ECAT SCREDS Clinical Lectureships 2026 round 1
ECAT SCREDS Clinical Lectureships 2026 round 1
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Job Description
ECAT SCREDS Clinical Lectureships
Grade ACN2: 48288 - 68710 per annum
College of Medicine & Veterinary Medicine
Full-time: 40 hours per week
Fixed-term: from 5 August 2026 until CCT date 6 months
Vacancies available: up to 5 posts
We are seeking to recruit suitably qualified candidates for up to five postdoctoral SCREDS Clinical Lecturer posts for an August 2026 start. SCREDS is the Scottish Clinical Research Excellence Development Scheme.
The opportunity:
Each post is designed to combine specialist clinical training in the successful candidates chosen speciality with enhanced academic and research opportunities which will involve a balance of research and clinical duties. This will allow each successful applicant to establish a successful research foundation in their chosen area.
Vacancies are open to:
- Trainees in all GMC-recognised medical and surgical specialties except primary care practitioners.
- Candidates from across the UK.
Your skills and attributes for success:
- You must be able to demonstrate a commitment to a research career and should have a track record appropriate to your career stage in basic translational or clinical research.
- You must have a postgraduate degree (PhD or MD).
- You must have (or obtain by the start date of the post) a specialty training position with a National Training Number (NTN) in your chosen discipline in the UK.
- You must be GMC registered and must be practicing clinically in the UK.
- You must have relevant clinical experience in your chosen specialty.
- You must be eligible for higher specialist clinical training.
Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) check required.
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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.
Key dates to note
The closing date for applications is 10th September 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.
Interviews - Wednesday 8th October 2025.
Employment Type
Full-Time
