Clinical Research Fellow in Prematurity in London inLondon PUBLISHED TUE 10 JUN 2025 Jump to job information section

The post is based at St Mary's Hospital. The post has 100% allocation to the on call rota, and 20% clinical and 80% research commitment.It is expected that the candidate will register for a higher degree. The research area will be in preterm birth prevention, and the clinical aspects of the post will involve obstetrics and gynaecology.

Weekly Preterm Birth Prevention clinics will be part of the candidates clinical and research commitments. The post will be for three years. The research component will be led by Dr Lynne Sykes (Associate Professor) and will involve a laboratory component.

Duties and responsibilities:

Each week will consist of research (80%), weekly obstetric medicine clinic, and an all day Preterm birth Prevention clinic. Theatre sessions including the elective cerclages and emergency cerclages will also be attended. The trainee will also contribute 100% to the on call rota. Trainees are expected to participate in regular appropriate handovers to their colleagues and follow up patients with abnormal results. There are opportunities for supervised scanning in both Obstetrics and Gynecology and to learn basic surgical skills.

About us

Imperial College Healthcare (ICHT) NHS Trust wishes to recruit a research fellow in Preterm birth Prevention care at St Marys Hospital. This is a post in abusyunit serving a diverse and complex population and will beavailable from October 2025. This post is mainly research based, with projects focussing on preterm birth prevention. Clinically they will also aid the unit as part of theon callrota at registrar level (depending on individual clinical experience), and will attend a weekly obstetric medicine clinic. The preterm birth prevention clinic at St Marys is all day and has research and clinical care fully integrated in the care pathways. It is expected that the candidate will contribute to audit and quality improvement within the preterm birth multi-disciplinary team and to organise and attend patient and public involvement groups. Working with the research team, the candidate will identify a particular area of research and set up clinical research studies. It will be expected there will be a laboratory component to the research. Research output will be in the form of publications, conference presentations and departmental meetings. It is expected that the research will contribute towards a qualification of higher education (MD/PhD) at Imperial College London. The candidate is responsible for higher degree registration fees however a discount is applied for Trust staff (please access current information on this)'.

Duties and responsibilities:

Research sessions (60%) and clinical sessions will include the following: regular morning ward rounds of women at high risk of preterm birth. Assessment of patients in Day Assessment / Triage in Obstetrics. The fellow will also attend emergency an elective cerclage lists to gain experience in this skill. The fellow will have an all day preterm birth prevention clinic once a week, and will attend the obstetric medicine clinic weekly. Trainees are expected to participate in regular appropriate handovers to their colleagues and follow up patients with abnormal results. There are opportunities for supervised scanning in both Obstetrics and Gynecology and to learn basic surgical skills. Timetable will vary depending on the clinical commitments requiring cover

Regular meetings:

Tuesday am: March of Dimes collaborative meeting (every two weeks)

Wednesday am: Obstetric Medicine meeting (weekly)

Friday pm: Lab meetings (every two weeks)

Post Graduate forum (monthly varying days): departmental teaching