School of Medicine

Leeds Institute of Rheumatic & Musculoskeletal Medicine (LIRMM)

Are you an experienced and influential academic with the proven ability to carry out teaching and research in plastic and reconstructive surgery and related topics (such as transplant medicine)? Do you have an excellent research track record, proven success obtaining funding and the vision and drive to tackle new challenges? Are you passionate about delivering world leading research and an exceptional student experience? 

As a Clinical Lecturer or Associate Professor you will carry out research, teaching and management within the school, faculty and university and contribute to academic leadership in the field of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 

You will have a successful record of obtaining external research funding (from varied sources including but not restricted to NIHR, UKRI, philanthropy and / or industry funding) or a sustained track record of raising, contributing to securing research funds from local, national and international funding agencies.

What we offer in return

26 days holiday plus approx.16 Bank Holidays/days that the University is closed by custom (including Christmas) – That’s 42 days a year!

Generous pension scheme options plus life assurance

Health and Wellbeing: Discounted staff membership options at The Edge, our state-of-the-art Campus gym, with a pool, sauna, climbing wall, cycle circuit, and sports halls.

Personal Development: Access to courses run by our Organisational Development & Professional Learning team, and self-development courses including languages, Creative Writing, Wellbeing Therapies and much more.

Access to on-site childcare, shopping discounts and travel schemes are also available.

And much more!

Please apply via attaching cv and personal statement whilst referring to the  candidate brief covering all the person specifications for the specific role.

Contact information

Professor Hemant Pandit, LIRMM Director, School of Medicine, University of Leeds

Tel: (+44) (0) 113 392 4883

Email: h.pandit@leeds.ac.uk 

Closing Date: 21 Sep 2026

Section: Clinical

Salary: £109,725 to £145,478

NIHR Nursing and Midwifery is seeking an experienced senior midwife to join our team in a new and exciting national role. Reporting to the Director of NIHR Nursing and Midwifery, you will work closely with the team to provide professional leadership for midwives and healthcare professionals across the most integrated health research system in the world. 

This is an impactful opportunity to shape and deliver professional leadership for research midwives. You will play a pivotal role in creating a vibrant, sustainable, and integrated research culture, drawing on diverse specialisms to influence NIHR decision-making and ensure research priorities address real-world challenges in patient care.

We are looking for a committed and enthusiastic senior midwife with a strong background in professional leadership. You should have the skills to network effectively on a national level and a drive to empower healthcare professionals to support and lead high-quality research.

If you are looking for a role that will provide you with an exciting opportunity to play a key role in shaping and delivering research midwifery, and to work alongside enthusiastic and supportive colleagues, apply today.

The role is available on a 0.4 FTE basis until 31 March 2029. 

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

Professor Ruth Endacott

Director of NIHR Nursing and Midwifery

ruth.endacott@nihr.ac.uk

Application process

You can apply for this part time secondment role by submitting your CV and a Supporting statement of application online by Friday 18 September 2026.  Interviews will be held virtually Monday 05 October 2026 09:30 - 13:00.

Closing Date: 18 Sep 2026

Section: Professional & Managerial

School of Healthcare

This role will be based on the university campus, with scope for it to be undertaken in a hybrid manner.  We are also open to discussing flexible working arrangements. 

Do you have a commitment and passion for first class nurse education? Can you promote inclusion in the learning environment?  

The School of Healthcare’s vision is that: ‘We will translate excellence in research and scholarship, within each of our academic portfolios, into an exceptional student experience, and make a major impact upon society. 

As a Lecturer in nursing, you will have the opportunity to contribute to our teaching portfolio working primarily on the undergraduate BSc (Hons) Nursing Adult, Mental Health Nursing and Child programmes which focus on the theoretical and clinical elements that underpin the fundamentals of nursing practice.  You will also have the opportunity to teach on and assess students studying postgraduate modules and programmes. You will have a Masters’ degree in a related discipline and some recent experience of teaching students and / or professional groups. You will also have current registration on the NMC Professional Register with some post qualifying clinical experience. 

