Job summary
- Main area
- General Surgery - Colorectal
- Grade
- Local Appointment nodal point 4 (MT04)
- Contract
- Fixed term: 24 months (with potential extension to 36 months)
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week (Plus additional hours as per rota pattern.)
- Job ref
- 210-2025-333
- Employer
- Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Countess of Chester Hospital
- Town
- Chester
- Salary
- £61,825 - £70,425 pa
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 26/05/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 06/06/2025
Employer heading
Trust Colorectal Research Fellow
Local Appointment nodal point 4 (MT04)
Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, staff pride themselves on not only leading through clinical excellence, but also by creating an environment where all staff are valued and appreciated. To achieve this, the Trust has embarked on an exciting new strategy focused on continuous improvement.
Our vision is to improve the lives of our community and provide excellence in healthcare, through partnership and innovation
Our High Performance Culture will support everyone to be the best version of themselves by being true to our Trust vision, values and behaviours.
We welcome applications from colleagues from our local and neighbouring communities of all backgrounds and identities, who are currently under-represented within our region such as Black, Asian, Minority ethnic and those with disabilities.
As a region we are reviewing the way we work, and exploring how new working practices that support flexible working can create a positive work-life balance. As part of our recruitment process we will explore how our inclusive employment policies, flexible working, staff engagement forums, Trust facilities and services can be of mutual benefit.
Job overview
Working Full time: 40 hours per week
An exciting opportunity has arisen for new Clinical Research Fellows (CRFs)
The Northwest colorectal clinical research fellowships have been developed with support and engagement from NHS organisations and the University of Liverpool along with generous charitable support from bowel and cancer research charities.
The fellowship is aimed at surgical trainees who have obtained their MRCS/FRCS and have completed at least one clinical year with middle grade on call. CRFs will be salaried (and paid by the local NHS trust) through their support of the out of hours on call rota at their base trust. Colorectal research projects will be supervised by the academic surgical team at the University of Liverpool and depending on the nature of the project may also involve collaboration with other external stakeholders. Research projects will range from qualitative projects investigating health inequalities and palliative care, through to translational wet lab projects and large scale bioinformatic projects.
CRF will be registered for an MD thesis with the University of Liverpool, with bench fees covered by the programme (CRFs will be expected to pay for university part time fees). Based on progress and subject to external funding CRFs may switch to a PhD following review by the academic team and programme lead.
PARTICIPATING TRUSTS
Countess of Chester NHS Foundation Trust
Interview date 6 June 2025 conducted via Teams
Main duties of the job
CRF will have roles and responsibilities to both the NHS and the University, the primary aim of this fellowship is to support clinical career development and train the clinical researchers of the future. The programme therefore aims to support and educate CRFs across the many domains of clinical research and opportunity for collaborative work with other CRFs in the programme will be encouraged.
Working for our organisation
The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:
- The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds.
- Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility.
- Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.
The Trust employs over 6258 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 407,000. This includes 357,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000.
The Trust is a busy district general hospital and in 2022/2023, there were more than 503,342 patient attendances (inpatient, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery. This is an increase of nearly 10,000 compared to the previous year when there were 494,387 patient attendances.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
See Job Description for further details.
Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs will be deducted from their salary over the first three months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16 per year applies.
New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.
Good luck with your application.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- GMC Registrered with a licence to practice
- MRCS/FRCS
Experience
Essential criteria
- ST3 or above with at least 12 months experience with middle grade on call
Desirable criteria
- Experience of research or clinical audit projects in a hospital setting
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Mr Dale Vimalachandran
- Job title
- Consultant
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01244 365262
- Additional information
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