Clinical Research Fellow in Respiratory Medicine

Clinical Research Fellow in Respiratory Medicine MN37

Main area Respiratory Medicine Grade MN37 Contract 6 months (Fixed term (21/10/2026 to 19/04/2027)) Hours Full time - 40 hours per week Job
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Site Charing Cross Hospital Town London Salary £45,715 - £69,976 per annum +LDN Weighting Closing 27/09/2026 23:59

Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:

Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.

With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.

We are an NHS Trust of approximately 16,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.

We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.

With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.

We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.

The post holder will be based within the Imperial Clinical Respiratory Research Unit at St Mary’s Hospital and will contribute to bronchoscopy support for research studies and to support NHS activity across all the ICHT sites. These include studies in asthma, COPD, respiratory viral infections, tuberculosis, pleural disease, and interstitial lung disease.

The post provides six months of dedicated research time for a clinician with an interest in respiratory medicine who wishes to develop their research experience and explore future academic opportunities. The post holder will be based across SMH and HH working on clinical studies in patients with respiratory disease or infections. They will be the core member of the bronchoscopy platform for the BRC as supervised by Professor Onn Min Kon.

The post also supports the clinical Respiratory service by attending TB clinics and also helping with bronchoscopy lists at ICHT - this provides additional income and service resilience. They will be expected to perform research bronchoscopies across study sites and contribute to the delivery of the wider research programme.

The successful candidate will be supervised by Professor Onn Min Kon, Consultant Respiratory Physician and Head of the Tuberculosis Service at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust .

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Act as a key member of the respiratory research team across sites.
• Perform Research and Clinical Bronchoscopies across sites
• Oversee recruitment, delivery, and follow-up activities for clinical trials.
• Support the management and governance requirements of clinical research studies.
• Develop and deliver independent research projects under supervision.
• Attend TB outpatient clinics and multidisciplinary team meetings to support learning and facilitate research recruitment.
• Contribute to data collection, analysis, presentations, manuscript preparation, and publication of research findings.
• Work collaboratively with clinical, academic, and research colleagues across Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and Imperial College London.

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