What we offer in return

26 days' holiday plus approx.16 Bank Holidays/days that the University is closed by custom (including Christmas) – that’s 42 days a year!(pro-rata)

Generous pension scheme plus life assurance– the University contributes 21.6% of salary

Health and Wellbeing: Discounted staff membership options at The Edge, our state-of-the-art Campus gym, with a pool, sauna, climbing wall, cycle circuit, and sports halls

Personal Development: Access to courses run by our Organisational Development & Professional Learning team, and self-development courses including languages, Creative Writing, Wellbeing Therapies and more

All FMH staff are entitled to ten days' staff development per year (pro rata). Please speak to your Line Manager about how you can utilise these

Access to on-site childcare, shopping discounts and travel schemes are also available

And much more!  

If you are looking for a role that will challenge and reward you, please apply today. 

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

Netalie Shloim, Academic Unit Director-Nursing

N.shloim@leeds.ac.uk  

Please note that this post may be suitable for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa route but first-time applicants might need to qualify for salary concessions. For more information please visit: www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa.

For research and academic posts, we will consider eligibility under the Global Talent visa. For more information please visit: https://www.gov.uk/global-talent

Closing Date: 14 Sep 2026

Section: Academic

Salary: £41,064 to £48,822 per annum pro-rata

Faculty of Medicine and Health

 This role will be based in the School of Psychology with scope for it to be undertaken in a hybrid manner. We are also open to discussing flexible working arrangements.

Are you a post graduate student or early career researcher interested in digital mental health? Are you keen to learn more about how to make digital mental health more accessible? Could you support an impact research project that works closely with vulnerable communities?

The project is a collaboration between the School of Psychology at the University of Leeds and UKind Therapy CIC — a survivor-led health and wellbeing social enterprise developing trauma-informed immersive technology. This is an opportunity to contribute to genuinely meaningful, real-world impact research at the intersection of digital health, accessibility and social justice. 

This post supports an ESRC Impact Acceleration Account project UKind which builds on an existing virtual reality platform designed to help people affected by trauma. The project works directly with target users to improve the accessibility of the VR resource for people from underserved communities, including migrants, refugees, survivors of domestic abuse, and those affected by honour-based abuse. 

You will work closely with the principal investigator and the partner organisation supporting the day-to-day running of the project and co-design workshops, a community of practice and a research sandpit. You will co-manage two G4 undergraduate task-and-finish posts at points of peak activity. Engaging supportively with project participants from diverse social groups will be a core feature of this role, along with tasks such as ethical approval, data collection, file management and report writing. 

Salary Requirements of the Skilled Worker Visa Route

This role is not eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. Information on other visa

options is available at: https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas

What we offer in return

26 days holiday plus approx.16 Bank Holidays/days that the University is closed by custom (including Christmas) – That’s 42 days a year!

Generous pension scheme options plus life assurance

Health and Wellbeing: Discounted staff membership options at The Edge, our state-of-the-art Campus gym, with a pool, sauna, climbing wall, cycle circuit, and sports halls.

Personal Development: Access to courses run by our Organisational Development & Professional Learning team.

Access to on-site childcare, shopping discounts and travel schemes are also available.

And much more! 

If you are looking for a role that will develop your skills in applied research, apply today.

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

Professor Siobhan Hugh-Jones, Chair in Mental Health Psychology

Email: s.hugh-jones@leeds.ac.uk

Closing Date: 27 Aug 2026

Section: Research

Salary: £33,951 to £39,906

Do you have experience of working within a fast-paced administrative environment? Are you an enthusiastic, motivated individual with excellent administrative and organisational skills? Would you like to play a pivotal role delivering high-quality support to the University’s Clinical Academic Training Programme? Dedicated to developing the academic clinicians of the future this role will support doctors, dentists and healthcare professionals to balance their clinical care with academic research and teaching.

We are looking to appoint a dedicated and motivated Business Operations Officer to support the Faculty of Medicine and Health. You will join the team to provide high quality administrative support to the Clinical Academic Training programme processes in recruitment, purchasing, expenses/external payments and event management. This role will have a particular focus on ensuring recruitment queries and processes are managed correctly.

You will also be responsible for managing the Programme’s databases including updating Teams and Sharepoint sites; taking responsibility for external statutory data returns; being the point of contact for the Faculty clinical academic training queries; advising on and authorising complex UK and overseas travel and accommodation expenses claims; and supporting the delivery of events including liaising with venues and overseeing registration processes. 

