"NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer - Public Health Medicine or Neurology"

University of Birmingham - Department of Metabolism and Systems Sciences

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

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 (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 1st September 2026.

Please click on the job title to see the job description for each speciality:

• NIHR Clinical Lecturer in Public Health in NIHR priority theme of Prevention and Public Health
• NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer in Neurology. NIHR priority theme of Prevention and Public Health

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.

Informal enquiries to Kristien Boelaert, email: k.boelaert@bham.ac.uk

To download the full job description and details of this position and submit an electronic application online please click on the 'Apply' button above.

Closing date: 12/04/2026 23:59