Clinical Research Fellow in Colorectal Surgery and Innovation; CT

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The closing date is 03 October 2026

We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our well integrated team.

This post is for as soon as possible for 11 months.

The post would suit a trainee with a special interest in clinical practice, innovation and research. The trainee will have passed foundation training. This post will provide a solid basis from which to apply for future Core training post.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

This post is attached to colorectal surgical speciality based within the Colorectal Unit (Ward 46) / Newcastle Centre for Bowel Disease Research Hub. The individual will work primarily on innovation and research projects within the commercial and NIHR research portfolios but may on occasion, based on trainee appetite, supplement the F2/CST tier and as such be expected to perform duties and take clinical responsibility to this level.

For an informal discussion and further information regarding the opportunity and Directorate, please contact:
Prof Richard Brady on or via email at

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teachingNHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion. We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We're also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients 'contacts' each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people's race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.

Clinical:

This post is not recognised for clinical training however, each doctor may be expected, dependent on trainee career focus, to assist in the care of all patients to which he/she is allocated under the direct supervision of the Consultant.

Duties may include business, post-take and teaching ward rounds, OP clinics, Operating Theatre sessions, administrative (dictation of summaries, letters, coding etc.) and

Involvement in surgical assistance as required.

Basic clinical duties under supervision of responsible consultant as required.

Coordination of biopsy retrieval.

Training and involvement in surgery involving biopsies.

The doctor may wish to perform additional on call duties, with permission of the supervising consultant, in occasional emergencies and unforeseen circumstances at the request of an appropriate clinical lead.

Administrative:

Coordination of biopsies, involvement in surgery involving biopsies

Clinical case registration in online national registries

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