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Main area
Surgery & Gastroenterology
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Clinical Research Fellow
Contract
Fixed term: 24 months (Possibility of extension to up to 3 years)
Hours
Full time - 40 hours per week
Job ref
337-MS-1794-SM
Employer
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Cross site
Town
London
Salary
£41,750 - £64,288 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
04/07/2025 23:59

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St Mark's Research Fellow

NHS Medical & Dental: Clinical Research Fellow

Careers at #LNWH

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

  • Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
  • St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
  • Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
  • Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.  

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

Find out more about our Trust and why you should join us#WeAreLNWH

Find out more about Our HEART values

Find out more about our Trust Staff Benefits

Our vision at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust is to put “Quality at our HEART”. Find out more about our ambitious strategy

We are clear that our vision can only be achieved by our staff, who are our most valuable asset.

Our vision is driven by our HEART values and behaviours which were developed together with our staff.

  • H onesty
  • E quity
  • A ccountability
  • R espect
  • T eamwork

These values describe how we interact with each other and our patients and must underpin everything we do to achieve our vision.

LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern.  If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Job overview

The post will provide the opportunity to undertake a variety of daytime activities as the clinical element consists mostly of overnight shifts. The core element of this role is research with a view to obtaining a higher degree with a clinical element on a on-call rota as detailed below to facilitate the research. There are various projects  available, under the supervision of the colorectal surgeons and gastroenterologists.

Main duties of the job

The post  provides support to the General Surgery and St Mark’s night on-call rotas. The post holder will take part in one of two clinical rotas:

· 1:6 rota to provide an overnight 'clinical academic fellow' at registrar level to support the first on-call registrar at Northwick Park Hospital. The post holder will be a colorectal surgical trainee and will be responsible to the Department of General Surgery for the care of surgical patients at Northwick Park while on-call

· 1:8 rota at Central Middlesex Hospital with modest daytime clinical commitment. Elective Colorectal, Orthopaedic and some General Surgery patients are operated on at Central Middlesex Hospital both in the ACAD and BeCAD operating theatres. This post can be performed by gastroenterology trainees or colorectal surgical trainees 

Working for our organisation

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

  • Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
  • St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
  • Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
  • Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.  

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post  provides support to the General Surgery and St Mark’s night on-call rotas. The post holder will take part in one of two clinical rotas:

· 1:6 rota to provide an overnight 'clinical academic fellow' at registrar level to support the first on-call registrar at Northwick Park Hospital. The post holder will be a colorectal surgical trainee and will be responsible to the Department of General Surgery for the care of surgical patients at Northwick Park while on-call

· 1:8 rota at Central Middlesex Hospital with modest daytime clinical commitment. Elective Colorectal, Orthopaedic and some General Surgery patients are operated on at Central Middlesex Hospital both in the ACAD and BeCAD operating theatres. This post can be performed by gastroenterology trainees or colorectal surgical trainees 

Person specification

Essential

Essential criteria
  • • MBBS or equivalent
Desirable criteria
  • • Experience at registrar level in general surgery or gastroenterology at ST3 level or above

Essential

Essential criteria
  • MRCP or MRCS
Desirable criteria
  • Other relevant courses, e.g. ALS, CCrISP, BSS

Essential

Essential criteria
  • GMC registration and experience or knowledge of NHS hospital practice
Desirable criteria
  • Publications in peer reviewed journals / Evidence of service audit

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Pooja Datt
Job title
Research Manager
Email address
[email protected]
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