Clinical Research Doctor - Gynaecological Cancer Research

Job overview

This is a one-year medical oncology clinical fellowship, conducting projects focused on clinical research (Gynaecology cancers). The research will be a mixture of clinical and translational research and the successful candidate will have the opportunity to develop strong links with one of the ICR laboratories and clinician scientists/scientists that the Gynaecology unit work in collaboration with. There are a number of ongoing clinical research projects across the disease areas and the Gynaecology unit has a strong track record of success in students successfully completing their projects, publishing, presenting internationally, developing their own research and clinical profile.

Main duties of the job

• Develop clinical research skills in order to propose, design and develop academic institutional and/or multicentre clinical trials with support from the consultants and experienced statisticians and trial managers working within the Gynaecology unit
• Develop grant writing skills for peer reviewed funding and/or endorsement of academic clinical and translational studies. This includes understanding how to appropriately cost a study and attribute the costs of healthcare research as required by major research funders
• Develop skills to design translational research protocols in collaboration with clinician scientists and statisticians

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.