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Clinical Research Doctor in Cancer Imaging


Location
Salary
£67,325 per annum incl. £2,162 London Weighting
Profession
Medical doctor
Grade
Senior
Deadline
02 Aug 2026
Contract Type
Fixed term: 12 months (FTC)
Posted Date
15 Jul 2026
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Job overview

This is a full-time clinical research fellowship within the Department of Radiology at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, supporting the Trust’s cancer imaging research programme and the delivery of high-quality imaging response assessment for clinical trials.

The post is intended for a radiologist who is post-FRCR or equivalent, with full General Medical Council (GMC) registration or is eligible for full GMC registration. The successful candidate will contribute to clinical imaging, support Biomedical Research Centre (BRC)-related imaging research, as well as develop and provide expertise in Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumours (RECIST) and other response criteria within a specialist oncology centre.

Main duties of the job

  • Receive structured training in the Royal Marsden RECIST/imaging response assessment workflow, including use of local software systems and reporting processes.
  • Support the RECIST service.
  • Undertake baseline RECIST assessments and contribute to follow-up response assessments.
  • Review and advise on complex trial imaging queries, including lesion selection, new lesion assessment, target/non-target lesion interpretation, and response categorisation.
  • Participate in relevant clinical trials meetings, including the weekly RECIST meeting and other tumour-specific trial imaging meetings as required.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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

Person specification

Status

Essential

  • Full registration and license to practice with the General Medical Council
  • FRCR or equivalent specialist radiology qualification.

Desirable

  • Post-CCT status
  • Higher degree or active interest in pursuing MD, PhD, or publication-based academic development.
  • Good Clinical Practice training

Experience

Essential

  • Experience in diagnostic radiology at senior trainee, or equivalent level.
  • Experience in oncological CT and MRI interpretation.

Desirable

  • Subspecialty experience in cancer imaging, including CT and MRI across multiple tumour types.
  • Prior experience of RECIST, iRECIST, Lugano, PCWG, or other structured imaging response criteria.

Personal Qualities

Essential

  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including ability to work with radiographers, oncologists, trial teams, and imaging scientists.
  • Motivated to ensure the achievement of defined targets
  • Approachability
  • Enthusiasm
  • Commitment to personal and professional development
  • Willingness to teach and support radiographers, trainees, and other members of the clinical trials imaging team.

Skills, Abilities & Knowledge

Essential

  • Ability and willingness to work within a multi-disciplinary team
  • IT skills
  • Effective communicator with a wide range of audiences
  • Ability to make clinically sound imaging assessments and recognise when consultant input is required.

Desirable

  • Prior presentations, publications, audit, quality improvement, or grant involvement.
  • Experience with quantitative imaging, region-of-interest analysis, image segmentation, radiomics, diffusion-weighted MRI, perfusion imaging, or other imaging biomarker methods.
  • Experience of teaching radiographers, radiology trainees, fellows, or multidisciplinary colleagues.

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This advert is for Clinical Research Doctor in Cancer Imaging with The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust in London, London, England. It is listed as a Senior Medical doctor Radiology role. The advertised salary is £67,325 per annum incl. £2,162 London Weighting. The contract type is Fixed term: 12 months (FTC). The application deadline is 02 Aug 2026.

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