the bottom of the page. This document will provide information of what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process.

Further Information

At King’s, we believe that the diversity of our community and a culture that is welcoming, open, inclusive and collaborative, are great strengths of the university.

The Equality Act of 2010 protects the rights of our students and staff and provides a framework to fulfil our duties to eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation and in addition, to advance equality of opportunity and foster good relations between those who share a protected characteristic and those who do not. At times, this will include balancing rights and beliefs that can feel in tension.

We are committed to free speech and to academic freedom, believing that our foundational purpose as a university, is to create spaces where a wide range of ideas, including ideas that are controversial, can be discussed and debated, and where members of our community can express lawful views without fear of intimidation, harassment or discrimination.

When engaging in the robust exchange of ideas, we ask that our community is mindful of our Dignity at King’s guidance.

We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the person specification section of the job description. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible.

We reserve the right to close adverts early due to the volume of applications we receive. While the closing date may change, all adverts will close at 23:59 to allow sufficient time for applications to be submitted on that day.

We encourage you to apply at the earliest opportunity to avoid disappointment as once we have closed a vacancy you will be unable to submit your application.

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This post is subject to Disclosure and Barring Service and Occupational Health clearances.

Close Date: 04-Mar-2026