The Appointments Committee for Clinical Lecturers in the School of Clinical Medicine invite applications for a NIHR Clinical Lecturer in General Practice, in the Primary Care Unit, Department of Public Health and Primary Care to take up the appointment as soon as convenient. Applicants should have had suitable experience and training in General Practice.  They should be of the standing required for an Honorary Contract of Service with the NHS East of England as a Specialist Registrar.  The appointment will be for 4 years. The successful candidate will be recommended for an honorary clinical contract with the Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, the Cambridge and Peterborough Clinical Commissioning Group or another appropriate NHS body.

The Clinical Lecturer will be required to undertake research, clinical work and training and also teaching duties as assigned by the Head of Department. The field of research will be determined by the successful applicant in discussion with the Head of the Primary Care Unit (Professor Jonathan Mant).

The Clinical Lectureship is aimed at doctors with a PhD/MD (or equivalent), who already have core specialty training experience, and show outstanding potential for continuing a career in academic medicine. It provides opportunities for post-higher degree research and facilitates applications for further research funding and postdoctoral academic training for doctors. Clinical Lecturers (CLs) spend 40% of their time undertaking clinical work and 60% undertaking research and teaching.

The post is for four years. The successful candidates will need to take up the post by 31 March 2017.

Further information: http://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/9621/