You will work with other colleagues within the Business Operations Teams and from Professional Services across the Faculty, including HR, Purchasing and Finance Offices, to adopt and embed a continuous improvement and service excellence approach. This will involve establishing and developing best practice processes & procedures and working to ensure these are implemented through Faculty peer networks. You will be expected to handle confidential information in a discreet, sensitive and diplomatic manner, ensuring security of access to such information is maintained at all times. 

Please note that due to Home Office visa requirements, this role is not suitable for first-time Skilled Worker visa applicants. Information on other visa options is available at: https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas

What we offer in return

• 26 days' holiday plus approx.16 Bank Holidays/days that the University is closed by custom (including Christmas) – that’s 42 days a year!
• Generous pension scheme options plus life assurance
• Health and Wellbeing: Discounted staff membership options at The Edge, our state-of-the-art Campus gym, with a pool, sauna, climbing wall, cycle circuit, and sports halls.
• Personal Development: Access to courses run by our Organisational Development & Professional Learning team, and self-development courses including languages, Creative Writing, Wellbeing Therapies and much more.  All FMH staff are entitled to ten days staff development per year (pro rata). Please speak to your Line Manager about how you can utilise these.
• Access to on-site childcare, shopping discounts and travel schemes are also available.

And much more!  

If you are looking for a busy, varied role in a friendly team environment where you are key to supporting academic activity, apply today. 

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

Mrs Linda Wallace, Clinical Academic Training Project Manager

Email: L.C.Wallace@leeds.ac.uk

Closing Date: 02 Sep 2026

Section: Administrative and Clerical Support

Salary: £29,588 to £33,002 p.a. pro rata

This is a unique opportunity for your development as a clinical teacher. With a dental qualification, full GDC registration and relevant foundation/general professional training or equivalent you will contribute to teaching students in the School’s undergraduate programme in Paediatric Dentistry. You will participate in the maintenance and further development of excellence in the quality of education within the School of Dentistry/Leeds Dental Institute. Responsibilities will include clinical supervision of students and support for clinical audit and service evaluation projects. This post will suit enthusiastic early career clinicians with an interest in Paediatric Dentistry and dental education, and who are considering a career in Paediatric Dentistry including dentists who are wishing to gain further experience in Paediatric Dentistry prior to applying for a specialist training programme.

The post will be located on the main University campus.

What we offer in return

• 26 days holiday plus approx.16 Bank Holidays/days that the University is closed by custom (including Christmas) – That’s over 42 days a year!
• Generous pension scheme plus life assurance
• Health and Wellbeing: Discounted staff membership options at The Edge, our state-of-the-art Campus gym, with a pool, sauna, climbing wall, cycle circuit, and sports halls.
• Personal Development: 
  • Access to courses run by our Organisational Development & Professional Learning team.
  • All FMH staff are entitled to ten days staff development per year (pro rata). Please speak to your Line Manager about how you can utilise these.
• Access to on-site childcare, shopping discounts and travel schemes are also available

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

Professor Peter Day, Professor of Children's Oral Health and Consultant in Paediatric Dentistry: p.f.day@leeds.ac.uk 

Professor Richard Balmer, Professor and Honorary Consultant in Paediatric Dentistry: r.c.balmer@leeds.ac.uk

Closing Date: 08 Sep 2026

Section: Clinical

Salary: £47,551 to £79,898 per annum

This role will be based at the Wolfson Centre for Applied Health Research in Bradford, with regular engagement at the School of Psychology and scope for it to be undertaken in a hybrid manner. 

Are you an ambitious postdoctoral researcher with expertise in EEG and an interest in understanding how digital experiences shape brain development and wellbeing? Do you want to work on a large-scale, school-based research programme with strong scientific and societal impact?

We are seeking a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to join MyPhone/MyBrain, a major four-year research programme funded by the Huo Family Foundation. The project examines relationships between young people’s digital engagement, brain development and wellbeing, combining classroom-based EEG data collection, smartphone-derived measures, and secure linkage to health and education records through the Connected Bradford infrastructure.

