Bart's Health NHS Trust

Clinical Research Fellow Post

Based at Royal London Hospital

12 Months Fixed Term

A 12-month fixed term Clinical Research Fellow position has arisen within the department of Dermatology based at Barts Health NHS Trust, with the primary site being the Royal London Hospital. The successful candidate will join twenty existing consultants and six specialist registrars in delivering a broad range of Dermatology services as part of a multi-disciplinary team. The post holder will play a key role in meeting the increasing demand of complex secondary/tertiary surgical dermatology care referrals.

Main duties of the job

This is an excellent opportunity for a dynamic individual with the appropriate skills to join a first-class multi-disciplinary team providing the full range of services to the majority of East London and beyond in a progressive London teaching hospital environment.

Applicants must be fully registered on the UK General Medical Council's Specialist Register.

About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Job description
Job responsibilities

Please refer to the job description and person specification for the full main responsibilities of this post.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Full GMC
• Basic Medical Qualifications

Desirable

• MRCP

Experience
Essential

• Experience of dermatology assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient settings
• Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups

Desirable

• Experience of working within a dermatology setting
• Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision
• Experience of research in dermatology

Skills
Essential

• Skills in the use of basic methods of dermatology assessment, intervention and management
• Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex
• Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
• Demonstrates ability to work effectively under pressure
• Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.

Personal and people development
Desirable

• Knowledge of the theory and practice of basic dermatology therapies in specific difficult to treat groups
• Basic level knowledge of the theory and practice of clinical cutaneous research.
• Ability to manage and co-ordinate clinical staff, for whom post holder does not have managerial responsibility.

Communication
Essential

• Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings
• Demonstrate ability to use own initiative

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