St Mark's Research Fellow

The post will provide the opportunity to undertake a variety of daytime activities as the clinical element consists mostly of overnight shifts. The core element of this role is research with a view to obtaining a higher degree with a clinical element on an on-call rota as detailed below to facilitate the research. There are various projects available, under the supervision of the colorectal surgeons and gastroenterologists consultants at St Mark's Hospital.

1:6 rota at Central Middlesex Hospital with modest daytime clinical commitment. Elective Colorectal, Orthopaedic and some General Surgery patients are operated on at Central Middlesex Hospital both in the ACAD and BeCAD operating theatres. This post will provide medical cover for these surgical patients on a 1:6 nights and weekends rota at Central Middlesex Hospital, and facilitate obtaining a surgical opinion on other medical patients within the Hospital. Supervised, two week wait clinics will also be performed on a flexible basis. This post can be performed by gastroenterology trainees or colorectal surgical trainees and is responsible to the St Mark’s Colorectal Surgery Department for their clinical duties.

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We Run Major Acute Services At

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&​E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Pooja Datt Job title: Research Manager Email address: pooja.datt@nhs.net