NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer in Dementia

The role

The University of Bristol has funding for a dementia themed mode NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer (ACL) post for a trainee in neurology. This post provides an excellent opportunity for a post-doctoral academic trainee training in neurology with outstanding potential to develop a successful academic career within a thriving and supportive environment.

What will you be doing?

This post provides an excellent opportunity for a post-doctoral academic trainee training in neurology with outstanding potential to develop a successful academic career within a thriving and supportive environment.  The lectureship programme will provide up to four years WTE post-doctoral training or until CCT is reached, to allow the successful applicant to consolidate their career, develop their skills and begin to establish themselves as an independent researcher and educator.  The length of the lectureship will depend on the previous experience of the doctor in academic medicine and their planned trajectory toward a postdoctoral or clinician scientist award. The post is available either full time or part time.

You should apply if

The applicant will have completed core training or otherwise be eligible for higher specialist training in the relevant specialty in the UK at ST3 level or above. The post is aimed at those who are advanced in their specialty training, have completed a research doctorate (MD/PhD) or equivalent in a relevant field and show outstanding potential for continuing a career in academic medicine.

Additional information

Contract type: Fixed term for a period of 4 years or until CCT, whichever occurs first (Clinical Annually Renewable)

Work pattern: full or part-time (at a minimum 66% FTE)

Grade: Clinical academic 

Shift pattern: To be agreed

This advert will close at 23:59 UK time on 18/08/2025

For informal queries please contact: 

Emily.Henderson@bristol.ac.uk

elizabeth.coulthard@bristol.ac.uk

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