ECAT Clinical Lectureships Med Surg 2027 intake (round 1)

Grade ACN2: £52,229 – £77,389 per annum

College of Medicine & Veterinary Medicine

Full-time: 40 hours per week

Fixed-term: to CCT date + 6 months

The Opportunity:

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The University isn’t just any employer. We are part of a local community and a contributor to global thinking, progress and research. In Edinburgh, you are in one of the world’s most attractive cities with active arts and social sectors, while working in a university that has made significant contributions to society, medicine, physics and teaching for over four centuries. Our people have helped create the modern world and are working on more ground-breaking technologies and practices. Join the University of Edinburgh and you’ll be making a difference to everything around you.

Since 2008, the College of Medicine & Veterinary Medicine (CMVM) at the University of Edinburgh has appointed some of the brightest academic minds to undertake a clinical PhD via the Wellcome-funded ECAT programme.

Building on the research training excellence developed over that period, and with a combination of external and institutional (CMVM) PhD funding, the ECAT programme continues to go from strength to strength. We now seek to fill up to three ECAT Clinical Lectureships as part of Public Services Delivery (PSD) Scotland’s doctoral SCREDS (Scottish Clinical Research Excellence Development) Scheme.

Successful candidates will have access to cutting-edge infrastructure, large-scale data resources and a diverse supervisory pool of internationally competitive investigators. This environment will support ambitious, curiosity-driven researchers, building upon established strengths in genetics, cell biology, in vivo model systems, human disease and health data science while enabling novel, interdisciplinary approaches to fundamental biological, technological and social mechanisms underpinning health and disease.

Before beginning the three-year PhD project, 0.2 FTE funding is provided for a lead-in year when selection of supervisors and planning of the PhD project are optimised with the support of the programme directors. Following the PhD, there is funding for continued academic activity and research training (0.2 FTE) and clinical practice (0.8 FTE) up to CCT + six months.

Successful candidates will be expected to develop a competitive PhD fellowship application for institutional or external PhD funding.

Vacancies are open to:

• Trainees in all GMC-recognised medical and surgical specialties;
• Trainees with a Scottish National Training Number (NTN).

UK NTN holders may apply but an inter-deanery transfer will be necessary.

Your skills and attributes for success:

• You must be able to demonstrate a commitment to a research career and should have a track record appropriate to your career stage in basic, translational or clinical research.
• You must have (or obtain by the start date of the post) a specialty training position with a National Training Number (NTN) in your chosen discipline in Scotland. UK NTN holders may apply but an inter-deanery transfer will be necessary.
• You must be GMC-registered and must be practicing clinically in the UK.
• You must have relevant clinical experience in your chosen specialty.
• You must be eligible for higher specialist clinical training.

Candidates who have already undertaken a period of research leading to a doctoral degree are not eligible to apply.

Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) check required.

People have always been at the heart of our work. As part of the University, you are a part of our community. We are looking for people with drive, determination, and a passion for what they do. We are a place where everyone is welcome and offer a range of policies and benefits designed to support you in building the right meaningful/personalised flexibility for you.

A career with us has a range of other benefits, including leading-edge research, opportunities for publication and working within one of the world’s leading universities.

This post is full-time (40 hours per week); however, we are open to considering part-time or flexible working patterns.

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