Senior LED Clinical Research Fellow (Gynaecology)

We are inviting applicants for the post of Clinical Research Fellow in Gynaecology. Candidates should be highly motivated to undertake a postgraduate degree and they will be expected to register (and self-fund) an MPhil with the University of Manchester, with the potential to convert this to an MD degree, depending on academic progress. These are also clinical posts and candidates should be at a level expected of an ST3+ trainee. The split between academic and clinical time is 60%/40%. Daytime work will be primarily Gynaecology based but on-call duties do include Obstetrics. Candidates who are successful at interview will be expected to apply for Out of Program Research (OOPR) if they are currently in a training post. There are a number of research projects proposed for this job which are listed within this advert. The successful candidate will choose which proposal they wish to proceed with.Please highlight in the additional information within the application form which project, if successful , you would wish to proceed with and why? Research Proposals:

• Non-Mesh Techniques for Abdominal Prolapse Surgery: A Multicentre (UK and European) Mixed-Methods Feasibility Study to Inform Future Randomised Controlled Trial Design
• SONNET: Study Of Novel eNdometrial cancer diagnosTics
• Inflammation and heavy menstrual bleeding
• Reproductive outcomes and immunity after fertility preservation
• Project PRESS - Patient expeRience and rEproductive outcomeS after fertility preservation
• Evaluating the falloposcopic route for detection and treatment of pre malignant ovarian cancer
• Targeting endometrial ImmunE Responses in reproductive disease (TIER)
Please see attached document for full details of each of these proposals.Main duties of the job The aims of the Research post are; 1. To establish the outcomes of importance to patients and clinicians undertaking endometrial cancer clinical research 2. To describe the use of primary cytoreductive surgery and neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by interval debulking surgery for advanced endometrial cancer across the UK 3. To compare survival outcomes for primary cytoreductive surgery and neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by interval debulking surgery for the treatment of advanced endometrial cancer across different molecular subgroups The Clinical Research Fellow will be supervised by a team of consultants. The Clinical Research Fellow will need to respect the roles of others within a multidisciplinary team and communicate with them appropriately. The weekly timetable will vary from week to week. The clinical component may include sessions in outpatients, theatre and ward rounds, or other specialist sessions. Research days are usually fixed.

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