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Job summary

Main area
Haematology
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Clinical Research Fellow
Contract
Fixed term: 12 months
Hours
Full time - 40 hours per week
Job ref
196-MED4518
Employer
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Guys Hospital
Town
London Bridge
Salary
£55,329 - £63,152 PA
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
21/07/2024 23:59

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Clinical Research Training Fellow Obstetric

NHS Medical & Dental: Clinical Research Fellow

Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.

Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.

Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions. 

Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.

In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.

We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.

Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.

The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.

We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.



Job overview

The post will be based at the Guy’s & St Thomas’ sites and the post holder will be someone who has an interest in gaining further knowledge and experience in obstetric haematology, and developing research skills including data analysis and publications. The post holder will work with the Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust team, colleagues within the Maternity network and researchers in the NIHR Blood Transfusion Research Unit (BTRU), described below.

The obstetric haematology service at GSTT is recognised internationally with renowned expertise in the management of anaemia, immune thrombocytopenia, thrombosis, haemophilia, thrombophilia, myeloproliferative disease and sickle cell disease in pregnancy. The service is for patients who are either pregnant or planning to get pregnant.

Main duties of the job

The learning opportunities include gaining clinical experience, an understanding of how to develop an obstetric haematology service and the role of haematology in fetal medicine, maternal networks, management of haematological conditions in pregnancy, high-risk pregnancies and rare haematological diseases in pregnancy.

The core aim of the research undertaken by the NIHR BTRU is “How can we better use data in transfusion?” Blood transfusion is a common procedure carried out in hospitals; nearly 2 million blood components are transfused in England at a cost of over £300 million/year. Used to best effect, these play a vital role in saving lives, but repeated analyses show large gaps between recommended and actual transfusion practice. Unnecessary transfusions put patients at risk of adverse effects and are a waste of a limited resource. In addition, blood services often find it difficult to predict how much blood hospitals need. This results in both wasted blood and a risk that the best type of blood component may not always be available for a patient needing a transfusion.

Working for our organisation

As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends. We also have a positive approach to corporate social responsibility and are keen to engage our staff in an agenda that ranges from promoting environmental sustainability to the creation of local employment opportunities.

We are part of King’s Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre (AHSC), a pioneering collaboration between one of the world’s leading research-led universities and three of London’s most successful NHS Foundation Trusts. Our AHSC is one of only five in the UK and consists of King’s College London and Guy’s and St Thomas’, King’s College Hospital and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trusts. Our AHSC brings together the best of basic and translational research, clinical excellence and world-class teaching to deliver ground-breaking advances in physical and mental healthcare. For further information about Kings’ Health Partners, Kings College London and our research please see the following links: 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will participate in clinics, in-patient review, projects, publications and teaching.

The principal duty of the post-holder will be to undertake research, developing a research project on the key aspects of use of data for patients and health care professional across the NHS. The post holder will also contribute to publications and be expected to participate in all relevant academic and teaching activities.

Person specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential criteria
  • Full GMC Registration and hold a licence to practise
Desirable criteria
  • Specialty qualification, and/or higher degree

Clinical Experience

Essential criteria
  • Comprehensive clinical experience in Haematology Particular clinical experience
Desirable criteria
  • Clinical experience in Thrombosis, Transfusion, Obstetric Haematology

Knowledge and Skills

Essential criteria
  • Ability to work as an effective member of a multidisciplinary team Particular clinical or non-clinical skills
Desirable criteria
  • Other clinical or non-clinical skills

Research

Essential criteria
  • Understanding of the principles and applications of clinical research
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of original research

Teaching

Essential criteria
  • Experience of undergraduate teaching and post graduate training
Desirable criteria
  • Teaching qualification

Management

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of understanding of the role of clinical management
Desirable criteria
  • Management training or qualification Evidence of leadership in the development of clinical services

Other

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of understanding of and adherence to the principles of Good Medical Practice set out by the General Medical Council
  • Evidence of contribution to effective clinical audit and clinical risk management
Desirable criteria
  • Experience in clinical guideline development Appraisal training

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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.

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