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 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 co-ordinators. They will gain experience and training in all aspects of clinical research delivery, including: study set up, recruitment, consent, pharmacovigilence, 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
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.
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. Leading in innovation and quality – opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn’t, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read ‘applicant guidance notes’ before submitting your application.
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; data analysis
This advert closes on Wednesday 27 May 2026