Job Description

Job number

MED05297

Faculties

Faculty of Medicine

Departments

Department of Brain Sciences

Salary or Salary range

Competitive

Location/campus

White City Campus - On site only

Contract type work pattern

Full time - Fixed term

Posting End Date

22 Jul 2025

About the role

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This Clinical Research Fellow post supports an exciting, multidisciplinary NIHR-funded translational research project to develop a tool to automatically interpret electroencephalography (EEG) and provide information that healthcare professionals can use at the point of care. The clinical motivation is the detection and measurement of delirium and identification of patients with non-convulsive status epilepticus.



You will work in the group of academic neurologist and computer scientist Dr Gregory Scott, with a team of collaborators having expertise in translational neuroscience, clinical neurology, signal processing, machine learning, neurophysiology, and human-centred design.



You will be central to the execution and data collection of a major prospective research study in hospitalised patients.



As a Clinical Research Fellow, you will be medically qualified with a full GMC registration. You will be comfortable working closely with hospitalised patients and health professionals in a research context.



This is an exciting opportunity to work on the research and development of a potentially transformative way to acquire and interpret EEG and to improve our understanding of altered states of consciousness.

What you would be doing

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You will conduct the planning, organisation, data collection, and analysis of a significant research study in hospitalised patients, including administration and regulatory aspects. You will be expected to spend much time in hospitals carrying out research assessments on patients, using a combination of EEG (including simple off-the-shelf devices), clinical/behavioural scales, a tablet-based cognitive testing platform, and taking samples for blood biomarker testing. You will also actively participate more broadly in the research programme of the group.

What we are looking for

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Medically qualified (MBBS or equivalent) and full GMC registration Experience of working with hospitalised patients and healthcare professionals Knowledge and experience of methods used for human electrophysiology, particularly EEG equipment, acquisition, and analysis Good knowledge of human research ethical principles and methods including Good Clinical Practice Willingness to work as part of a team split across sites and to be open-minded and cooperative Ability to organise your own work with minimal supervision A creative approach to problem-solving; a "doer".

What we can offer you

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A unique opportunity to work on an exciting project that can transform our management of major clinical problem Join a highly multi-disciplinary lab, to join a world-leading institution, and be part of the UK Dementia Research Institute Progress your clinical academic career with support from academic neurologist Dr Scott, in a department with an excellent track record of supporting clinical academics, in an institution with dedicated support for clinical fellows.

Further information

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This is a full-time post initially for up to two years but with the potential for it to be extended up to five years. You will be based principally at the White City Campus, where Dr Scott's group is based. You will be expected to travel to Hammersmith Hospital as well as other sites within the Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, and also potentially to collaborating research sites, e.g., at Epilepsy Society's Chalfont Centre.



Should you require any further details on the role please contact: Dr Gregory Scott (gregory.scott99@imperial.ac.uk)

Available documents

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Attached documents are available under links. Clicking a document link will initialize its download.

Please note that job descriptions are not exhaustive, and you may be asked to take on additional duties that align with the key responsibilities mentioned above.

We reserve the right to close the advert prior to the closing date stated should we receive a high volume of applications. It is therefore advisable that you submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.



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