# Research Fellow in Rheumatology (ST3-5 Equivalent) > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/research-fellow-in-rheumatology-st3-5-equivalent/9de17086-5985-44c9-8ad5-d45c21aa7b83 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/research-fellow-in-rheumatology-st3-5-equivalent/9de17086-5985-44c9-8ad5-d45c21aa7b83.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Freeman Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Rheumatology - **Grade:** Senior - **Salary:** £67,325 - £67,998 per annum - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 12 months (November 2026 for 12 months) - **Employment type:** Full time - 40 hours per week (no on-call) - **Closing date:** 2026-10-27T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-20T11:30:56.461Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Tyne_Wear/Newcastle_upon_Tyne/The_Newcastle_upon_Tyne_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Rheumatology/Rheumatology-v8380272 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8380272?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.newcastle-hospitals.org.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our well integrated team. The successful candidate will already have experience of the rheumatology speciality and a desire to develop further knowledge and skills in the discipline. In particular they will have significant experience of working with patients with inflammatory arthritis and related conditions. They will be curious with a strong desire to pursue research into these conditions and must be a strong and conscientious team player. This post is to commence ASAP / November 2026 for 12 months. In addition to the challenges of the role, we can offer you a commitment to teaching, education, research and audit. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you. Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification. ### Main duties of the job To contribute to a number of early phase clinical trials, including of a novel advanced therapy that is being conducted in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and systemic sclerosis. The role will involve identification and consenting of participants for the trial, and overseeing trial activities including leukapheresis, administration of test product and follow-up. Another trial involves participants with sarcopenia, testing a novel compound with a potential effect on muscle. There will also be the opportunity to perform some of your own research and to learn interventional procedures such as muscle biopsy and lymph node aspiration. For an informal discussion and further information regarding the opportunity and Directorate, please contact: Professor John Isaacs, via email: john.isaacs@newcastle.ac.uk ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Clinical: - Supporting the inflammatory arthritis consultant team, primarily for participant identification and recruitment - Attending audit and clinical governance meetings - Learning relevant practical procedures Administrative: - Trial-related activities – screening logs, collection and documentation of relevant clinical trial data according to GCP principles Research: - Achieve GCP certification - Develop deep understanding of relevant study protocols - Oversee and co-ordinate ‘end-to-end’ activities in relation to clinical trials – participant identification, screening, consenting and subsequent trial activities. - Interaction with the sponsor team(s) to co-ordinate trial activities and product administration. Attend investigator calls and complete relevant administrative and trial-related documentation. - There may be opportunities to develop your own research ideas Teaching: - Occasional, as required Flexibility: - Within the requirements of the clinical trial protocol and activities, flexible working is possible in this post. In line with the Trust’s core value of placing patients at the heart of everything we do, we are developing our service provision to be responsive to the needs of our patients. To meet those needs some staff groups will be increasingly asked to work a more flexible work pattern so that they can offer services in the evening or weekend. As a result any offer of employment to a consultant post will be subject to you agreeing to work a new more flexible pattern or working in the future if required, including evening and weekend work. ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Teaching **Essential** - Experience of supervising junior staff. - Ability to teach clinical skills. ### Education and Qualifications **Essential** - Primary Medical Qualification. - Full GMC registration with a licence to practise **Desirable** - Intercalated degree, e.g. BSc ### Clinical Skills and Knowledge **Essential** - Good history & examination skills. - Able to formulate a working diagnosis. - Able to order appropriate investigations. - Image interpretation relevant to practice. - Knows when to appropriately seek assistance from a senior colleague. - An understanding of Clinical Governance. **Desirable** - Experience of complex rheumatological conditions - Experience of practical procedures such as skin biopsy, muscle biopsy, lymph node aspiration, synovial biopsy - Practical experience of musculoskeletal ultrasound - Good clinical judgement in stressful situations - An understanding of advanced therapies ### Clinical Governance, Audit and Research **Essential** - Experience of audit projects. **Desirable** - GCP certification - Understanding of GCP - Understanding of the fundamentals of clinical trials ### Management and Administration Experience **Essential** - Ability to run a service and participate in management process - Committed to share in professional, managerial and teaching responsibilities necessary to fulfil the obligations of the Directorate to the Trust and its workforce. - Strong organisation and project management skills **Desirable** - Proven management and administration ability. - Understanding of management goals. - Experience with audit - Evidence of leadership / project management - Evidence of having implemented change ### Communication, Relationships and Working with Colleagues **Essential** - Ability to communicate and liaise effectively with patients and other people within a team. - Ability to work as a team with professional colleagues in all disciplines. **Desirable** - Ability to explain complex concepts to both clinical and lay audiences - Experience of taking consent ## Documents - [newcastle staff benefits (pdf, 274.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2721) - [behaviour and civility charter (pdf, 93.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2922) - [job description and person specification (pdf, 661.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10709177) ## 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.