EUSTAR Clinical Research Fellow

Are you an enthusiastic and motivated clinician with a desire to be part of a successful international research team? Are you ambitious with an interest in clinical research? Do you want to further your career by contributing to a world-leading systemic sclerosis research network and registry?

The successful candidate will join the Scleroderma (also known as Systemic sclerosis; SSc) research team, at the University of Leeds, hosted within the Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, under the leadership of Professor Francesco Del Galdo. The Fellow will support the European Scleroderma Trials and Research group (EUSTAR), a world-leading international systemic sclerosis research network and registry, as Medical Lead for the network projects.

You will provide medically qualified input into the clinical and scientific delivery of EUSTAR research activity. This will include supporting registry-based studies, observational cohort research, clinical interpretation of data, project development, data quality, analysis planning and preparation of reports, presentations, and publications. You will work closely with Professor Del Galdo, the EUSTAR leadership team, the EUSTAR Programme Manager (Thomas Osborne), and international collaborators, statisticians, and data managers in the EUSTAR team.

You will ensure that EUSTAR research activity remains clinically relevant, scientifically robust and aligned with the needs of people living with systemic sclerosis.

Research projects will aim to better understand disease progression, clinical phenotypes, organ involvement, treatment patterns and outcomes in patients diagnosed with scleroderma, from very early disease to individuals with active established SSc. You will primarily focus on EUSTAR-related research activity and the delivery of outputs from registry and cohort data, with opportunities to contribute to collaborative international projects using the EUSTAR database.

You will have the opportunity to maintain your clinical skills and training needs by participating to the Leeds-based systemic sclerosis clinical activity including the opportunity to participate to translational research.

You will be medically qualified and have completed core medical training or equivalent, with clinical experience in rheumatology. You will have current GMC registration with MRCP (or equivalent). You will have basic and clinical background in Immunology and autoimmune diseases, with a strong interest in systemic sclerosis.

We have implemented a new approach to pay for junior doctors and dentists in training which mirrors the new pay system and transitional arrangements introduced into the NHS by the 2016 contract for Junior Doctor / Dentists in training; the salary awarded for this role will be awarded depending on a trainee's current NHS pay scale status under the transitional arrangements.

• 26 days holiday plus approx.
  16 Bank Holidays/days that the University is closed by custom (including Christmas) - That's 42 days a year!
• Generous pension scheme options plus life assurance
• Health and Wellbeing:
  Discounted staff membership options at The Edge, our state-of-the-art Campus gym, with a pool, sauna, climbing wall, cycle circuit, and sports halls.
• Personal Development:
  Access to courses run by our Organisational Development & Professional Learning team, and self-development courses including languages, Creative Writing, Wellbeing Therapies and much more.
• Access to on-site childcare, shopping discounts and travel schemes are also available.
• And much more!