Clinical Research Fellow in Paediatric Metabolic Medicine

2 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom Great Ormond Street Hospital Full time
Job overview

The Metabolic Medicine service at Great Ormond Street Hospital would like to announce an exciting opportunity for a 12 months fixed term Clinical Research Fellow post. 

The Clinical Research fellow will help to correlate phenotypic, biochemical and genetic features in a cohort of patients with neurodegenerative inherited metabolic disorders recruited from Metabolic Outpatients clinics at Great Ormond Street Hospital. The Fellow will also provide a  vital  clinical support role  for patients  and families who are   attending the Clinical Research facility at GOSH  to participate in clinical trials .

Applicants should possess a primary medical degree with membership to the  royal college of Physicians or RCPCH (MRCPCH /FRCPCH) and should be at ST5 level or above. They should possess at least one year’s experience of Clinical Paediatric Metabolic Medicine.

Reference Number: 271-MPU-6206628

Based in central London, GOSH offers flexible working, help with childcare and travel, excellent training and development opportunities and assistance with finding somewhere to live.

We encourage applications from all sections of the community.

We conduct full criminal record checks on all successful candidates.

Main duties of the job

  • Identify suitable patients from Great Ormond Street Hospital outpatient clinics and referred nationally.
  • Evaluate clinical features of each patient and gather all available clinical data from clinical records.
  • Obtain necessary clinical samples from the affected proband and family members for genetic and biochemical studies
  • Correlate clinical, biochemical and genetic data in a database
  • To liaise with collaborating UK and international groups and to present work to these groups and meetings as required.
  • To record, analyse and write up the clinical data and laboratory experiments.
  • To contribute to the overall, normal activities of the research team and department as required, including laboratory duties and attendance of department meetings and seminars.
  • To provide clinical support for the clinical Inherited Metabolic Disease patient trials on the Clinical Research Facility at GOSH.
  • To comply with health and safety regulations and to ensure equipment is maintained and used in good working order.
  • To contribute to the drafting and submission of meeting abstracts, posters and research manuscript

Working for our organisation

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust (GOSH) is an international centre of excellence in child healthcare. GOSH is an acute specialist paediatric hospital with a mission to provide world-class care to children and young people with rare, complex and difficult-to-treat conditions.

Together with our research partner, the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, we form the UK’s only academic Biomedical Research Centre specialising in paediatrics.

Most of the children we care for are referred from other hospitals throughout the UK and overseas. There are 60 nationally recognised clinical specialities at GOSH; the UK's widest range of specialist health services for children on one site. We believe our people are the head, the heart, the hands and the face of GOSH. Being part of our team is incredibly rewarding and you will be doing something extraordinary to the lives of the children and young people we care for. GOSH is a challenging, complex and inspiring place to work. Each and every day our people come together to support each other to deliver excellent patient care, often working to help our patients and their families navigate through demanding processes and difficult decisions.

Creating a working environment where all our people are valued for who they are as well as what they do, and where they enjoy their work and coming into work, is everybody’s job and is in everybody’s interests

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachments.

Person specificationAcademic/Professional qualification/TrainingEssential criteria
  • Medically qualified with a primary medical degree MBBChir, MBChB
  • Membership of the Royal College of Physicians/ Paediatricians or equivalent MRCPCH/FRCPCH
  • Full GMC registration with Licence to Practice or IELTS Certificate with an overall score of with a minimum score of ‘7’ in each domain or Occupational English Test (medicine version) with a minimum score of ‘B’ in each domain.
Desirable criteria
  • GCP training
Our always valuesEssential criteria
  • Always welcoming
  • Always helpful
  • Always expert
  • Always one team
  • Experience of working as part of a diverse team.
  • Experience of contributing to an inclusive workplace culture.
  • Knowledge and Understanding of diverse backgrounds and perspectives.
  • Understanding of Diversity and Inclusion challenges in the workplace.
  • Demonstrable contribution to advancing Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace
Skills/AbilitiesEssential criteria
  • Ability to analyse and write up data and keep accurate records.
  • Ability to present complex information effectively to a range of audiences.
  • Ability to show initiative and provide leadership to junior colleagues
  • Effective spoken and written English and good communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Excellent organisational skills
Desirable criteria
  • Basic IT skills – Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint and Photoshop
  • Good organisational skills and attention to detail.
Experience/KnowledgeEssential criteria
  • Clinical Paediatrics at ST5 upwards level (or equivalent)
  • At least 1 year in Clinical Paediatric Metabolic Medicine at ST5 upwards level (or equivalent)
  • Commitment to carry out high quality research, leading to publications
  • Clinical experience in related paediatric specialties
  • Understanding and proven ability to apply research findings in a clinical/organisational context
  • Understanding of the principles of clinical governance
Desirable criteria
  • Published research in peer reviewed journals
 

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