Senior Clinical Research Fellow in HIV and Infectious Diseases
Royal Free London NHS Foundation TrustLondon
Overview
This is a NHS role (fixed-term) with Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust based in London. The advertised salary is £67,325. Applications close on 2 November 2026. GovJobs has indexed this vacancy from its official source — use the apply button to view the full advert and apply directly.
Job description
The postholder will provide day to day support of on-going clinical trials and other studies. Their overall supervision will be directed by Prof Burns...
- Day to day support of on-going clinical trials and other studies.
- Participation in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.
- Development of own clinical research projects.
- Under Consultant supervision, to be responsible for the clinical care of patients attending the HIV/ID service including those participating in the clinical trials liaising with colleagues to ensure they receive the best standard of clinical care.
- Participation in HIV/ID on call rota (optional & subject to experience).
More detailed job description and person specification documents are available in the documents section.
The HIV service provided by the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is recognised as an international Centre of Excellence for HIV care. It serves the inpatient and outpatient needs of over 3000 people with HIV and has the largest cohort of women with HIV in the country. It has an inpatient HIV unit and runs specialist consultant-led clinics within the department including in viral hepatitis, TB, cardiology, renal disease, rheumatology, ageing and frailty, chronic fatigue, lipid disorders, AIN, gynaecology and psychiatry. For stable patients on medication e-clinics are in place, which are both Doctor and Nurse led. Care in all areas of medicine is increasingly being provided at a network level and the department is active in developing and strengthening links with our clinical colleagues across the North Central London Network. The HIV department has a dedicated research team and many patients are involved in clinical trials including those for new antivirals, primary HIV infections and questionnaire based studies.
More recently, the Royal Free has established a dedicated vaccine trial research team. This team successfully delivered on large scale Covid vaccine trials during the pandemic. The vaccine trials team have more large-scale vaccine trials (Phase 1 through to 3) about to open and others on the horizon. The post-holder will help support delivery and oversight of these trials.
Essential: - Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust shared commitments.
Essential: - Full registration with the General Medical Council with a licence to practice; - MRCP 1 & 2 or equivalent; - Current GCP certificate
Essential: - Experience working within the NHS; - Clinical experience in HIV and/or infectious diseases/GUM; - Knowledge and understanding of the principles and practice of clinical trial design, regulatory processes, and clinical trial management
Essential: - Committed to providing a responsive and helpful service; - Making inclusivity, diversity and inter(cultural) awareness core to actions and decision-making for self and team; - Making best practice an absolute priority
Essential: - Commitment to carry out quality research, leading to publication; - Ability to work both independently and collaboratively; - Excellent organisational, prioritisation skills and ability to manage time and work to deadlines; - Excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills; - Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team, and collaborate with other clinical researchers and research collaborators; - Quality ethical and professional standards in research and education
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