Job overview
Clinical Research Fellow Head and Neck
We are seeking an enthusiastic Clinical Research Fellow to join the Centre for Experimental Cancer Medicine (CECM) at St Bartholomew’s Hospital.This exciting role offers the opportunity to contribute to pioneering cancer research, working alongside clinicians, nurses, pharmacists, and operational staff in delivering innovative clinical trials to improve patient outcomes.
The successful candidate will be involved in patient care, trial coordination, data collection, and research governance, with a focus on safe, compassionate, and accurate delivery of cancer clinical trial activities.
Main duties of the job
• Deliver care to patients enrolled in clinical trials, ensuring adherence to study protocols and Good Clinical Practice (ICH GCP) standards.
• Participate in trial set-up, patient recruitment, consent taking, treatment planning, follow-up, and data management.
• Apply critical evaluation skills to research protocols and develop knowledge of pre-clinical and clinical trial rationales.
• Educate patients and their families about trial objectives, procedures, potential side effects, and follow-up schedules.
• Maintain accurate clinical and research documentation, reporting to ethics and scientific committees as required.
• Work within a multidisciplinary team, liaising with clinical leads, research nurses, pharmacists, and external research partners.
• Support recruitment strategies to meet local and national research targets
Working for our organisation
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
• Support management in the development and implementation of strategies for each trial within the portfolio to ensure compliance with the protocol and ensuring the smooth running and successful outcome of the clinical research trial.
• Assists in the conduct of in-house, commercial and non-commercial national and international phase I, II and III clinical trials.
• Be aware of and comply with ICH GCP as well as the legal requirements and other relevant guidelines for the conduct of clinical research.
• Helps maintain files of current protocols and patient information sheets/consent forms in the appropriate clinics and departments.
• Be accountable for the documentation of trial data according to ICH GCP guidelines.
• Applies critical appraisal skills in evaluating research protocols.
• Functions in a collaborative practice role within the multidisciplinary health care team to provide expertise in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of clinical research protocols.
• Consults with primary investigators, research organisations and industry in the development and delivery of research protocols.
• Develops knowledge of the preclinical data and the specific rationale for testing an investigational agent/modality in humans.
• Ensures trial case report forms are completed in conformance with ICH GCP guidelines and within appropriate time guidelines.
• Development of database and case report forms for specific trials. Trial co-ordination with pharmacy, pathology, radiology and radiotherapy where appropriate.
• Liaise with research teams at other institutions.
• Organise and participate in trial management group and trial steering group meetings.
• Analyse, present and publish completed clinical trials.
• Report progress and incidents in on-going trials to local scientific and ethics committees.
• Acts as a clinical resource in research activities to clinical areas including the inpatient wards, outpatient oncology and surgical clinics, day units and Radiotherapy Department.
Person specification
Education
Essential criteria
1. Full GMC registration
Desirable criteria
2. IMT
3. Proven knowledge of ICH GCP guidelines
Experience
Essential criteria
4. Experience of working with oncology/haematology patients
5. Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team
6. Experience of explaining complex concepts to patients in a clear and simplified manner
7. Experience of formal/ informal teaching of patients and staff
Desirable criteria
8. Experience of working in a clinical research environment
9. Publications in the literature
Skills
Essential criteria
10. Proven effectiveness as working as part of a multidisciplinary team
11. Must demonstrate critical and intelligent attention to detail and high standards of accuracy
12. Ability to identify deteriorating patients and take appropriate action
13. Demonstrates ability to prioritise workload in order to meet deadlines/milestones
14. Demonstrates ability to prioritise workload in order to meet deadlines/milestones
15. Demonstrates evidence of professional development
16. Proven ability to communicate effectively in writing
17. Proven ability to communicate effectively verbally
18. Proven ability to work effectively under pressure
19. IT skills
20. Evidence of commintment to teaching.
Desirable criteria
21. Undertaken research in relevant field.
22. Understanding and rising to the challenges in patient recruitment
Personal
Essential criteria
23. Commintment to achieving and mainataining national targets.
24. Approachability.
25. Team player.
26. Commintment and enthusiasm for service improvement and development at Barts NHS Trust
27. Excellent interpersonal skills.
Desirable criteria
28. Experience in developing effective and collaborative working relationships.