Manchester Rare Conditions Centre Senior LED (Research Fellow)

Job overview

Clinical Research Fellow in Paediatric Rare Conditions.

The post will be based within Manchester Centre for Genomic Medicine and will be supporting research studies across Manchester Rare Conditions Centre and the NIHR Children’s Clinical Research Facility.

Candidates that are non-GMC registered at the point of application will be considered for this position, under the Trusts International Fellowship Scheme (please note, there is a £750 admin charge for this scheme). More information re this scheme can be found on our website – link in job description.

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The role of the Clinical Research Fellow will be to support the existing portfolio of rare disease Clinical Research projects within the children’s CRF and beyond. There will be opportunity to accrue clinical experience within the regional and supraregional metabolic service.

The post is not recognised for training however would be suitable for a trainee applying for Out-of-Programme for Research. Educational and Academic Supervisor for this post, Prof Siddharth Banka will support the research component and the clinical components of the post, assisting in meeting the individual’s training and career goals, including regular appraisal and support to complete appropriate work-place based assessments.

Working for our organisation

MFT is England’s largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’re also creating a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which goes live in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.