NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer in Dermatology, Obstetrics and Gynaecology or Paediatrics – Department of Cancer and Genomic Sciences – 106936 – Clinical Full-time NEW

NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer

Department of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, School of Medical Sciences, College of Medicine and Health

Location: University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham UK

Salary: Full time starting salary is normally in the range £45,943 – £77,196

Grade: Clinical

Full Time Fixed Term Contract for up to 4 years or until CCT (whichever is soonest)

Closing Date: 29th April 2026

An NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer (ACL) 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 2025 ACL post, candidates should have submitted their final Doctoral thesis, and they must have been fully awarded their higher degree to be able to take up the post. The deadline to take up this post is September 1st 2026.

OH and DBS required. The University is committed to safeguarding and we promote safe recruitment practice, therefore all associated pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. Due to the nature of the work undertaken in this role all successful applicants will be subject to a satisfactory Occupational Health and DBS clearance prior to appointment.

Further particulars can be found here.

Informal enquiries to Bridget Bell, email B.F.Bell@bham.ac.uk

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Job Identification: 9079

Job Category: Academic Clinical

Posting Date: 04/01/2026, 01:14 PM

Apply Before: 04/29/2026, 10:59 PM

Job Schedule: Full time

Locations: Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands, B15 2TT, GB

Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands, B15 2TT, GB