Clinical Research Fellow - Obstetrics
Clinical Research Fellow - Obstetrics
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Job Description
Grade AMN2: 48288 to 91753 per annum
CMVM / Deanery of Clinical Sciences
Full-time: 40 hours per week
Fixed-term: 36 months
The Opportunity:
The opportunity has arisen for an innovative obstetric doctor with a passion for increasing global access to high quality intrapartum care to join the I3P team working within the Centre for Reproductive Health. The I3P Programme is an innovative research collaboration of academic and industry partners aiming to address the short fall in worldwide obstetric care by developing wearable sensors to monitor maternal and foetal vital signs during labour and immediately post-partum.
The postholder will work with our partners in Nigeria India Pakistan and Rwanda to test and develop wearable sensors and data driven approaches to detect complications such as obstructed labour and post-partum haemorrhage. The post holder will be supported to develop and investigate their own research questions aligned with the goals of the I3P program. They will be expected to register for a PhD with the University of Edinburgh and funding is available to cover registration and tuition.
This post is full-time (40 hours per week); however 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.
The salary for this post is 48288 to 91753 per annum.
Appointment above spine point 5 on the AMN2 scale may result in a reduction of contract length
Your skills and attributes for success:
- For candidates planning to complete their training in the UK eligibility to progress in higher specialist training is important so these candidates should either (i) hold a national training number at ST3 or above or (ii) holdMRCOG(UK) or equivalent and have obtained a post for core clinical training. An application for time out of programme from current clinical training will be supported in order to undertake this research.
- Candidates from overseas who are not already fully registered with the General Medical Council (GMC) to practice medicine in the UK will be considered for appointment provided that (i) they hold a primary medical qualification that entitles them to apply for full GMC registration with or without sitting the PLAB examination (for details please visit ); and (ii) they have relevant post-graduate clinical experience including MRCOG(UK) or equivalent. GMC registration must be obtained before appointment.
- Evidence of commitment to global womens health and womens health research
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Application Information
Please ensure you include the following documents in your application:
- CV
- Cover letter
As a valued member of our team you can expect:
- A competitive salary
- 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 competitive pension schemes staff discounts and family-friendly initiatives. Check out the full list on ourstaff benefits page(opens in a new tab) 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 ourright to work webpages(opens new browser tab)
The University may be able to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. This will depend on a number of factors specific to the successful applicant.
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.
Our offer is subject to membership of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme and a satisfactory PVG check. Once you have accepted our offer we will write to you separately with information on this. Please note that a delay in completing your PVG application or releasing the result to the University may cause your start date of employment to be postponed.
Key dates to note
The closing date for application is 20th August 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.
Employment Type
Full-Time
