Job summary
This
is a 10 PA appointment for a Specialty Doctor to support the delivery of
COVID-19 trials at Leeds Teaching Hospitals. This post will be available to
March 2024.
This
post will deliver 10 PAs supporting the Research and Innovation team led by
Dr Ai Lyn Tan, Director of Research and Innovation.
The
post-holder will provide support and medical oversight for a wide range of
early phase clinical trials conducted on the NIHR Leeds Clinical Research
Facility and all interventional COVID-19 clinical trials taking place in the
Trust. These includes platform studies including RECOVERY and HEAL-COVID for
the inpatient population, COVID vaccination studies and studies looking at
protecting the immunosuppressed population. There may also be the opportunity
for providing medical cover and support for other clinical trials underway in
the Trust.
Main duties of the job
The
post will be based at the St. James' University Hospital site but with travel
to other Trust sites as required.
Applicants should have excellent communication and
team working skills and a strong commitment to teaching and service development
are essential. Applicants should be comfortable dealing with medical
emergencies and have a broad medical knowledge as the role will require
cross-specialty working. The post offers a unique chance to work with no ward
commitments and full-time in Clinical Research particularly for those who have
not been on the Academic Training Pathway so far. There is potential within
some projects to get authorship on large national studies. Previous Academic
Foundation Trainees or Academic Clinical Fellows would also be welcome and
would get more hands-on experience of research delivery.
About us
Our
values are part of what make us different from other trusts, so we see this as
a strength, as well as a responsibility. They have been developed by our staff
and set out what they see as important to how we work. Our five values are:
Patient-centered Collaborative Fair Accountable Empowered. All our actions and endeavours will be guided
and evaluated through these values. The beliefs and attitudes that underpin
effective performance within the job role. Emphasis should be on the
requirements of the role not the individual when completing this section.
Examples might include: quality focus, mistakes are used as a continual
learning experience, honesty, integrity etc.
Leeds
Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is part of the West Yorkshire Association of Acute
Trusts (WYAAT), a collaborative of the NHS hospital trusts.
Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process
of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As
such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right
to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do
experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please
bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if
you have any questions.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The
objectives of the post are to oversee the delivery of a portfolio of clinical
trials within Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. These include a wide range of early phase,
experimental medicine trials that are conducted within the NIHR Leeds Clinical
Research Facility as well as interventional clinical trials that test new
treatments for COVID-19. These will include platform studies such as the
Recovery trial and ongoing work into novel vaccines and boosters. Duties will
include consenting patients into trials, working with clinical teams on wards
and working with the COVID-19 research nursing team to support care of patients
in those trials. There may also be the opportunity to support a range of other
trials where medical input/cover is required although this is dependent on the
size of the COVID-19 portfolio.
Please see attached job description for full
information.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The
objectives of the post are to oversee the delivery of a portfolio of clinical
trials within Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. These include a wide range of early phase,
experimental medicine trials that are conducted within the NIHR Leeds Clinical
Research Facility as well as interventional clinical trials that test new
treatments for COVID-19. These will include platform studies such as the
Recovery trial and ongoing work into novel vaccines and boosters. Duties will
include consenting patients into trials, working with clinical teams on wards
and working with the COVID-19 research nursing team to support care of patients
in those trials. There may also be the opportunity to support a range of other
trials where medical input/cover is required although this is dependent on the
size of the COVID-19 portfolio.
Please see attached job description for full
information.
Person Specification
Clinical, Academic, and Personal Skills
Essential
- demonstrates understanding of the principles of research, evidence of relevant academic and research achievements
Desirable
- Acute care safe: up-to-date ALS. Hospital at night team working / experience. Out of hours experience relevant to the job.
Eligibility, Fitness to practice, and Language Skills
Essential
- Eligible for full registration with the GMC at time of appointment. Evidence of achievement of Foundation competencies by time of appointment in line with GMC standards in Good Medical Practice
Qualifications
Essential
- Experience of managing and delivering clinical trials
- MBBS or equivalent medical qualification, Eligible for full registration with the GMC at time of appointment
Experience
Essential
- Relevant specialty clinical knowledge: capacity to apply sound clinical knowledge relevant to the job, specialty knowledge exam. Clinical judgement: experience in making clinical decisions
Person Specification
Clinical, Academic, and Personal Skills
Essential
- demonstrates understanding of the principles of research, evidence of relevant academic and research achievements
Desirable
- Acute care safe: up-to-date ALS. Hospital at night team working / experience. Out of hours experience relevant to the job.
Eligibility, Fitness to practice, and Language Skills
Essential
- Eligible for full registration with the GMC at time of appointment. Evidence of achievement of Foundation competencies by time of appointment in line with GMC standards in Good Medical Practice
Qualifications
Essential
- Experience of managing and delivering clinical trials
- MBBS or equivalent medical qualification, Eligible for full registration with the GMC at time of appointment
Experience
Essential
- Relevant specialty clinical knowledge: capacity to apply sound clinical knowledge relevant to the job, specialty knowledge exam. Clinical judgement: experience in making clinical decisions
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
