Pancreatic Research Fellow
| Posting date: | 25 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | £61,825.00 to £70,425.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £61825.00 - £70425.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 09 July 2025 |
| Location: | Liverpool, L7 8YE |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | C9287-25-1048 |
Summary
JOB PLAN It is expected that the successful candidate will spend their working week (Monday-Friday) carrying out lab and research work along with collecting research specimens. There will also be opportunity to assist with clinical research projects within the Pancreatobiliary department. In addition, there will be participation on the on-call general surgery registrar rota 1 in 7 nights (20:30-08:30) and weekend days. There will also be a small teaching commitment of 3-4 hours every 6 months. THE PANCREATOBILIARY UNIT AT LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST The Pancreatobiliary unit is run by an established team of Pancreatobiliary surgeons, working within the RLUH providing a Pancreatobiliary cancer resection service as well as managing chronic pancreatitis and severe acute pancreatitis for Liverpool and surrounding areas. This comprises a population in excess of one million patients, and generates approximately 180-200 resections per year. This will include patients from across the region including patients from the catchment area of North and South Liverpool, the Wirral, St Helens and Knowsley, North Cheshire, Southport, Chester, North Wales and the Isle of Man. The service is supported by three SpRs, four Specialist Nurses, a Physician Associate and a dedicated Pancreatobiliary Dietician. There is also a dedicated team of anaesthetists that support the service including preoperative assessment. The regional SMDT is held weekly at RLUH, and is a joint collaboration between Pancreatic Surgeons at RLUH, Gastroenterology/Endoscopy, Medical/Clinical Oncology, Radiology as well as Specialist Nurses and pathology. The unit is also responsible of carrying out complex benign pancreatobiliary work including the management of acute and chronic pancreatitis. THE DEPARTMENT OF MOLECULAR AND CLINICAL CANCER MEDICINE The Department of Molecular and Clinical Cancer Medicine (DMCCM) is one of six departments within the Institute of Systems and Molecular and Integrative Biology. The Department provides a vibrant home to approximately 200 staff including 30 principle investigators who collectively lead a comprehensive programme of basic, translational and clinical cancer research. Clinical focus areas include pancreas cancer, hepatobiliary cancer, neuroendocrine cancer, upper GI cancer, ocular oncology, lung cancer, head and neck cancer, haematological oncology, urological cancer and breast cancer while areas of particular scientific strength include DNA repair, p53 biology and tumour Microenvironment. The Department hosts several important underpinning structures including the Liverpool Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (LECMC).