# 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/d1c2ddb9-0591-4061-9476-9600d49fbb7d - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/clinical-research-doctor-lerner-lung-and-mesothelioma/d1c2ddb9-0591-4061-9476-9600d49fbb7d.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** London - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Oncology - **Grade:** Senior - **Salary:** £65,048 - £73,992 per annum incl. HCAS - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 11 months (11.5 months FTC) - **Employment type:** Full time - 40 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-06-21T18:00:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-05T07:30:49.043Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Chelsea/The_Royal_Marsden_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Clinical_Research/Clinical_Research-v8060888 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8060888?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **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 Fellow in Lung Cancers. This is a 11.5 month clinical research fellowship, with possibility of extension. 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. ## Job Details 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 Fellow in Lung Cancers. This is a 11.5 month clinical research fellowship, with possibility of extension. 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. ## Job Description 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. ## Responsibilities For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification. ## Person Specification ### Others **Essential** - Experience in breaking bad news to patients - Ability to work independently ### Skills **Essential** - Ability and willingness to work within a multi-disciplinary team - Previous experience of clinical trials and management of patients on clinical trials **Desirable** - Use of MS office suite ### Qualities **Essential** - Commitment to participate actively in clinical research and collaborate in translational research **Desirable** - Prior abstracts or manuscripts published - Prior quality improvement projects/audits/service evaluations in oncology ### Experience **Essential** - Management of lung cancer patients including targeted therapies, chemotherapy and immunotherapy - 3 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 ### 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 **Desirable** - Within 3 years of certification of completion of oncology training ## Documents - [royal marsden trust values (pdf, 715.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2360) - [clinical research doctor - jdps (pdf, 385.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10351152) - [workplace wellbeing and rewards guide (pdf, 1.2mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2580) - [clinical research doctor - functional requirements (pdf, 107.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10351153) ## 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. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.