Respiratory Clinical Research Fellow

Job overview

This fixed-term research post in lung cancer is aimed at post-foundation, pre-specialty trainees (F2–IMT3) and is based in the Academic Respiratory Unit at North Bristol NHS Trust, with an honorary University of Bristol contract. The unit is internationally recognised, with expertise in pleural disease, thoracic malignancy, airways disease, respiratory infection, and interstitial lung disease. It works closely with clinical services delivering lung cancer clinics, MDTs, pleural services, interventional procedures (e.g. EBUS, thoracoscopy), and the regional lung cancer screening programme. The fellow will join a multidisciplinary academic team (consultants, registrars, and an Academic Foundation Doctor) and a dedicated clinical lung cancer service. The role includes involvement in research projects, clinical trials, and data analysis, with a focus on early lung cancer diagnosis. Clinical work will be supernumerary for training purposes and include participation in lung cancer and pleural two-week-wait clinics and MDT meetings.

Main duties of the job

• Develop research skills around data analysis and interpretation
• Lead on local recruitment to respiratory infection trials
• Lead on research studies exploring pathways to early diagnosis in lung cancer using existing datasets
• Attend and present at academic conferences and educational meetings, nationally and internationally
• Write scientific manuscripts for publication in peer-reviewed journals
• There are no on-call duties or out-of-hours work associated with the post.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.