Job Descrption
CLINICAL RESEARCH FELLOW in INFECTIOUS DISEASES
The Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine (ID) at Northwick Park Hospital and Ealing provides a comprehensive range of acute and outpatient services for patients with infection and is one the largest units in the UK.
The successful candidate will run a number of NIHR and externally funded studies on behalf of the department and will spend the rest of their time working on an original research project with the aim of achieving a peer reviewed publication.
The post is based at Ealing and Northwick Park Hospitals.
You will be supervised by Dr Ashley Whittington.
ID manages patients with TB at NPH and works closely with our respiratory colleagues at Ealing and Central Middlesex Hospital (CMH). NPH with Ealing and CMH looks after approximately 200 cases of active TB/year making the LNWH NHS Trust one of the largest TB centre in the UK. NPH is now a designated tertiary referral centre for complex and drug-resistant TB... We run 4 TB clinics across the 3 sites and a daily TB assessment service.
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.
Post Requirements (Essential)
• GMC registration
• IMT 2 Sign off (ie pre or post IMT3).
• Experience in clinical infectious diseases
• Keen interest in tuberculosis research and appreciation of major research questions.
• Effective team member and good organisational skills.
• Effective communication skills.
• Self-starter who completes tasks set by themselves and supervisors.
• Flexibility and adaptability
Please see job description for details of the post.
This advert closes on Tuesday 22 Oct 2024
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