NIHR Medical Academic Clinical Lecturer Gastroenterology, Paediatrics, Neurosurgery – Department of Inflammation and Ageing – 107064ACL – Clinical Full-time

NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer

Department of Inflammation and Ageing, School of Infection, Inflammation and Immunology, College of Medicine and Health

Location: University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham UK

Full time starting salary is normally in the range £45,943 to £77,196

Clinical

Full Time, Fixed Term contract up to 4 years or CCT date, whichever is sooner

Closing date: 25th March 2026

Role Summary

An NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer (ACL) post offers doctors in specialty training a combination of 50% of their time in clinical specialty training and 50% of their time 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.

This post is in the NIHR priority theme of Clinical Therapeutics & Pharmacology & Industry

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 1^st 2026.

To be eligible for a Clinical Lectureship you must:

• be in higher speciality training (medicine)
• have completed a research doctorate (PhD) or equivalent in a relevant subject area and must be at a minimum level of ST3
• show outstanding potential for continuing a career in academic medicine or dentistry

You can apply to this scheme if:

• you are a Specialist Registrar or Specialty Registrar
• you are a General Practitioner, and you have completed your clinical training

OH & 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 Abbie Riley, email: a.riley.1@bham.ac.uk

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