The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Haematology Clinical Trials Fellow (ST6-8 equivalent)

The closing date is 31 March 2026

Job summary

We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our well integrated team.

This post will support the delivery of early and late phase clinical trials in Haemato-Oncology. The post holder will gain experience in clinical research from trial feasibility, set-up, recruitment, study delivery and follow up. The post holder will actively recruit patients to study, monitor patient progress, report adverse events, collect study data and support the wider trial team including data manager and trial co-ordinators.

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

This post will support the delivery of early and late phase clinical trials in Haemato-Oncology. The post holder will gain experience in clinical research from trial feasibility, set-up, recruitment, study delivery and follow up. The post holder will actively recruit patients to study, monitor patient progress, report adverse events, collect study data and support the wider trial team including data manager and trial co-ordinators.

For an informal discussion and further information regarding the opportunity and Directorate, please contact: Dr Erin Hurst via email at erin.hurst1@nhs.net

Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification

About us

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion. We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We're also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients 'contacts' each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people's race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.

Details

Date posted

30 March 2026

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Doctor - other

Salary

£73,992 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

317-TD-26-092

Job locations

Freeman Hospital

Newcastle upon Tyne

NE7 7DN


Job description

Job responsibilities

Clinical:

The post holder would be expected to participate in all aspects of clinical work pertaining to haematology research including recruitment, trial review, treatment prescription and AE reporting

Procedural skills relevant to malignant haematology including bone marrow biopsy

Administrative:

Excellent record keeping in both paper and electronic format

Providing summary letters for clinicians and for the patient

Participate in Audit/Quality improvement projects

Research:

GCP certification

Teaching:

Supervision and teaching of wider trials team and medical peers in research studies

Flexibility:

In line with the Trusts 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.

Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification

Job description

Job responsibilities

Clinical:

The post holder would be expected to participate in all aspects of clinical work pertaining to haematology research including recruitment, trial review, treatment prescription and AE reporting

Procedural skills relevant to malignant haematology including bone marrow biopsy

Administrative:

Excellent record keeping in both paper and electronic format

Providing summary letters for clinicians and for the patient

Participate in Audit/Quality improvement projects

Research:

GCP certification

Teaching:

Supervision and teaching of wider trials team and medical peers in research studies

Flexibility:

In line with the Trusts 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.

Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

  • Primary Medical Qualification
  • Full GMC registration or eligibility to obtain this within 3 months

Desirable

  • GCP Certificate

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.

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
  • Able to communicate well with patients and colleagues.
  • An understanding of Clinical Governance

Desirable

  • Proven management and administration ability
  • Understanding of management goals.
  • Experience with audit
  • Evidence of leadership / project management
  • Evidence of having implemented change

Teaching

Essential

  • Experience of supervising junior staff.
  • Ability to teach clinical skills.

Desirable

  • Teaching qualification

Clinical Governance, Audit and Research

Essential

  • Experience of audit projects.

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.

Personal Attributes

Essential

  • Alignment with the Trust's Values
  • Flexible approach to service delivery and committed approach to development.
  • A commitment to personal / unit CPD.
  • Time management skills
  • Honesty, integrity, awareness of ethical dilemmas, respect for confidentiality.

Desirable

  • Evidence of leadership skills.
  • IT literate.
Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

  • Primary Medical Qualification
  • Full GMC registration or eligibility to obtain this within 3 months

Desirable

  • GCP Certificate

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.

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
  • Able to communicate well with patients and colleagues.
  • An understanding of Clinical Governance

Desirable

  • Proven management and administration ability
  • Understanding of management goals.
  • Experience with audit
  • Evidence of leadership / project management
  • Evidence of having implemented change

Teaching

Essential

  • Experience of supervising junior staff.
  • Ability to teach clinical skills.

Desirable

  • Teaching qualification

Clinical Governance, Audit and Research

Essential

  • Experience of audit projects.

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.

Personal Attributes

Essential

  • Alignment with the Trust's Values
  • Flexible approach to service delivery and committed approach to development.
  • A commitment to personal / unit CPD.
  • Time management skills
  • Honesty, integrity, awareness of ethical dilemmas, respect for confidentiality.

Desirable

  • Evidence of leadership skills.
  • IT literate.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Freeman Hospital

Newcastle upon Tyne

NE7 7DN


Employer's website

https://careers.nuth.nhs.uk/why-us (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Freeman Hospital

Newcastle upon Tyne

NE7 7DN


Employer's website

https://careers.nuth.nhs.uk/why-us (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

HR Advisor

Louise Scorfield

Louise.Scorfield@nhs.net

Details

Date posted

30 March 2026

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Doctor - other

Salary

£73,992 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

317-TD-26-092

Job locations

Freeman Hospital

Newcastle upon Tyne

NE7 7DN


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