Clinical Research Fellow in Metabolic Bone Disease

There is no on-call commitment for this post. The consultant staff provide a 24/7 on-call service for Endocrinology and Diabetes. On-call cover for Diabetes Home Care is provided by the Diabetes Specialist Nurses, and occasionally, to cover holidays and sickness, by the consultants. The successful applicant is expected to take active part in undergraduate and postgraduate medical education and the training of other relevant staff groups. This includes the mentoring of junior medical staff. Clinical Research is one of the strengths of this Department and the metabolic bone team. 50% of the applicants time is committed to clinical and translational research. The applicant is expected to develop personal research studies, obtain grant funding, assist in recruitment of clinical trials and present their work at national and international meetings. The appointee will be expected to participate in all aspects of the Clinical Governance structure developed by the Trust to monitor, maintain and
develop the quality and effectiveness of care. The Trust is committed to the development of medical staff through individual appraisal. This will include audit of personal clinical practice as well as involvement in department/specialty reviews; attention to continuing professional development and to meeting the requirements for Continuing Medical Education defined by the relevant Royal College (and for which appropriate study leave support will be available); awareness of professional standards and the responsibility to undertake safe and ethical clinical practice; the importance of responding promptly to any circumstances which may result in increased clinical risk or adverse outcome. Funding is available for approved study leave as defined in the Trusts study leave policy. The appointee will be expected to provide cross-cover for specialist registrars during periods of leave and short-term sickness absence. Clinically, the applicant will share in the provision of the outpatient service
for Endocrinology, the Metabolic Bone and Osteogenesis Imperfecta service, Joint Clinics, and support medical staff on the Medical Day Care Unit.