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Job requirements
Essential
16 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Experience working within the NHS
- Experience
Clinical experience in HIV and/or infectious diseases/GUM
- Experience
Knowledge and understanding of the principles and practice of clinical trial design, regulatory processes, and clinical trial management
- Skills and aptitudes
Commitment to carry out quality research, leading to publication
- Skills and aptitudes
Ability to work both independently and collaboratively
- Skills and aptitudes
Excellent organisational, prioritisation skills and ability to manage time and work to deadlines
- Skills and aptitudes
Excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills
- Skills and aptitudes
Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team, and collaborate with other clinical researchers and research collaborators
- Skills and aptitudes
Quality ethical and professional standards in research and education
- Royal Free shared commitments
Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust shared commitments.
- Personal qualities and attributes
Committed to providing a responsive and helpful service
- Personal qualities and attributes
Making inclusivity, diversity and inter(cultural) awareness core to actions and decision-making for self and team
- Personal qualities and attributes
Making best practice an absolute priority
- Education and professional qualifications
Full registration with the General Medical Council with a licence to practice
- Education and professional qualifications
MRCP 1 & 2 or equivalent
- Education and professional qualifications
Current GCP certificate
Desirable
Not listed in the available specification.
Job overview
The postholder will provide day to day support of on-going clinical trials and other studies. Their overall supervision will be directed by Prof Burns, but on a day-to-day basis they will work primarily with HIV and Vaccine clinical trial research teams. The postholder will be central to the effective running of the wider group. An exact breakdown of percentage time spent in different duties is impossible to given the fluctuating nature of clinic visits for clinical research however it is anticipated that the successful applicant will undertake 3-4 clinical trial clinics per week seeing patients participating in clinical trials as per trial protocol. Outside of these responsibilities it is expected that the post-holder will develop their own clinical research project as well as participate in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching. If they do not already hold a higher degree then creating pilot data/fellowship application to register for a PHD would be encouraged. The clinical research project(s) should be within HIV/infectious diseases/STIs and related conditions and will be under the guidance and supervision of senior academic staff.
Main duties of the job
Main duties and responsibilities:
- Day to day support of on-going clinical trials and other studies.
- Participation in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.
- Development of own clinical research projects.
- Under Consultant supervision, to be responsible for the clinical care of patients attending the HIV/ID service including those participating in the clinical trials liaising with colleagues to ensure they receive the best standard of clinical care.
- Participation in HIV/ID on call rota (optional & subject to experience).
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
More detailed job description and person specification documents are available in the documents section.
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.
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This advert is for Senior Clinical Research Fellow in HIV and Infectious Diseases with Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust in London, England. It is listed as a Senior Medical doctor Infectious Diseases role. The advertised salary is £67325.00. The contract type is 12 months (Fixed term). The application deadline is 02 Nov 2026.
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