NIHR CL in General Practice (CL-2024-02-002)

NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer in General Practice 

Faculty of Medicine and Health, School of Medicine

Leeds Institute of Health Sciences

Do you want the opportunity to develop your existing academic experience in a supportive and inspirational environment where you can establish your clinical academic career?

Applications are invited for a NIHR Integrated Academic Training Clinical Lecturer post. The post is available for four years for General Practice candidates who are post-CCT. You will join the vibrant Integrated Academic Training programme at Leeds which provides a supportive research environment to develop independent, novel research alongside your clinical practice. The post is also available candidates in clinical training (already at a minimum of ST3) leading to full registration and CCT. 

The successful candidate will spend 50% of the appointed period continuing or establishing a new research programme with 50% of the appointed period allocated to appropriate clinical training or practice. There are opportunities to align to current research interests within the Leeds Institute of Health Sciences (LIHS). You will undertake internationally regarded research and have the benefit of senior academic support in developing grant applications, as well as independent mentoring on career progression. You will also share responsibility for delivering high quality undergraduate and postgraduate teaching programmes. 

You will have submitted your PhD/MD at the time you apply and will provide evidence that you have been fully awarded your degree by the time you take up the post. The post is located in Leeds Institute of Health Sciences and general practice, the location of which is negotiable.

The successful applicant must be in post by 1 September 2025 

How to apply 

You can apply for this role online; more guidance can be found on our How to Apply information page. Applications should be submitted by 23.59 (UK time) on the advertised closing date. 

Applications should include the following: 

•    A Curriculum Vitae 

•    A NIHR Supplementary Questions for Candidates form – APPENDIX 4 

•    A Supporting Statement addressing the academic and clinical person specifications 

Contact information

To explore the post further or for any queries you may have, please contact:

Robbie Foy, Clinical Professor of Primary Care, Leeds Institute of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Leeds.

Email: r.foy@leeds.ac.uk 

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