Clinical Research Fellow with interest in rare Ehlers Danlos syndromes


Company:	London North West Healthcare NHS Trust
Salary:	£45,715 - £69,976 per annum
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Harrow, HA1 3UJ
Job type:	Contract
Posting date:	15 Oct 2026
Closing date:	14 Nov 2026

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Summary

A Vacancy at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust.

The successful appointee will be expected to have a clinical and research role within the EDS service. They will see patients under supervision of the EDS consultants to develop their learning and training in EDS and related inherited connective tissue conditions. They are expected to contribute significantly to the lifestyle medicine consultations in the EDS service and develop this component further with adequate training. They will also be involved in research regarding rare, monogenic EDS under the supervision of the EDS lead.

This post is a full-time, fixed term post delivering clinics & research involving regarding rare, monogenic EDS and requires a strong interest/experience of the candidate in inherited connective tissue conditions and lifestyle medicine. It is suitable for registrar level clinicians or experienced SHO grade doctors that are interested in pursuing a higher degree. The main base for the post will be the EDS service at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust.

•The successful applicant will, after a period of observing clinics, be responsible for preparing the information for the following week’s clinics and will begin seeing patients in the EDS service independently with supervision. On average, the successful candidate will be expected to carry out 2 clinics per week.

•Depending on previous experience, a period of observation of consultations will introduce the successful applicant to the techniques of clinical assessment including examination, genetic counselling, pedigree drawing and risk estimation. The applicant will also discuss cases with genetic counsellors to develop counselling skills.

•The successful applicant will attend clinical meetings and MDTs and contribute to the presentation and discussion of complex cases.

•The successful applicant will contribute to recruiting to the neEDS study, scientific publications in the EDS service and preparation of grant applications.

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK

• St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease

• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice

• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

Draft job plan for full-time post (negotiable)

Completed by: Dr Fleur van Dijk & Dr Neeti Ghali

Date: 06/11/25

MORNING

AFTERNOON

MONDAY

EDS out-patient clinic

EDS clinical work

TUESDAY

Research

WEDNESDAY

Clinical team meeting to discuss cases, variants, research MDT etc

EDS admin

THURSDAY

Research/clinical admin

Research/translational work

FRIDAY

EDS out-patient clinic

EDS clinical work

This is a provisional job plan and will be mutually agreed with the Integrated clinical services.

On occasion and as patterns of service provision evolve and change, further rescheduling of clinical sessions may take place following negotiation with the service and clinical director.

Salary

Remuneration will be in accordance with the NHS rates for doctors ST4-7 rate with 1a banding.

Additional programmed activities

Any additional PA’s will be payable at 1/10th of your basic salary as defined in schedule 14 of the Terms and Conditions of Service.

On call

If you take part in an on-call rota you should be eligible for an availability supplement to your basic salary. This will be paid as defined in schedule 16 of the Terms and Conditions of Service.

Annual and study leave

Annual leave entitlement is 32 working days plus bank holidays

Study leave consists of 30 days over a three year period. Approval of annual and study leave is subject to the procedures set out within the individual departments and the Postgraduate Medical Centre.

Special terms

The Trust is prepared to negotiate with the appointee alternative Terms and Conditions of Service (e.g., a limited term appointment) where this would result in a mutual benefit to both the Trust and the postholder.

This advert closes on Thursday 29 Oct 2026

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