NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer in Public Health/Paediatrics

Contract type: Annually renewable

Work hours: 40.0 hours per week

The role

This post provides an excellent opportunity for a Public Health or Paediatrics trainee with outstanding potential, to develop a successful academic career within a thriving and supportive environment. The lectureship programme will provide up to four years post-doctoral training to allow the successful applicant to consolidate their career, develop their skills and begin to establish themselves as an independent researcher. The length of the lectureship will depend on the previous experience of the doctor in academic medicine and their planned trajectory towards a postdoctoral or clinician scientist award. The post is available either full-time or part-time; the maximum duration of the post is up to 4 years full-time equivalent but to be completed by a maximum duration of 6 years. The post is aimed at trainees in Public Health or Paediatrics at ST4 or above.

Interviews are expected to be held in the afternoon of Monday 8^th July 2024.

What will you be doing?

The successful applicant will split their working week between clinical training in the Severn Deanery (Public Health or Paediatrics) and academic work at the University of Bristol appointed at the appropriate point on the relevant University of Bristol Clinical Salary Scale. Within the sessions at the University, the main activity will be research although involvement in teaching will also be encouraged. Time will be divided into blocks of service or research work as most appropriate. The post provides opportunities for post-higher degree research and facilitates applications for further research funding.

You should apply if

The applicant must be medically qualified, have completed core training and be eligible for specialty training at ST4 level or above. Candidates need to hold a current National Training Number (NTN) or the candidate would need to clinically benchmark through application for specialty training where the minimal appointable score must be achieved. Trainees are responsible for ensuring that their application is submitted within the appropriate recruitment round to ensure that they are benchmarked before the date the post commences. The duration of this Academic Clinical Lectureship will be for a maximum of 4 years or until CCT is reached with 6 months of grace period, whichever is the sooner. During this time the post holder will combine 50% clinical specialty training with 50% academic training. Applicants should have completed, or at least submitted, a higher degree by research by the time of applying for the post (PhD or MD or equivalent), which must be awarded by the time of taking up the post.

Additional information

Contract type: Fixed term annually renewable basis for a period of up to 4 years or until CCT, whichever occurs first

Shift pattern: To be arranged

For informal queries please contact:  Public Health: Prof Ruth Kipping, ruth.kipping@bristol.ac.uk,  Paediatrics: Prof Richard Coward, Richard.Coward@bristol.ac.uk

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