Job vacancy: St Mark's Research Fellow, London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust, London

Job summary

Main area: Surgery & Gastroenterology
Grade: NHS Medical & Dental: Clinical Research Fellow
Contract: Fixed term: 24 months (Possibility of extension to up to 3 years)
Hours: Full time - 40 hours per week
Job ref: 337-MS-1794-SM

Employer: London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Cross site
Town: London
Salary: £41,750 - £64,288 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 04/07/2025 23:59

St Mark's Research Fellow

NHS Medical & Dental: Clinical Research Fellow

Careers at #LNWH

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

Find out more about our Trust and why you should join us#WeAreLNWH

Find out more about Our HEART values

Find out more about our Trust Staff Benefits

Our vision at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust is to put “Quality at our HEART”. Find out more about our ambitious strategy

We are clear that our vision can only be achieved by our staff, who are our most valuable asset.

Our vision is driven by our HEART values and behaviours which were developed together with our staff.

H onesty
E quity
A ccountability
R espect
T eamwork

These values describe how we interact with each other and our patients and must underpin everything we do to achieve our vision.

LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post provides support to the General Surgery and St Mark’s night on-call rotas. The post holder will take part in one of two clinical rotas:

· 1:6 rota to provide an overnight 'clinical academic fellow' at registrar level to support the first on-call registrar at Northwick Park Hospital. The post holder will be a colorectal surgical trainee and will be responsible to the Department of General Surgery for the care of surgical patients at Northwick Park while on-call

· 1:8 rota at Central Middlesex Hospital with modest daytime clinical commitment. Elective Colorectal, Orthopaedic and some General Surgery patients are operated on at Central Middlesex Hospital both in the ACAD and BeCAD operating theatres. This post can be performed by gastroenterology trainees or colorectal surgical trainees

Person specification

Essential

Essential criteria

• MBBS or equivalent

Desirable criteria

• Experience at registrar level in general surgery or gastroenterology at ST3 level or above

Essential

Essential criteria

MRCP or MRCS

Desirable criteria

Other relevant courses, e.g. ALS, CCrISP, BSS

Essential

Essential criteria

GMC registration and experience or knowledge of NHS hospital practice

Desirable criteria

Publications in peer reviewed journals / Evidence of service audit

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We promote the wellbeing and safety of all our patients and carers by acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately, according to the standards determined by our policy and procedures. All posts working with vulnerable groups will be subject to an enhanced criminal records check upon appointment and staff will need to give their consent for the Trust to receive regular updates on their criminal records status throughout their employment.

Due to the high volumes of applications we receive for certain posts, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications. After the closing date we strongly advise you check the email account which is registered. If you have not heard from us within four weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted.

Our employment checking processes require that all shortlisted applicants provide the contact details of their current HR Department. If shortlisted you will be sent an email reminder to present the contact details of your HR Department at the interview.

Please note the Trust uses identity checking software for verifying the authenticity of identity documents provided by candidates.

As part of our commitment to the Equality and Diversity at LNWUH, we are encouraging applications from BME (Black ,Minority Ethnic) candidates as we seek to ensure our workforce structures are representative of the diversity of the communities we serve.

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name: Pooja Datt
Job title: Research Manager
Email address: [email protected]

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St Mark's Research Fellow

NHS Medical & Dental: Clinical Research Fellow

Job overview

Main duties of the job

Working for our organisation

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Person specification

Essential

Essential criteria

Desirable criteria

Essential

Essential criteria

Desirable criteria

Essential

Essential criteria

Desirable criteria

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

Documents to download

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