Clinical Research Fellow - Liverpool, United Kingdom - Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Liverpool, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Applications are invited for research fellowships within the colorectal department at the Liverpool University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, University of Liverpool.

In addition the successful applicants will be expected to participate on the general surgical on call registrar rota at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

The applicants would be expected to undertake their research in collaboration with University of Liverpool looking into early diagnosis of recurrence of rectal cancer following neo-adjuvant chemo-radiotherapy using novel techniques.

In addition to research, there will be a commitment to the general surgical on call rota at specialist registrar level at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital and limited service requirements related to the clinical area of research.

Role Summary

The colorectal research fellow posts are an exciting opportunity which will enable the post holder to develop both their clinical skills at junior registrar level, in addition to a strong foundation in clinical research leading to a MD degree.

The role will involve both clinical and research time.

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Responsibilities:

Clinical

You will be expected to cover the first-on surgical registrar general surgery at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital site.

Ward Duties

A part from on-call post-take ward-round the research fellow will not have any commitment for day to day running of the ward.

Operating Theatre

The post holder will have the opportunity to attend the operating sessions on ad hoc basis of the Clinical Team to assist with major surgery and be trained in basic surgical skills under the close supervision of the Consultants.

There is no fixed commitment to theatre and focus should be on research.

Outpatient Clinics

There will be no outpatient's commitments.

On-Call

The on-call commitments will be out of hours and over the weekend in order to have time for research during the weekdays.

The research fellow will be involved in the assessment and management of emergency admissions from both the Emergency department and via GP into the Surgical Assessment Unit.

There will be good opportunities to develop core trainee skills during emergency surgery cases.

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.

The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.

The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.