University Assistant Clinical Teaching Professor in Medical Virology

The University of Cambridge wishes to appoint a University Assistant Clinical Teaching Professor in Medical Virology (Honorary Consultant Status) on the Teaching and Scholarship pathway (Band 9) within the Department of Pathology. The post is available immediately.

The key aim of the appointment is to strengthen the Department's organisation and delivery of the Applied Biomedical Sciences teaching strand of the Clinical Medicine course with contributions to the teaching of pre-clinical undergraduate and postgraduate students.

The post is situated within the Department of Pathology, which is both in the School of Biological Sciences, and the School of Clinical Medicine, with association to medical virology at CUH. The successful candidate will be expected to develop and contribute to the activities of the Department and participate, as an honorary consultant, in the Medical Virology Service at CUHNHSFT.

The successful candidate will be a dedicated educator who will take a leadership role in the strategic organisation, delivery and ongoing further development of the Applied Biomedical Sciences course delivered across years 4-6 of the course and delivery of the Year 5 written examination papers in Clinical Medicine working in partnership with the current Lead Teacher for Clinical Pathology.

They will have a good understanding of the pedagogical principles of such teaching and experience in applying these principles to the delivery of varied and novel educational resources and teaching sessions. They will also participate in teaching general pathology to second and third year undergraduates, leading to the Medical and Veterinary Sciences Tripos or the Natural Sciences Tripos. The successful candidate will be expected to undertake research duties as mandated for the University of Cambridge Teaching and Scholarship pathway, including educational research. Within the Department of Pathology, this post will sit within the Division of Virology.

The successful candidate will have clinical responsibilities (3 programmed activities per week) within the Medical Virology Service of the UKHSA at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Addenbrooke's Hospital) and must be eligible for an Honorary Consultant contract. The role also includes the equivalent of 5 programmed activities per week for teaching and two for research and administration.

Job plans for all full-time honorary consultants currently include a commitment to the NHS Trust for an agreed number of programmed activities per week, averaged over the year. The precise deployment of this time and its allocation to service delivery, continuing professional development, NHS research and development and other Trust-related activities is agreed on a regular basis through discussion with the Clinical Lead for the UKHSA diagnostic laboratory, the School of Clinical Medicine, and the Head of Department of Pathology, Professor Heike Laman, to whom the post-holder will directly report.

Please check the attached Further Particulars document for more information.

This is an integrated appointment between the University and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust ("NHS Trust"). 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.

Please ensure that you upload a covering letter, CV and a completed Additional Clinical Information form and payslip, in the Upload section of the online application. If you upload any additional documents which have not been requested, we will not be able to consider these as part of your application. Please include details of your referees, including email address and phone number, one of which must be your most recent line manager.

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Informal enquiries and requests for further information are very welcome and should be addressed to Professor Heike Laman: hod@path.cam.ac.uk

If you have any queries regarding the application process, please contact: hr@path.cam.ac.uk

Please quote reference PK46964 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.

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Key information

• Department/location: Department of Pathology
• Salary: £105,504 - £139,882
• Reference: PK46964
• Category: Academic
• Date published: 18 August 2025
• Closing date: 8 September 2025