Clinical Fellow (Cancer Genetics) at The Institute of Cancer Research

Location: Sutton (Greater London)

Key Information

Salary: Subject to comparable skills and experience. Future progression is based on annual performance review. Starting salary will be based on clinical scale related to previous experience.

Duration of Contract: Fixed Term for 3 years.

Hours per week: 35 hours per week (Full Time)

Job Details

Under the leadership of Professor Clare Turnbull, we are seeking to appoint a Clinical Fellow to join undertake a 3 year period of research training in cancer susceptibility genetics in projects relating to quantitative variant interpretation and clinical application of data from functional assays. The post-holder will be expected to register for and complete a higher degree (PhD or MD).

Key Requirements

The successful candidate must have:

• A Medical Degree
• NTN/LAT in clinical genetics, oncology or surgical oncology, pathology or public health 
• Experience in cancer genetics clinics/management of patients at high risk of cancer
• Experience in use of software packages for basic data analysis (eg Excel, STATA, R, SPSS, SAS)
• An interest in cancer research and genomics, and using data to answer exciting clinical questions
• An interest in healthcare systems and population health
• The ability to work independently and problem solve
• Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Training in epidemiology, statistics, data analysis, and programming is desirable but not essential

Department/Directorate Information:

The post will be situated within the Division of Genetic and Epidemiology comprising the research groups of Professors Richard Houlston FRS, Ros Eeles, Clare Turnbull, Montse Garcia Closas and Amy Berrington, which total >50 post-doctoral scientists, bioinformaticians and students involved in a range of projects relating to susceptibility, somatic and functional cancer genomics and aetiological and longitudinal cancer epidemiology. The post holder will be located at ICR Sutton within the Translational Genetics team alongside two other clinical fellows, a clinical lecturer, four bioinformaticians as well as the CG-MAVE/CanGene-CanVar/BRCA-DIRECT clinical and project management teams. 

For more information about the Division, please see here: https://www.icr.ac.uk/our-research/research-divisions/division-of-genetics-and-epidemiology 

We encourage all applicants to access the job pack attached for more detailed information regarding this role. Informal enquiries are welcome and can be made to Professor Clare Turnbull (Clare.Turnbull@icr.ac.uk). Please note – this address is for enquiries only and applications must be submitted via the apply button below.

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Why work for us?

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The Institute of Cancer Research, London, is one of the world’s most influential cancer research institutes, with an outstanding record of achievement dating back more than 100 years. Further information about working at the ICR can be found here.

We look forward to receiving applications from all candidates, wherever in the world they are currently based. We will select those who display the potential to become, or to support, the world leading cancer researchers of the future based on their application and performance at interview. However, we particularly welcome British applicants from black and ethnic minority backgrounds, as they are under-represented within the ICR and nationwide in STEM roles.

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