Senior Clinical Research Fellow in IVF

Job summary

The Assisted Conception Unit at Epsom & St Helier is looking for a lively, caring doctor to appoint as a Senior Clinical Research Fellow to an established full time post. This post is ideally suitable for a person with good communication skills holding a Specialist Trainee position or with middle grade experience in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. The job will enable the successful applicant to pursue a research project whilst obtaining practical experience in Assisted Conception.

Whilst the embryology lab is based at St Helier, fertility clinics and theatre sessions occur across our sites and as such the job may require cross-site working.

The post is for 40 hours/week.

Main duties of the job

There is an established fertility service. This service provides complete facilities for couples with subfertility to be fully investigated and treated. All aspects of Assisted Conception treatment is provided onsite (IVF. ICSI, Fertility preservation, donor treatments).

The successful candidate will get the opportunity to learn all aspects of the management of subfertility, including transvaginal ultrasound, SIS, HYCOSY, ovulation induction, intrauterine insemination, follicular tracking, egg collection and embryo transfer and early pregnancy scans.

The job provides an excellent opportunity to train in Gynaecology Ultrasound and ATSM in subfertility and assisted reproduction.

Presentations in National and International meetings are encouraged and the candidate will have the full support and guidance for research opportunities with dedicated time allocated to it during their placement.

About us

St George's, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey.Our sites include St George's Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).

After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.