Clinical Assistant Professor (NIHR Clinical Lecturer) (Fixed Term)

Location: UK Other

Salary: £38,831 to £73,992 per annum pro-rata depending on skills and experience. Salary progression beyond this scale is subject to performance.

Applications are invited from medically-qualified doctors who seek integrated academic and clinical training for a clinical academic career. A post is available in competition between applications from: 

General Surgery

Paediatrics

Gastroenterology

Interviews will be held on 15th December 2025. 

The post will be offered on a fixed term contract for a period of up to 4 years (if full-time; up to a maximum of 6 years part-time, pro-rata) or until award of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT), whichever is the shorter. Hours of work are full time or part time (minimum 0.6FTE). Successful applicants must be in post before 31 August 2026.  

The successful candidate in this NIHR funded Clinical Lectureship will work with internationally acclaimed research groups in the University of Nottingham’s School of Medicine, in which you will be trained in the latest state of the art techniques to improve health and well-being. You will be supported to develop an individual innovative and novel research programme leading to peer reviewed publications and research funding applications.  

You must be GMC registered with a license to practice, already have a higher research degree (PhD or MD by research or equivalent) and fulfil all essential criteria on the appropriate person specification. 

To accompany your application, you must complete and upload to the University’s application system, the NIHR’s supplementary questions available at http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/medicine/documents/nihr-cl-supplementary-questions-and-guidance-notes.doc  

Applications without the NIHR’s supplementary questions from the link above, cannot be considered. 

Informal enquiries may be addressed to: 

Academic Programme Director (General Surgery) - David Humes- david.humes@nottingham.ac.uk 

Academic Programme Director (Paediatrics) - Shalini Ojha - Shalini.Ojha@nottingham.ac.uk

Academic Programme Director (Gastroenterology) - Naaventhan palaniyappan - Naaventhan.palaniyappan@nottingham.ac.uk

Please note that applications sent directly to these email addresses will not be accepted. 

Requests for secondment from internal candidates may be considered on the basis that prior agreement has been sought from both your current line manager and the manager of your substantive post, if you are already undertaking a secondment role.

It is a condition of this post that satisfactory enhanced disclosure is obtained from the 'Disclosure and Barring Service'.

Further details:

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We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) employer. Increasing the diversity of our community is extremely important to us and we are committed to the aims of Disability Confident Scheme. 

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Your application will be considered on an equal basis, subject to the relevant permission to work in the UK as set out by UK Visas & Immigration.

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