Clinical Research Fellow
The closing date is 27 May 2026.
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
This is an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our Care of the Elderly team. The post is based across Northumbria and the successful candidate will work trust wide. There is no on call commitment.
The Clinical Research Fellow (CRF) will receive both clinical training in the Care of the Elderly Assessment Unit and provide clinical support for a portfolio of clinical Care of the Elderly research.
They will work within a supportive, multidisciplinary team of research nurses, Principle Investigators, clinical trial pharmacists and study coordinators. They will gain experience and training in all aspects of clinical research delivery, including study set up, recruitment, consent, pharmacovigilance, investigations, research governance and follow-up of patients.
The CRF will receive the necessary training to enable them to deliver clinical research; prior experience is not essential.
The successful applicant will be appointed to Specialty Doctor Terms and Conditions of Service.
Main duties of the job
This post will be for 12 months in the first instance and will provide an ideal opportunity to undergo supervised training and gain valuable experience in the development and implementation of patient and healthy volunteer-based projects in an established clinical academic environment. In addition the post-holder will benefit from Consultant‑led Educational supervision, be supported in their professional development and be provided with training opportunities in PD.
About us
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. The Trust is opening a state‑of‑the‑art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England.
Job responsibilities
To gain training in PD.
To increase recruitment to PD National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) portfolio research studies.
To facilitate and encourage high quality clinical research within Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
To develop the skills and knowledge needed to conduct and deliver clinical research in the NHS.
Objectives
To provide training in good practice in research, and the mechanisms for recruitment to portfolio studies.
To provide the CRF with training in research methods, critical appraisal, project management and data analysis.
Person Specification
Qualifications
- Undergraduate Medical Degree
- MRCP UK or an acceptable alternative
- Full GMC Registration by the time of appointment
- 2 years training in core medical specialties
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.
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
#J-18808-Ljbffr…