"Clinical Senior Lecturer / Clinical Reader / Clinical Chair in Psychiatry (or psychiatry subspeciality)"

Job summary

Are you a dedicated, enthusiastic, and talented clinical academic psychiatrist at an early-stage in your career or a principal investigator with established research programmes in the broad area of Psychiatry? If so, this is your opportunity to join the Division of Psychiatry, part of the Department of Brain Sciences, where we offer an exciting academic opportunity within an integrated and supportive environment.

The post(s) will be embedded within the Division of Psychiatry (Head: Prof Anne Lingford-Hughes at Imperial College London within the Department of Brain Sciences. Lead investigators include Professor Mike Crawford, Professor Dasha Nicholls (Deputy Head), Dr Tony Goldstone, Dr Martina Di Simplicio, Professor David Nutt and Dr David Erritzoe. The Division of Psychiatry is based in the Commonwealth building, Hammersmith hospital campus.

You will have a track record of successfully securing research grants, high-quality research publication and experience in teaching, and your work may complement our existing areas of research which include addiction, mood instability, eating disorders, personality disorder and therapeutic application of psychedelic drugs or bring a new area eg dementia.

To excel in this role you will have, or will be developing, a national and/or an international reputation and a record of excellent research in your field. You will be collaborative, able to build and sustain effective working relationships, and will have strong communication and leadership skills, with experience of training students at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

Your clinical work (up to 3 sessions) will be negotiated to be undertaken either in Central North West London NHS Foundation Trust or West London NHS Trust as appropriate to your research area.

Imperial College has a broad range of clinical and non-clinical research expertise which provides an outstanding multidisciplinary environment in basic, clinical and translational research. The Division of Psychiatry and the Department of Brain Sciences are embedded within this vibrant research environment and is proud of its supportive ethos and coordinated activities in research, teaching and public engagement.

We particularly welcome applications from underrepresented groups such as Black and Minority Ethnic and female scholars. This is a full-time, open ended position with other flexible working options may be considered.

Full information on duties, responsibilities and criteria for the post can be found in the attached Job Description.

Please see our Further Particulars for more information about the College and the benefits available to staff.

Further information

Proposed Interview date: Middle/ end of July 2024

Total Remuneration Package

Our Total Remuneration Package (TRP) for staff is a key component of realising the College’s strategic aim. The TRP is the overall package of pay, recognition, pensions and other benefits by which we compensate staff for their contributions to Imperial’s mission. The College supports many initiatives to support staff in their personal life (flexible working, private health insurance, staff networks, support for staff, childcare and carers).

Benefits to support an active lifestyle and health initiatives, such as cycle to work scheme, whereby you apply for an interest free loan for the purchase of a bicycle to encourage cycling to work for fitness.

Childcare

Our staff have access to the Early Years Education Centre which is the College’s ‘Outstanding’ Ofsted rated nursery, located at the South Kensington Campus. We also have other affiliated nurseries located at other campuses.

Informal inquiries about the post can be directed to the Head of the Division of Psychiatry, Professor Anne Lingford-Hughes, Email: anne.lingford-hughes@imperial.ac.uk

For queries on the application process please contact: Maria Monteiro, Senior Appointments Manager, email: m.monteiro@imperial.ac.uk

For Clinical Senior Lecturer applications please view our Academic and clinical guidance notes, which sets out the mandatory areas that must be covered in your application.

Clinical Academic appointments require checks by the Disclosure and Barring Service or DBS, (formerly the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB)). As this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, at the appropriate level, will be required for the successful candidate. Further information about the DBS disclosure process can be found on the Home Office website or by telephoning 03000 200 190. You may also wish to view the College’s DBS webpage for policy statements.