ECAT SCREDS Clinical Lectureships 2026 round 1

Full-time: 40 hours per week 

Fixed-term: from 5 August 2026 until CCT date + 6 months

Vacancies available: up to 5 posts

We are seeking to recruit suitably qualified candidates for up to three postdoctoral SCREDS Clinical Lecturer posts for an August 2026 start.  SCREDS is the Scottish Clinical Research Excellence Development Scheme.

The Opportunity:

Each post is designed to combine specialist clinical training in the successful candidate’s chosen speciality with enhanced academic and research opportunities which will involve a balance of research and clinical duties. This will allow each successful applicant to establish a successful research foundation in their chosen area.

Vacancies are open to:

• Trainees in all GMC-recognised medical and surgical specialties except primary care practitioners.
• Candidates from across the UK.

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 a postgraduate degree (PhD or MD).
• 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 the UK.
• 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.

Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) check required.

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