Working closely with the Principal Investigator and wider research team, you will play a leading role in analysing EEG data, developing and testing research questions, and contributing to high-quality scientific outputs. You will be expected to work with a high degree of independence, contribute original ideas, and help shape the direction of the research programme within the scope of the funded project.

The role offers an excellent opportunity to develop a strong publication record, gain experience working with large and complex datasets, and contribute to an interdisciplinary programme at the interface of neuroscience, digital behaviour and public engagement.

Interview date 28 September 2026

What we offer in return

• 26 days' holiday plus approx.16 Bank Holidays/days that the University is closed by custom (including Christmas) – that’s 42 days a year!
• Generous pension scheme plus life assurance– the University contributes 14.5% of salary
• Health and Wellbeing: Discounted staff membership options at The Edge, our state-of-the-art Campus gym, with a pool, sauna, climbing wall, cycle circuit, and sports halls.
• Personal Development: Access to courses run by our Organisational Development & Professional Learning team, and self-development courses including languages, Creative Writing, Wellbeing Therapies and much more.
• Access to on-site childcare, shopping discounts and travel schemes are also available.

And much more! 

If you are looking for a postdoctoral role in cognitive neuroscience that combines methodological innovation, real-world data collection, and deep engagement with schools and young people, apply today.

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

Professor Faisal Mushtaq, Principal Investigator

Email: f.mushtaq@leeds.ac.uk

Please note that this post may be suitable for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa route but first-time applicants might need to qualify for salary concessions. For more information please visit: www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa.

For research and academic posts, we will consider eligibility under the Global Talent visa. For more information please visit: https://www.gov.uk/global-talent

Closing Date: 28 Aug 2026

Section: Research

Salary: £41,064 to £48,822 per annum

Are you an enthusiastic and motivated clinician with a desire to be part of a successful international research team? Are you ambitious with an interest in clinical research? Do you want to further your career by contributing to a world-leading systemic sclerosis research network and registry?

The successful candidate will join the Scleroderma (also known as Systemic sclerosis; SSc) research team, at the University of Leeds, hosted within the Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, under the leadership of Professor Francesco Del Galdo. The Fellow will support the European Scleroderma Trials and Research group (EUSTAR), a world-leading international systemic sclerosis research network and registry, as Medical Lead for the network projects. 

You will provide medically qualified input into the clinical and scientific delivery of EUSTAR research activity. This will include supporting registry-based studies, observational cohort research, clinical interpretation of data, project development, data quality, analysis planning and preparation of reports, presentations, and publications. You will work closely with Professor Del Galdo, the EUSTAR leadership team, the EUSTAR Programme Manager (Thomas Osborne), and international collaborators, statisticians, and data managers in the EUSTAR team. You will ensure that EUSTAR research activity remains clinically relevant, scientifically robust and aligned with the needs of people living with systemic sclerosis.

Research projects will aim to better understand disease progression, clinical phenotypes, organ involvement, treatment patterns and outcomes in patients diagnosed with scleroderma, from very early disease to individuals with active established SSc. You will primarily focus on EUSTAR-related research activity and the delivery of outputs from registry and cohort data, with opportunities to contribute to collaborative international projects using the EUSTAR database. You will have the opportunity to maintain your clinical skills and training needs by participating to the Leeds-based systemic sclerosis clinical activity including the opportunity to participate to translational research.

You will be medically qualified and have completed core medical training or equivalent, with clinical experience in rheumatology. You will have current GMC registration with MRCP (or equivalent). You will have basic and clinical background in Immunology and autoimmune diseases, with a strong interest in systemic sclerosis.

Junior Doctor / Dentists in training

We have implemented a new approach to pay for junior doctors and dentists in training which mirrors the new pay system and transitional arrangements introduced into the NHS by the 2016 contract for Junior Doctor / Dentists in training; the salary awarded for this role will be awarded depending on a trainee’s current NHS pay scale status under the transitional arrangements.

What we offer in return

26 days holiday plus approx.16 Bank Holidays/days that the University is closed by custom (including Christmas) – That’s 42 days a year!

Generous pension scheme options plus life assurance

Health and Wellbeing: Discounted staff membership options at The Edge, our state-of-the-art Campus gym, with a pool, sauna, climbing wall, cycle circuit, and sports halls.

Personal Development: Access to courses run by our Organisational Development & Professional Learning team, and self-development courses including languages, Creative Writing, Wellbeing Therapies and much more.

