Clinical Research Fellow

Applications are invited for Clinical Research Fellow post in the the Psychiatric Imaging Group of Imperial College Institute of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine.The Group works in close collaboration with researchers at the Institute of Psychiatry (IoP), Kings College London. The IoP is the largest psychiatric research institution in Europe and the Psychosis IRG was ranked world leading in the most recent research assessment exercise.

Duties and responsibilities

• To undertake research studies, contributing to on-going studies and developing new studies in discussion with Prof Howes


• To undertake appropriate administration tasks


• To attend research meetings and seminars within the group and at scientific conferences


• To undertake any necessary training and/or development


• To plan and write future research proposals for funding and fellowship applications under direction


• Compliance with intellectual property rights, the Data Protection Act 2000, COSHH Health and Safety Guidelines within the Laboratory and all other relevant College policies, including Financial Regulations, Equal Opportunities Policy, Promoting Race Equality Policy, Health and Safety Policy, Information Systems Security Policy and Intellectual Property Rights and Register of Interests Policies

Essential requirements

• Must hold a GMC registration


• Clinical experience in a relevant discipline (eg Psychiatry)


• Knowledge of database software (eg Excel) and statistical analysis


• Experience of problem solving in research project (s)


• Ability to develop effective working relationships with all levels of staff and work in multi-disciplinary teams


• Ability to organise and manage research projects, particularly in psychiatry


• Proven track-record of publications in relevant, high-quality peer-reviewed journals (eg leading psychiatry or imaging journals)

Further information

This is a full time Term post Fixed Term up to 24 months based at the Hammersmith Campus.

For informal inquiries or questions, please contact Professor Oliver Howes oliver.howes@lms.mrc.ac.uk

As this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, at the appropriate level, will be required for the successful candidate.

The College is a proud signatory to the San-Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), which means that in hiring and promotion decisions, we evaluate applicants on the quality of their work, not the journal impact factor where it is published. For more information, see:https://www.imperial.ac.uk/research-and-innovation/about-imperial-research/research-evaluation/

The College believes that the use of animals in research is vital to improve human and animal health and welfare. Animals may only be used in research programmes where their use is shown to be necessary for developing new treatments and making medical advances. Imperial is committed to ensuring that, in cases where this research is deemed essential, all animals in the College’s care are treated with full respect, and that all staff involved with this work show due consideration at every level.

http://www.imperial.ac.uk/research-and-innovation/about-imperial-research/research-integrity/animal-research/