Research Physician NIHR CRDC

Job overview

Part of the LDC’s portfolio of activity includes screening and prevention studies, Industry sponsored and Industry funded Investigator trials, multi-site and single site studies and a suite of studies around lifestyle and physical activity. Funders include those from the NIHR, MRC, Charities and Industry, and its senior investigators hold, or lead several prestigious NIHR awards. The LDC hosts the Commercial Research Delivery centre (CRDC) the East Midlands Applied Research Centre (ARC), the Centre for Ethnic Health Research, and Leicester-Loughborough Diet, Lifestyle and Physical Activity Biomedical Research Centre (BRC), collaboration between the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (UHL) and the University of Leicester. It is located at Leicester General Hospital and encompasses a floor space of over 4000m2 which includes clinical assessment rooms, patient education facilities, large and small meeting rooms, a 4/5 space day ward, a state-of-the-art exercise and metabolic assessment lab and dual-emission X-ray absorptiometry for the gold standard assessment of body composition. In addition to this it hosts and co-ordinates the National DESMOND and EDEN programmes.

Main duties of the job

LDC now has an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated and inspirational Clinical Physician ( grade ST1-ST3 depending on experience) to join the LDC and work across the research portfolio and the clinical Diabetes service in a 50:50 split role. They will be working with a friendly and experienced team of nurses, clinicians and clinical academics, and be responsible for the clinical care of research participants during a study and working in the clinical diabetes service within the hospital setting. This will include assessing participant eligibility against trial protocols, undertaking consent, medical examinations including exercise testing, muscle biopsies and assessment, reviewing clinical data and managing any adverse events and/or medical emergencies. It will also provide the opportunity to undergo supervised training and gain valuable experience in the development and implementation of patient and healthy volunteer based research projects.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Leicester Diabetes Centre (LDC) is the largest diabetes research group in the UK with a local, national and global reputation for excellence in clinical research and education. It has a multimillion pound annual budget, over 160 staff employed through the University Hospitals of Leicester (UHL) and the University of Leicester (UofL) and a portfolio of over 40 active trials.

The LDC is Co-Directed by 2 NIHR Senior Investigators who have a proactive and innovative approach to the on-going growth and development of both the Centre and its staff with a clear vision and strategy for the future.

See Job description for exact details of this exciting job role.

The post is for 24 months in the first instance but has the possibility of extension beyond this period. To apply candidates need to hold a valid GMC Registration and have at least 2 years post registration experience. Ideally the post is for a full-time position but part-time/job share will be considered.