Job Description

Job Category: Academic Clinical
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Position Details
College of Medicine and Health
Location: University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham UK
Full time starting salary is normally in the range 109,725 - 145,478
Grade: Clinical
Full Time, Fixed Term contract up to April 2030
Closing date: 19th January 2026
Background
The BHP Clinician Scientist scheme is hosted by the University of Birmingham on behalf of Birmingham Health Partners. This year we will also host a post fully funded by The Eveson Trust.
Birmingham Health Partners (BHP) is a strategic alliance of five NHS Trusts (Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust, The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust, Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation.
Trust. University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust), Health Innovation West Midlands, Aston University, and the University of Birmingham which aims to transform the health, wellbeing and economic growth of our city-region.
Our collaboration spans the full spectrum of the translational pipeline from basic science, through a complete range of NIHR experimental medicine infrastructure to cutting-edge clinical practice, creating one of the country's most comprehensive Health Science Systems.
This is now the fourth round of the pioneering BHP Clinician-Scientist Programme, a postdoctoral initiative to help develop the very best of the next generation of clinical academics. Successful candidates will join a cohort of seven post holders in specialties ranging from Public Health to Paediatric Medicine.
The programme includes wrap-around career development to target fully funded, highly prestigious, external clinical intermediate fellowships such as the MRC Clinician Scientist, NIHR Advanced Fellowships or equivalent Wellcome schemes, amongst other funding opportunities.
While we welcome enquiries from all types of postdoctoral healthcare professionals, the scheme particularly welcomes medically qualified applicants who are clinically active and who have recently completed specialist clinical training (or are about to).
The programme funds a 10PA consultant-level job plan with a 50:50 split between clinical service at a BHP member NHS Trust and academic activity at the University of Birmingham.
We are open to all clinical specialties. The interests of the appointee will be allied to the needs of the relevant clinical service and defined following appointment. For those other healthcare professionals without a medical degree, appropriate job plans will be developed.
The programme is designed with two clear exits in mind. The first is a fully funded intermediate fellowship, or equivalent comprehensive funding, and subsequent transition to a permanent clinical academic contract in one of our partner universities. The second is a transition with a firm commitment to a permanent NHS consultant contract with one of our partner NHS Trusts.
To enable these outcomes, the initial contract will be fixed term for 5 years including a 3-year probation period with annual joint appraisal. Review with the appointee in the third year will assess individual future career trajectory and determine either continuation as a university-based staff member or transition within the remaining contract to a full-time permanent NHS consultant position.
Role Summary
You will contribute at a senior level to clinical service and research. You will be expected to contribute to academic citizenship, likely to be demonstrated through generous, mutually respectful, and supportive working relationships with all staff and students.
We welcome enquiries from all types of postdoctoral clinically active healthcare professionals. For hospital-based medically qualified appointees, clinical service will be defined by your discipline and area of specialty training and duties defined by agreement with your clinical service lead, to include time within the job plan as relevant to pursue a sub-specialty area of interest aligned with your research interests and clinical service needs.
Your research activity will involve development of your established national, and possible international, reputation through significant original research work and a clear record of impact.
Main Duties
You will be accountable to the Managing Director of Birmingham Health Partners and clinically accountable to the Chief Medical Officer of the Trust where you hold your honorary clinical contract.
Clinical
For hospital-based clinical appointees, you will join an integrated clinical service in one of our partner NHS Trusts. Depending on the clinical service area you join you will work across all relevant clinical activities of that service as defined by the Clinical Service Lead or manager as appropriate, to develop and deliver a modern clinical service. Where relevant, you will develop an area of subspecialty interest aligned to your research interests and fitting with the needs of the clinical service. You will participate in all clinical governance activities, including clinical audit, clinical effectiveness, risk management, quality improvement activities as required by the Trust, and external accrediting bodies.
The Direct Clinical Care PAs will be worked flexibly by agreement with Consultant colleagues as part of an annualised job plan. There is no prospective cover provided within the weekly job plan.
Any On-call out of hours will be shared between the Consultant team and included as part of the weekly job plan. For those from other healthcare professional disciplines an appropriate jd will be developed prior to starting the post.
Research
To pursue sustained cutting-edge research through original activity and scholarship, including contributions through a portfolio of highly graded, peer-reviewed publications, conference papers and presentations, consultancy projects and advice, including (as appropriate):

• contributing to the management of research activities and/or supervising other research staff as appropriate;
• successful pursuit of external intermediate fellowships and other comparable funding bids;
• consistently publishing internationally excellent research, with some research regarded as world leading, that results in a sustained, highly respected reputation of international quality;
• supervising and examining PhD students, both within the host institution and externally;
• providing expert advice internally and externally;
• peer reviewing articles for peer reviewed academic journals and grant applications by research councils and/or other major funding bodies;
• leading sustained impact activity including public engagement and make a significant contribution to policy development at a national and international level;
• developing novel methodologies and techniques appropriate to the type of research being pursued.

Person Specification
Qualifications

• Higher Degree (PhD or MD)

For medically qualified, hospital-based:

• Full/Eligible for GMC Registration
• Inclusion on, or within 6 months of inclusion on, the Specialist Register in a secondary care GMC specialty or Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining UK Certificate Completion of Training
• Evidence of higher specialty exams (e.g. MRCP, MRCS, MRCPCH, MRCOG, MRCPsych etc or equivalent)

For Healthcare Professionals
Appropriate discipline specific registration to undertake clinical activity
Clinical Experience

• Comprehensive clinical experience.
• Evidence of understanding of and adherence to the principles of Good Medical/Dental Practice set out by the General Medical Council or other governing bodies.
• Experience of integrated clinical service, complex community services, and managing general patients as well as your own subspecialty.
• Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients in the specialty area as consummate with your role and responsibility.

Research

• Existing programme of applied, translational and/or basic science research.
• Academic profile with the potential for developing local research collaborations.

Person Skills/Qualifications

• Experience in building and leading a multidisciplinary team.
• Capable of building strong and effective professional relationships and communicate effectively with patients, families and colleagues.
• Gains confidence and trust from others with good interpersonal skills
• Able to respond to and cope with change.
• Demonstrates honesty and integrity.
• Commitment to continuing professional development and clinical governance.

In addition, it is essential that applicants have an acceptable health record over previous 2 years in accordance with the standards identified in University and/or Trust policy.
OH & DBS required
The University is committed to safeguarding and we promote safe recruitment practice, therefore all associated pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. Due to the nature of the work undertaken in this role all successful applicants will be subject to a satisfactory Occupational Health and DBS clearance prior to appointment.
Further particulars can be found
Informal enquiries to Professor Lorraine Harper, email:
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