# Clinical Research Fellow in Respiratory Viral Infections

**Company**: Imperial College London
**Location**: London
**Job type**: temporary
**Salary**: £55355.00 to £67235.00
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are looking for a highly motivated clinician in training with a strong interest in infectious diseases and their prevention to investigate immunity in clinical volunteer studies involving rhinovirus and RSV controlled human infection.

You will be part of a multi-disciplinary team focusing on human immunity against respiratory viral infections using exciting and unique studies designs alongside cutting-edge laboratory techniques.

You will join a dynamic group of clinical fellows, research nurses and scientists led by Prof Chris Chiu in the Department of Infectious Disease, to characterise the response to respiratory viruses in older adults.

**Main duties of the job**

- Work closely with research nurses, clinical programme manager, other clinical fellows and laboratory scientists to set up and implement human challenge studies.

- Manage the clinical studies, working with research nurses and other clinicians to recruit and screen and care for volunteers, administer virus, and obtain samples.

**Job responsibilities**

- Assist with the setup and day-to-day management and delivery of respiratory virus human challenge studies.

- Assist with recruitment and screening of volunteers.

- Provide direct clinical care to study participants admitted for respiratory virus challenge.

- Support delivery of other clinical studies within Prof Chiu's group.

- Co-ordinate the development of study protocols and associated study documentation.

**Academic development, training and supervision**

- Participate in the analysis of immune responses using cellular and molecular immunology techniques.

- Training of study associated personnel.

- Identifying and developing further research themes which may be developed within the studies.

**Person Specification** **Qualifications**

- Medical degree with GMC registration.

**Experience**

- Experience in management of general medical problems, medical emergencies and respiratory infections.

- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with other clinicians, nurses and others.

**Benefits**

- Salary: £55,355 to £67,235 a year

- Fixed term contract for 24 months

- Full-time working pattern

## Skills

### Required
- Good Clinical Practice
- respiratory infections
- infectious diseases
- virology
- immunology

### Nice to have
- Membership of the Royal College of Physicians
- knowledge of research methods and statistical procedures
- practical experience of clinical studies or trials

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