NIHR Clinical Lecturer in General Psychiatry or Neurology or Old Age Psychiatry

University of Cambridge - Office of the School of Clinical Medicine

Location:	Cambridge
Salary:	£46,675 to £80,081
Hours:	Full Time
Contract Type:	Fixed-Term/Contract

Placed On:	1st April 2026
Closes:	29th April 2026
Job Ref:	RA49313

Applications are invited for an NIHR Clinical Lecturer in General Psychiatry (Department of Psychiatry) or Neurology (Department of Clinical Neurosciences) or Old Age Psychiatry (Department of Psychiatry).

Please note this post has been awarded with the research theme Dementia. The appointee will be expected to develop a research programme in that theme area.

Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus this post offers unrivalled opportunity to undertake high quality research within an outstanding academic and clinical environment.

Applicants must be medically qualified, have full GMC registration, and demonstrate clinical competence for the award of a National Training Number (NTN/NTN(A)) in General Psychiatry or Neurology or Old Age Psychiatry. If a current NTN is not held, candidates will need to clinically benchmark before taking up the post. Clinical benchmarking can be achieved through application for specialty training within the national recruitment window where the minimal appointable score must be achieved. Candidates are responsible for ensuring that their clinical application is submitted within the appropriate recruitment round to ensure that they are benchmarked before the date that the post needs to commence.

Candidates are required to hold or have submitted a PhD/DPhil/MD at the time of application and be of the standing required for an appropriate honorary contract of service with the NHS LETB (specialist trainee/LETB). Candidates who have not submitted their PhD/DPhil/MD at the time of application will not be considered.

This is a fixed term appointment for a maximum of 4 years or until you obtain CCT (subject to any extension that you apply for and be granted by NIHR, which can be for a maximum of 24 months).

Salary Scales:

• StR (pre-2016 contract): £46,675pa - £80,081pa
• Nodal (post-2016 contract): £65,048pa - £73,992pa (ST3 and above)

This appointment requires an Honorary Clinical Contract. This is an integrated appointment between the University and relevant NHS Trust / Body. You will therefore also be issued with an Honorary Clinical contract by the NHS Trust. You should be aware that if your contract with the NHS Trust is terminated your employment with the University will be terminated, and vice versa.

You will require GMC registration, Licence to Practice and Medical Defence Cover for the duration of your appointment.

Informal enquiries about this post may be directed to:

• General Psychiatry: Professor Graham Murray (gm285@cam.ac.uk).
• Neurology: Dr Tim Rittman (tr332@medschl.cam.ac.uk).
• Old Age Psychiatry: Professor Graham Murray (gm285@cam.ac.uk).

We particularly welcome applications from women and /or candidates from a BME background for this vacancy as they are currently under-represented at this level in our department/institution/Faculty/School/University.

Please ensure that you upload a covering letter and a CV in the Upload section of the online application. The covering letter should outline how you match the criteria for the post and why you are applying for this role. If you upload any additional documents which have not been requested, we will not be able to consider these as part of your application.

Include details of your referees, including email address and phone number, one of which must be your most recent line manager.

The closing date for applications is Wednesday 29 April 2026.

Quote reference RA49313 on your application

The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society.

The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.