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Clinical Research Fellow (110390-0425)

University of Warwick - Warwick Medical School - Biomedical Sciences

Location: Coventry, University of Warwick
Salary: £44,159 to £81,775 per annum
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Fixed-Term/Contract
Placed On: 17th April 2025
Closes: 1st May 2025
Job Ref: 2699

About the Role

For informal enquiries, please contact Jan Brosens (Professor of Obstetrics & Gynaecology) at J.J.Brosens@warwick.ac.uk

Full-time, Fixed term contract for 24 months.

You will join as a Clinical Research Fellow the research team of Professors Brosens in the Division of Biomedical Sciences of Warwick Medical School and the Implantation Research Clinic at University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire (UHCW) NHS Trust.

The Implantation Research Clinic, an NHS experimental reproductive medicine clinic embedded in the Biomedical Research Unit in Reproductive Health (BRU-RH) at UHCW, provides care for women and their partners experiencing persistent reproductive failure from across the UK and abroad. Bio-samples obtained in the clinic are processed by the Arden Tissue Bank for innovative research programmes aimed at elucidating the causes of reproductive failure and developing novel diagnostics and therapeutics.

You will have a medical degree and achieved GMC/PMETB Foundation level competence (or equivalent.) You will also have experience in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at ST1-3 or equivalent.

There will be an opportunity to register for MD/PhD degree.

About You  

You will be expected to support the clinical and research activities in the Implantation Research Clinic, i.e. from ‘bench to bedside’. You will receive training in managing implantation failure and infertility, early pregnancy loss, pelvic ultrasound, and integration of novel endometrial diagnostics in clinical care pathways. You will have the opportunity to design and develop a clinical and/or laboratory and/or computational research programme, working in close partnership with highly skilled researchers at the University of Warwick, external collaborators, and partner institutions in the Tommy’s National Miscarriage Research Centre. You will have the opportunity to register for MD/ PhD degree.

Duties and Responsibilities

  1. Provide clinical care for patients attending the Implantation Research Clinic, obtain bio-samples for research and support the clinical research team in the BRU-RH:
  2. Gain knowledge of relevant research protocols to ensure the safe and accurate conduct and recording of studies.
  3. Undertake GCP training and maintain compliance. Comply with obstetric department compulsory training for junior medical staff.
  4. Undertake administrative duties when required and ensure meticulous record keeping.
  5. Work supportively with the BRU-RH research team, the Arden Tissue Bank staff and lab-based/computational scientists in Professor Brosens’ group.
  6. Develop your integrated research programme, which can be clinically focussed, lab/computer-based, or both, in line with the strategic research aims of the Brosens’ group.
  7. To undertake original research that could be part of a higher degree.
  8. Attend regular research meetings.
  9. Maintain effective communications with our research partners in the Tommy’s National Miscarriage Research Centre (Warwick, Birmingham, Imperial College London) and external collaborators across the UK and abroad.
  10. Publish research findings in peer-reviewed journals and present at national/international conferences and disseminate research findings to diverse audiences using different communication platforms.
  11. Demonstrate a commitment to personal continuing professional development.

The duties and responsibilities outlined are not intended to be an exhaustive list but provide guidance on the main aspects of the job. You will be required to be flexible in your duties.

For further information regarding the skills required for this role please see the personal specification section of the attached job description.

CLOSING DATE: Thursday 1st May 2025 at 11.55pm

Full details of the duties & selection criteria for this role can be found in the vacancy advert on the University of Warwick's jobs pages. You will be routed to this when you click on the 'Apply' button.

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