NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer in Infectious Diseases

Contract Type: Fixed Term contract up to 4 years or CCT date, whichever is sooner

Role Summary

An NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer (ACL) (https://www.nihr.ac.uk/documents/nihr-clinical-lectureships-medical-guidance-for-recruitment-and-appointment-2023/32783) post offers doctors in specialty training a combination of 50% of their time in clinical specialty training (clinical service provision for GPs) and 50% in academic training. It provides a maximum of 4 years’ funding or runs until the trainee achieves their Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT), whichever is soonest.

The ACL post provides opportunities for post-doctoral research and facilitates applications for further research funding for doctors working towards completion of their specialty training. It is intended for those who can demonstrate outstanding potential through success at doctoral research, and who show further potential for development as a clinical academic in research and/or educational research.

To apply for this NIHR 2023 ACL post, candidates should have submitted their final Doctoral thesis, and they must have been fully awarded their higher degree in order to be able to take up the post. The deadline to take up this post is September 1st 2024.

We aim to support the next-generation of clinical academics in infection (infectious diseases and medical microbiology) in the period between completion of a higher degree and CCT award. The post provides the very best in both clinical and academic opportunities for infection trainees in the West Midlands.

Key research areas include molecular microbiology, microbial genomics and the biology/translational research of infectious diseases.

The clinical component of the post would be spent at the Department of Infectious Diseases & Tropical Medicine and Department of Microbiology at University Hospitals Birmingham. This will include in-patient work at the West Midlands regional Infectious Diseases unit, a 47-bed ward at Heartlands hospital with negative pressure isolation facilities. Additional clinical placements will be spent working in in-patient and infection service consult-base work across other hospitals including the Queen Elizabeth Hospital offering tertiary services in cardiac, neurosurgery, solid organ transplant and haematology. Clinical services work closely with UK Health Security Agency (formally PHE) regional reference laboratories for virology and national reference laboratory for mycobacterial pathogens.

Successful applicants will undertake a programme of research in line, and supported by, the current research interests in infection research at IMI with experienced mentors. This will include full access to all investigators to see where research interests and working relationships are well aligned.

Person Specification

Must hold a current NTN (ST3 or above). Must have a higher research degree (PhD, MD or equivalent); all candidates must have submitted their final thesis to be eligible to apply and must have been fully awarded their higher degree in order to be able to take up the post.

Informal enquires can be made to  Lisa Powell, email: l.h.powell@bham.ac.uk 

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