Job overview
Clinical Fellow (ST6) in
Haematology Early Phase Clinical Trials
NIHR UCLH Clinical Research Facility
Applications are invited for Clinical Fellows (ST6) in Haematology Early Phase Clinical Trials from August 2026. The aim of this position is to offer comprehensive specialist training in all aspects of running early phase haematology clinical trials including protocol development, regulatory procedures, associated translational research projects and presentation of research at meetings.
Cancer is a major strategic area of UCLH and UCL with a focus on developing novel pathway-directed therapies. There is an excellent infrastructure allowing clinical trials to be linked with basic science, facilitating targeting of specific molecular abnormalities in cancers with therapeutics. UCL is both an Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre and a Cancer Research UK Centre, and the NIHR UCLH Clinical Research Facility ( is supported by the NIHR and Cancer Research UK. There are close links between the CRF and the UCL Cancer Institute ( providing excellent opportunities for translational research projects linked to drug development.
Main duties of the job
The aim of this position is to offer comprehensive specialist training in all aspects of early phase Haem-Oncology clinical trials including protocol development, regulatory procedures, associated translational research projects and presentation of research at meetings.
This full-time, fixed-term post will be for a period of 12 months from August 2026. Full GMC Registration is essential and possession of MRCP or equivalent is necessary. Specialist training in haematology or oncology and competency in prescribing chemotherapy is required, experience in clinical trial work is desirable
Working for our organisation
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.
We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:
1. University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
2. National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
3. Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
4. University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
5. Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
6. University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
7. The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
8. University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street
We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.
We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.