The Department of Research & Development (R&D) has an opportunity for a Clinical Research Fellow to work in the dedicated Clinical Research Facility (CRF) located at the Northwick Park Hospital Site in Harrow.
The successful candidate will be a GMC registered Medical Practitioner, with relevant and substantial hospital service, including a desire to gain experience managing clinical research patients and healthy participants. Research training will be provided.
The post holder will be responsible for recruitment and consent of trial participants, management of adverse events, protocol review and development, clinical oversight, ensuring all trial conduct is in accordance with GCP and the applicable national regulatory clinical trial standards, and aspects of clinical trial and CRF administrative management.
The post will be part of a multi-disciplinary team consisting of both nursing, allied health professionals, clinical research practitioners/ coordinators and administrative support. The post holder will report to Dr Ashley Whittington, Clinical Lead for the CRF and Consultant in Infectious Diseases and General Medicine.
The exact role will be tailored to the clinical experience and areas of interest of the successful candidate. This would be an ideal opportunity to publish independent research or strengthen a subsequent application to speciality training.
Outpatient care of research patients and participants being treated as part of trials performed in the CRF;
Co-ordination and execution of trial activities for the CRF, including (but not limited to) obtaining informed consent for patients, checking eligibility of research patients, randomization, study specific investigations, sample collection and handling, data collection, case record folder completion, maintenance of study documentation;
The post holder will be expected to actively support and participate in both external and internal clinical research monitoring and audits including any regulatory inspections. The post will involve regular liaison with clinical trial sponsors, contract research organisations (CROs) and attendance at site selection and initiation visits.
Under supervision, to undertake the setting up of clinical trials, including where required protocol design, grant applications, regulatory and ethical submissions, liaison with clinical trials units and preparation of study specific documentation.
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.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Ashley Whittington Job title: Consultant in Acute Medicine Email address:
[email protected] Telephone number: 07590554725
