Clinical Research Fellow, SCMMS Southbank

About Us

The School of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine & Sciences (SCMMS), is one of six schools in the Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine (FoLSM) at King’s College London. The School drives translation of world-leading basic science into advances in clinical practice in vascular, cardiac and metabolic medicine.  As part of King’s Health Partners, we have an excellent environment for translational research and a strong focus on mentoring and career development. The School hosts the British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence at King's, which brings together a unique range of internationally recognised scientists and clinicians from across the School and King’s College London. Allied to this is one of the largest vascular surgical units in the UK with a high volume of both endovascular and open aortic procedures.  

About the role

The Academic Department of Vascular Surgery seeks to appoint an enthusiastic Clinical Research Fellow to join our team at St Thomas’ Hospital. The postholder will conduct a period of original research, leading to a MD or PhD.

The postholder will conduct all aspects of designated research projects, including obtaining of regulatory approvals, patient recruitment, data collection and analysis, database management and dissemination of results.

They will collaborate with members of the research group and others within and external to KCL and provide periodic updates to (and discuss project progress with) supervisors.

This is a full-time post (40 hours per week), and you will be offered a fixed term contract until 31/07/27.

About You

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria

Desirable criteria

Downloading a copy of our Job Description

Full details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document, provided at the bottom of the next page after you click “Apply Now”. This document will provide information of what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process.

Further Information

We pride ourselves on being inclusive and welcoming. We embrace diversity and want everyone to feel that they belong and are connected to others in our community.

We are committed to working with our staff and unions on these and other issues, to continue to support our people and to develop a diverse and inclusive culture at King's.

As part of this commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion and through this appointment process, it is our aim to develop candidate pools that include applicants from all backgrounds and communities.

We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the advert. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible.

To find out how our managers will review your application, please take a look at our ‘ How we Recruit ’ pages.

We are able to offer sponsorship for candidates who do not currently possess the right to work in the UK.

This post is subject to Disclosure and Barring Service and Occupational Health clearances.

Grade and Salary: £61,825 per annum, plus £2,162 London Weighting Allowance
Job ID: 113225
Close Date: 22-Apr-2025
Contact Person: Professor Bijan Modarai
Contact Details: bijan.modarai@kcl.ac.uk