Access to on-site childcare, shopping discounts and travel schemes are also available.

And much more!

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

Professor Francesco Del Galdo

f.delgaldo@leeds.ac.uk 

EUSTAR Programme Manager: Thomas Osborne

projectmanager@eustar.org 

Closing Date: 25 Sep 2026

Section: Clinical

Salary: £47,551 to £69,976 per annum

This role is only open to internal applicants employed at the University of Leeds holding at grade 9 or 10.

Do you have a vision for the future direction of interdisciplinary data science and artificial intelligence research at the University of Leeds? Do you have senior leadership experience to develop and implement this vision?

We are particularly encouraging female and Global Majority candidates to apply for this post as part of LIDA’s strategic commitment to addressing underrepresentation of these groups in senior leadership roles in LIDA and in STEM leadership more broadly.

Background to LIDA

LIDA’s vision is to generate societal impact and improve global wellbeing and prosperity through internationally outstanding research, education and training, in interdisciplinary data science and artificial intelligence (AI). To achieve this, LIDA aims to build upon existing strengths across the University so that:
·       UoL’s Data Science and AI ecosystem is more than the sum of its parts
·       UoL offers a coherent and distinct proposition in data science and AI to compete nationally and internationally.
·       UoL provides a home for capacity building and the development of future leaders in the field.

LIDA’s strategic research priorities, as detailed in our latest 5-year strategy https://lida.leeds.ac.uk/our-strategy-2024-29/ are to:
·       Produce world-class cross disciplinary research
·       Diversify & increase data science & AI research income
·       Deliver impactful research & innovation
·       Develop, support & retain an inclusive research community.

To date, in the current Research Excellence Framework (REF2029) period, LIDA’s research portfolio comprises 131 projects supported by £127 million of external awards from 43 funders. Our projects involve 340 PIs/COIs from 69 schools/institutes across all seven Faculties at the University of Leeds. Two thirds of the projects are interdisciplinary.

Our current live portfolio of data analytics research and innovation project portfolio is worth over £90 million, driven by LIDA’s research Communities focused on Health; Food; Artificial Intelligence; Data Visualisation; Immersive Technologies; and Data Science Infrastructures. You can find more about them here: https://lida.leeds.ac.uk/communities-programmes/

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

Professor Chris P Gale
Email: c.p.gale@leeds.ac.uk

Professor Susan Grant Muller
Email: S.M.Grant-Muller@its.leeds.ac.uk

Closing Date: 13 Sep 2026

Section: Academic

Salary: £75,912 to £85,413 p.a. pro rata

As a Lecturer, you will carry out scholarship and teaching activities within the programme. There is an expectation that you will help develop teaching in an area of expertise and take on doctoral research supervision of trainee projects. As an academic tutor, you will support trainees in developing critical appraisal and study skills and will also work closely with clinical tutors and support and technical staff on the team. You will also be supported in developing your own skills and interests within clinical psychology.

Leeds has an eclectic approach to different psychological therapies and research methodologies, and an emphasis on personal and professional development, reflective practice, and an appropriately critical appraisal of evidence.

What we offer in return

26 days holiday plus approx.16 Bank Holidays/days that the University is closed by custom (including Christmas) – That’s 42 days a year!

Generous pension scheme plus life assurance– the University contributes 21.6% of salary

Health and Wellbeing: Discounted staff membership options at The Edge, our state-of-the-art Campus gym, with a pool, sauna, climbing wall, cycle circuit, and sports halls.

Personal Development: Access to courses run by our Organisational Development & Professional Learning team, and self-development courses including languages, Creative Writing, Wellbeing Therapies and much more.

Access to on-site childcare, shopping discounts and travel schemes are also available.

And much more!  

 Please note that this post may be suitable for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa route but first-time applicants might need to qualify for salary concessions. For more information please visit: www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa

For research and academic posts, we will consider eligibility under the Global Talent visa. For more information please visit: https://www.gov.uk/global-talent

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

Ciara Masterson, Academic Director 

C.masterson@leeds.ac.uk 

Closing Date: 02 Sep 2026

Section: Teaching

Salary: £51,753 to £59,966 per annum pro-rata