# Clinical Research Doctor - Lerner Lung & Mesothelioma > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/clinical-research-doctor-lerner-lung-and-mesothelioma/a37cbed8-149b-4808-98f4-d835470d3a9b - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/clinical-research-doctor-lerner-lung-and-mesothelioma/a37cbed8-149b-4808-98f4-d835470d3a9b.md ## Summary - **Status:** Archived / closed - **Employer:** The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** London - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Oncology - **Grade:** Senior - **Salary:** £67,325 per annum incl. £2,162 London Weighting - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 11 months (11.5 months FTC) - **Employment type:** Full time - 40 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-07-17T18:00:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-06T10:51:59.928Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Chelsea/The_Royal_Marsden_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Clinical_Research/Clinical_Research-v8133436 - **Employer website:** https://www.royalmarsden.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust has an international reputation for high quality patient care, education and research and its partnership with The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) has created the largest comprehensive cancer centre in Europe. This role is based within the Lung Unit at The Royal Marsden Hospital, which is world renowned for excellence in clinical care and clinical research. Applications are invited for a Clinical Research Doctor in Lung & Mesothelioma Cancer. This is a 3 year clinical research fellowship, with MD(Res). To fulfil the requirements of the post, applicants must be eligible for full GMC registration, hold a national training number in a relevant specialty and MRCP equivalent. ### Main duties of the job This post provides considerable postgraduate training in medical and multidisciplinary aspects of the treatment of thoracic malignancies, exposing the Clinical Fellow to a wide range of clinical challenges, current clinical research, and state-of-the art clinical paradigms. Within The Royal Marsden/Institute of Cancer Research there is a strong emphasis on post graduate teaching. In-house meetings involve lectures, seminars, formal journal clubs and tutorials in both clinical and laboratory medicine, the latter often in association with the Institute of Cancer Research. Lectures and special meetings are routinely advertised. Research Fellows are encouraged to attend clinical conferences and courses. Study leave is granted for these activities and some funding may be provided. The writing of scientific manuscripts is actively encouraged. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Management of oncology patients including targeted therapies, chemotherapy and immunotherapy - 1 years’ training experience at specialist registrar or resident or equivalent level - Inpatient oncology management expertise at resident/registrar or equivalent level - Clinical research experience as sub-investigator in clinical trials **Desirable** - Undergraduate and postgraduate teaching - Interpretation of cancer genomics reports ### Other Factors **Essential** - Experience in breaking bad news to patients - Ability to work independently ### Qualifications **Essential** - Eligible for full GMC registration with license to practice - Membership of the Royal Colleges of Physicians (MRCP) or equivalent - National training number (NTN) in relevant specialty, or equivalent, if currently a trainee - Trainee in medical oncology or clinical oncology **Desirable** - Within 1 year of certification of completion of oncology training - Postholder in UK oncology training programme ### Personal Qualities **Essential** - Self-motivated - Able to work as part of a team - Ability to work under pressure - Reliable work record **Desirable** - Prior abstracts or manuscripts published - Prior quality improvement projects/audits/service evaluations in oncology ### Skills, Abilities & Knowledge **Essential** - Ability and willingness to work within a multi-disciplinary team - Previous experience of clinical trials and management of patients on clinical trials **Desirable** - Full use of MS office suite Digital literacy and familiarity with AI applications in healthcare ## Documents - [282-cr1595-med (pdf, 107.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10431139) - [282-cr1595-med jdps (pdf, 419.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10431140) - [royal marsden trust values (pdf, 715.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2360) - [workplace wellbeing and rewards guide (pdf, 1.2mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2580) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references.