Clinical Research Fellow in Respiratory MedicineNHS

Job summary

The post holder will be based within the Imperial Clinical Respiratory Research Unit at St Mary's Hospital and will contribute to bronchoscopy support for research studies and to support NHS activity across all the ICHT sites. These include studies in asthma, COPD, respiratory viral infections, tuberculosis, pleural disease, and interstitial lung disease.

The post provides six months of dedicated research time for a clinician with an interest in respiratory medicine who wishes to develop their research experience and explore future academic opportunities. The post holder will be based across SMH and HH working on clinical studies in patients with respiratory disease or infections. They will be the core member of the bronchoscopy platform for the BRC as supervised by Professor Onn Min Kon. The post also supports the clinical Respiratory service by attending TB clinics and also helping with bronchoscopy lists at ICHT - this provides additional income and service resilience. They will be expected to perform research bronchoscopies across study sites and contribute to the delivery of the wider research programme.

The successful candidate will be supervised by Professor Onn Min Kon, Consultant Respiratory Physician and Head of the Tuberculosis Service at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.

Main duties of the job

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Act as a key member of the respiratory research team across sites.
• Perform Research and Clinical Bronchoscopies across sites
• Oversee recruitment, delivery, and follow-up activities for clinical trials.
• Support the management and governance requirements of clinical research studies.
• Develop and deliver independent research projects under supervision.
• Attend TB outpatient clinics and multidisciplinary team meetings to support learning and facilitate research recruitment.
• Contribute to data collection, analysis, presentations, manuscript preparation, and publication of research findings.
• Work collaboratively with clinical, academic, and research colleagues across Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and Imperial College London.

Job description

For a detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the attached information pack.

About us

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career. Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We encourage staff to have the Covid vaccination to protect themselves, patients, other colleagues as well as the wider community. Please note it is an operational requirement to comply with infection prevention and control procedures within the Trust such as lateral flow testing, handwashing and the wearing of masks, according to the procedures in place at any time or location.

As part of our continued response to Covid19 we are still conducting the majority of our interviews virtually.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part-time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.