Clinical Research Fellow

Grade AMN2: £48,288 - £68,710 per annum

CMVM / Institute for Neuroscience and Cardiovascular Research     
    
Full time: 40 hours per week

Fixed Term: 1 year

 

The Opportunity:

Our 12 month Clinical fellowships are aimed at enabling outstanding predoctoral clinical fellows to develop their ideas and pilot data to apply and obtain an externally funded clinical training PhD fellowship in a subject area related to the themes of the Edinburgh BHF Centre of Research Excellence: Heart Diseases, Stroke & Vascular Dementia, Cardiometabolism, Advanced Vascular Imaging, and Data Driven Innovation. 

Applicants are expected to submit a brief plan for this future proposed PhD fellowship and detail how they will use this 12 month fellowship to support the PhD fellowship application. They must have already discussed this plan with a potential supervisor within our centre well in advance of submission and gained their support.

This post is full-time (40 hours per week). We are open to considering requests for hybrid working (on a non-contractual basis) that combines a mix of remote and regular on-campus working. 

 

Your skills and attributes for success: 

• Outstanding predoctoral clinical fellow with motivation and enthusiasm to develop an excellent Clinical PhD fellowship application to external funding sources which fits within the themes of the Edinburgh BHF Centre of Research Excellence 
• Excellent team player and collaborator to contribute as a key member of a team of researchers, under supervision from the Principal Investigator 
• Exceptional communications skills and attention to detail to maintain accurate and up-to-date records to document research progress and take a lead role in writing up data for publication. 
• Drive and motivation to undertake training in in clinical and/or laboratory methods with the expectation to maintain clinical skills by some participation in clinical on-call, out-patient clinics, investigation lists and continuing professional development.

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Informal enquiries are welcomed and can be addressed to Professor Anna Williams – anna.williams@ed.ac.uk 

Application Information 

 Please ensure you include the following documents in your application:

• CV
• Cover letter
• The outline of your proposed future PhD research project proposal, proposed supervisor and how you will use this 12 month fellowship to support this PhD application – max 1 page including references.

An Honorary NHS contract will be sought for the successful post holder. You therefore must be eligible to hold an honorary contract with NHS Lothian, and must also be registered with the General Medical Council.

Salary will be determined on the basis of previous service in the NHS training grades. Normally you will be matched to your current incremental point or nearest equivalent. If you are currently a member of the NHS Pension Scheme and are employed in a clinical post it may be possible for you to remain a member of the NHS Pension Scheme. 

As a valued member of our team you can expect: 

• A competitive salary of (enter salary range). 
• An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. 
• To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community
• Comprehensive Staff Benefits, such as a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme, staff discounts, family-friendly initiatives, and flexible work options. Check out the full list on our staff benefits page and use our reward calculator to discover the total value of your pay and benefits 

Championing equality, diversity and inclusion

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality. 

Prior to any employment commencing with the University you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our right to work webpages.

On this occasion the University will not consider applicants requiring sponsorship for this role. International workers will therefore only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.

Key dates to note

The closing date for applications is 2nd October 2025.

Unless stated otherwise the closing time for applications is 11:59pm GMT. If you are applying outside the UK the closing time on our adverts automatically adjusts to your browsers local time zone. 

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