Job overview

We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our well integrated team. 

The post centres round supporting research in respiratory medicine and will be based mostly at the Sir William Leech Centre for Respiratory Research, Freeman Hospital though covering studies within the wider Trust such as Royal Victoria Hospital site may be needed. The role requires flexible working and is less than full time. The work pattern can be negotiated for the right candidate but is likely to be 2 programmed activities (2PAs) per week. This post is commence as soon as possible for 12 months. 

Additional duties will include answering data queries, attending site initiation visits, training in our open studies and explaining studies / taking consent. 

Successful applicants must have essential skills including sound knowledge of Good clinical practice (GCP) for clinical trials and ideally certification of training in this from NIHR or equivalent. Desirable requirements are prior experience in clinical trials and specialist respiratory expertise. 

In addition to the challenges of the role, we can offer you a commitment to teaching, education, research and audit.

Candidates for the post must be registered medical practitioners and on, or eligible to join, the Specialist Register within six months of the date of the Appointments Committee.

Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Main duties of the job

Senior Medical Oversight (less than full time). into Sir William Leech Centre for Respiratory research; supporting research nurse team and junior doctor. 

The role will involve supervision and support to the respiratory research team and may involve attending research participant visits, attending site initiation visits and monitoring visits. 

The successful applicant would be expected to have good working knowledge of clinical trials, assessing patient eligibility and screening, adverse events/ reporting and working with principal investigators.

The responsibilities include supporting the nurses and early career research doctors in seeing trials participants, undertaking physical examinations, documenting visits, safety reporting and reviewing results. 

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

For an informal discussion and further information regarding the opportunity and Directorate, please contact: Professor Tony De Soyza on 0191 2448441 or secretary on 0191 2231439, or via email at [email protected]  

Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Working for our organisation

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion. We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We’re also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients ‘contacts’ each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.