Clinical Trials Fellow in Infectious Diseases CT1/F2+

at  Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Clinical Trials Fellow in Infectious Diseases CT1 / F2+
The appointment is to commence in August 2024 for a fixed term period of 12 months. A motivation to gain additional experience in the field of Infectious Diseases is desirable. As this post is not recognised as a ‘training post’, full registration with the GMC with a licence to practise is required, and if the appointee does not hold right of residence in the UK sponsorship will be required. The duties of this post are equivalent to CT1 / F2+ level.

CLINICAL RESEARCH DUTIES

The post holder will primarily be responsible for helping to identify and enrol eligible in-patients, outpatients and healthy volunteers to a portfolio of clinical trials in infection. These include (but are not limited to) a number of ongoing interventional and observational COVID-19 (The RECOVERY trial, SARS CoV-2 vaccine trials), Influenza (REMAPCAP-influenza), community acquired pneumonia (ASPECT, PNEUMO), S. aureus bacteraemia (SNAP), human challenge studies (VASP) and other vaccine trials (EMBRACE). The post holder will be expected to undergo training and certification in Good Clinical Practice (unless already certified) as well individual study specific training. The post holder will work closely with the Clinical Research Facility (CRF) nursing team, local principal investigators for each study and the clinical teams in the department.
The post holder will also be expected to contribute to the wider communicable diseases clinical research portfolio within the academic directorate of communicable diseases and specialised medicine as study intensity allows. This work includes studies in sexual health, HIV, viral hepatitis and antimicrobial stewardship.

CLINICAL DUTIES

This post does not involve clinical service work. However, the post holder will be welcome to take on out of hours locum shifts in the unit at the CT1/F2+ level as available and according to local rates.
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Sheffield, as well as specialist care for patients from further afield, including cancer, spinal cord injuries, renal and cardiothoracic services. In addition to community health services, the Trust comprises five of Yorkshire’s best known teaching hospitals.
The Royal Hallamshire Hospital
The Northern General Hospital
Charles Clifford Dental Hospital
Weston Park Cancer Hospital
Jessop Wing Maternity Hospital
We strive to promote a culture of continuous quality improvement and encourage our staff to innovate and adopt ‘best practice’ in order to deliver the highest standard of care to our patients.
The Northern General Hospital is the home of the City’s Accident and Emergency department which is also now one of three adult Major Trauma Centres for the Yorkshire and Humber region. A number of specialist medical and surgical services are also located at the Northern General Hospital including cardiac, orthopaedics, burns, plastic surgery, spinal injuries and renal to name a few.
Please see the attached Job Description for further information and detail of the role. Dr Collini will be happy to provide further detail also if require