Clinical Fellow in Early Phase Research

Job summary

This post is a full time appointment for an initial period of 12 months with potential to extend to 24 months. The role is to provide medical support to the Early Phase Trials Team, including consultants, clinical fellows, nursing and administration staff, by primarily acting as co-investigator on early phase clinical trials. The successful applicant will join a highly motivated and empowered workforce to increase research capacity and deliver innovative early phase research in compliance with Good Clinical Practice (ICH-GCP) and Trust policy.

This is a 10 session non-training post funded through The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre. The Early Phase Clinical Research Fellow role is suitable for individuals who wish to gain further experience in experimental medicine and Phase I trials, including first-in-human trials, clinical pharmacology trials and translational research. Candidates with experience managing oncology or haemato-oncology patients will be considered for this role. GPs with relevant inpatient oncology experience would also be considered.

The position requires an ability to understand and deliver early phase clinical research, liaising across a range of clinical, academic and administrative staff throughout the Trust and with external organisations (pharmaceutical and biotech industry partners, academic institutions and other hospitals). If you have applied for this role previously and were unsuccessful, your application will not be considered.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will participate in a diverse range of clinical research trials as a co-/sub-investigator and manage all aspects of trial patients. The appointee is required to attend 6 trial outpatient clinics per week, Safety Review Committee meetings to discuss trial patients, molecular tumour board meetings and wait list meetings to discuss trial patients and to agree opportunities for patients to enrol in early phase trials.

The post-holder will undertake the administrative duties associated with the care of their patients.The role also involves presenting research work, being involved in the development and delivery of audits, writing papers and reviews and participating in all relevant aspects of clinical governance, under the supervision of the other consultants in the Early Phase Trials Team.

The Trust supports the requirements for continuing a level of professional development consistent with the recommendations of the Royal College of Physicians. Appropriate arrangements for study leave will be made in conjunction with colleagues.

About us

The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre is one of three specialist cancer centres in England. With 1,800 specialist staff and three sites, we are one of the largest NHS providers of non-surgical cancer treatment. The Trust has a unique multi-site care model serving the 2.4 million population across Cheshire and Merseyside and is consistently rated by patients as one of the best performing hospitals.

Our vision is to not only maintain this level of commitment to excellence but to work with our academic and healthcare partners across the region to ensure care, treatment and patient outcomes continuously improve in the future. We are very proud of all our expert and loyal staff and we welcome people who share the collective aim of delivering excellence in everything that we do.

Our values represent who we are and what we believe in. They define how we act to deliver the best possible care for our patients and shape The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre as a great place to work.