BHP Clinician Scientist

Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract up to 5 years.

While we welcome enquiries from all types of postdoctoral healthcare professionals, the scheme particularly welcomes medically qualified applicants who are clinically active and who have recently completed specialist clinical training (or are about to). The programme funds a 10PA consultant-level job plan with a 50:50 split between clinical service at a BHP member NHS Trust and academic activity at the University of Birmingham. We are open to all clinical specialties. The interests of the appointee will be allied to the needs of the relevant clinical service and defined following appointment. For those other healthcare professionals without a medical degree, appropriate job plans will be developed. The programme is designed with two clear exits in mind. The first is a fully funded intermediate fellowship, or equivalent comprehensive funding, and subsequent transition to a permanent clinical academic contract in one of our partner universities. The second is a transition with a firm commitment to a permanent NHS consultant contract with one of our partner NHS Trusts. Recent successes for our postholders include the award of an MRC Clinician Scientist Fellowship and of an NIHR Clinical Future Leaders Fellowship. To enable these outcomes, the initial contract will be fixed term for 5 years including a 3-year probation period with annual joint appraisal. Review with the appointee in the third year will assess individual future career trajectory and determine either continuation as a university-based staff member or transition within the remaining contract to a full-time permanent NHS consultant position.

Person Specification

• Higher Degree (PhD or MD)

For medically qualified, hospital-based:

• Full/Eligible for GMC Registration.
• Inclusion on, or within 6 months of inclusion on, the Specialist Register in a secondary care GMC specialty or Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining UK Certificate Completion of Training.
• Evidence of higher specialty exams (e.g. MRCP, MRCS, MRCPCH, MRCOG, MRCPsych etc or equivalent).

For Healthcare Professionals

Appropriate discipline specific registration to undertake clinical activity.

Clinical Experience 

• Comprehensive clinical experience.
• Evidence of understanding of and adherence to the principles of Good Medical/Dental.
• Practice set out by the General Medical Council or other governing bodies.
• Experience of integrated clinical service, complex community services, and managing general patients as well as your own subspecialty.
• Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients in the specialty area as consummate with your role and responsibility.
• Existing programme of applied, translational and/or basic science research.
• Academic profile with the potential for developing local research collaborations.

Person Skills/Qualifications

• Experience in building and leading a multidisciplinary team.
• Capable of building strong and effective professional relationships and communicate.
• effectively with patients, families and colleagues.
• Gains confidence and trust from others with good interpersonal skills.
• Able to respond to and cope with change.
• Demonstrates honesty and integrity.
• Commitment to continuing professional development and clinical governance.

Informal enquiries can be made to Bridget Bell, email: b.f.bell@bham.ac.uk

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