Job description

Job responsibilities

Duties and responsibilities:

Clinical:

Research duties will include, but are not limited to:

Screening and recruitment of potentially eligible participants

Consent and enrolment of participants

• Support, follow-up and clinical assessment of enrolled study participants and families according to the study protocol
• Liaison with R&D and collaborators including the driving assessment centre
• Maintain productive working relationships with the GSTT research nursing team
• Collection and quantitative/qualitative analysis of study data
• Preparation of study documents, ethics applications, study materials and reports
• Presentation and dissemination of progress/findings via multiple media including manuscript publication
• Clinical trial management and conduct according to GCP principles
• Teaching and training of medical, nursing and allied staff as well as medical students.

Research:

The post holder will, with the help of the multi-disciplinary research team, support the extensive clinical research programme within the Rheumatology Department. This will include:

Supervising and contributing to the provision of required medical support for patients participating in interventional and non-interventional clinical studies.

Review of adverse event reports from clinical studies.

Drive up recruitment to those studies by promoting clinical research activities.

Contribute to the ongoing development, efficiency and operational functioning of the research team.

Ensure that written informed consent is obtained from every study subject before any study related procedure/s are carried out, including sample and data collection, administration of treatment and clinical observations, drug administration and clinical observation. This is in accordance with the Trust research governance arrangements and Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials Regulations) Regulations 2004 and Amended Regulations 2006 incorporating International Conference on Harmonisation of Good Clinical Practice (ICH GCP).

Clinical: & Teaching duties:

*** Please be advised that this vacancy may close early should we receive sufficient number of applications ***

Person Specification

Qualifications/ Education

Essential

• Full GMC Registration and hold a licence to practice in the UK
• GCP Certificate

Desirable

• MRCP or equivalent

Previous experience

Essential

• Broad based general professional training in general medicine
• Research experience
• Experience of team and MDT working
• Evidence of presentations, posters and publications
• Experience in data processing

Desirable

• Rheumatology/Lupus experience
• Commercial trial experience

Skills/Knowledge/ Ability

Essential

• Evidence of excellent communication skills
• Flexible and co-operative
• Self-motivated
• A broad knowledge and understanding of the specialty
• Leadership qualities

Desirable

• Understanding of clinical risk management
• Active interest in research and audit

Personal Characteristics/ Other requirements

Essential

• Flexible to work requirements
• A prompt, efficient and courteous manner at all times
• Ability to work well with all members of a team / MDT
• Ability to plan and prioritise workload
• Ability to work to clinical and scientific deadlines

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.

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

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Guy's Hospital

London

SE1 9RT

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/careers/careers.aspx (Opens in a new tab)