GP Research Fellow

Salary: £105,504 - £139,882  per annum, pro rata

Newcastle University is a great place to work, with excellent benefits. We have a generous holiday package; plus the opportunity to buy more, great pension schemes and a number of health and wellbeing initiatives to support you.

Closing Date: 06 June 2025

The Role

You will be working with Dr. Eugene Tang (NIHR Advanced Fellow) and will be part of an emerging cohort of GP commercial research fellows. Up to eleven fellowships are available nationally alongside the post in Newcastle; one in each of the members of the School for Primary Care Research: Bristol, Exeter, Keele, Manchester, Nottingham, Oxford, QMUL, Southampton and UCL and one other based in a previous SPCR member (Birmingham). Fellows will have academic support from SPCR host departments and have access to wider NIHR SPCR training resources and be part of the wider SPCR network. You will also form a peer-support group, working with an experienced academic to enhance their career development. You will also gain new skills in commercial research.

It is anticipated that this role will provide an excellent platform for you to be mentored and receive support from an experienced academic General Practitioner with the aim of developing your own research interests, experiences and skills in the area of primary care research. Hosted by Newcastle Health Research Partnership (NHRP) Academy, (the career development arm of Newcastle’s Academic Health Science Centre), the Academic Primary and Community Care Unit (APCCU) is a newly developed virtual unit which aims to bring together leading experts within primary and community care systems   to build capacity in academic primary and community care within the region. You will also be supported by and be part of an emerging group of clinical academics as a member of the APCCU.

The Project

The fellowships will provide ring fenced time for general practitioners to work with key partners (including the NIHR Research Delivery Network and NIHR Commercial Research Delivery Centres) to enable new capacity in commercial research delivery in out of hospital settings to be developed.  One of the aims is to help increase the number of general practices participating in commercial research. 

This post is fixed term for a period of 18 months at 0.2 FTE and will run to the 31st December 2026. Fellows will be paid an academic clinical salary (pro rata starting rom £105,504 FTE pending years post-CCT).

For informal enquiries contact: eugene.tang@newcastle.ac.uk

Find out more about the Faculty of Medical Sciences here: https://www.ncl.ac.uk/medical-sciences/ 

Find out more about our Research Institutes here: https://www.ncl.ac.uk/medical-sciences/research/institutes/

Key Accountabilities

•    Network widely with regional primary care, promoting and supporting the uptake of the commercial portfolio
•    Increase the number of general practices participating in commercial research
•    Increase recruitment to commercial studies
•    Provide new capacity to support the adoption and roll out of commercial research
•    Develop new collaboration between industrial partners and primary care
•    Form and enhance partnerships with key stakeholders, including but not limited    to the NIHR RRDN, Health Innovation Networks, commercial partners, Department of Health and Social Care, Biomedical Research Centres

The Person (Essential)

Knowledge, Skills and Experience 

•    Ability to work well as part of a team and rapidly acquire new skills
•    Detailed subject knowledge in health services delivery research 
•    High level of analytical and problem-solving capability 
•    Ability to communicate complex information with clarity and to encourage the commitment of others 
•    Experience of research with clear transferable skills and some experience or awareness of the research environment 

Attributes and Behaviour

•    Ability to work independently and as part of a team
•    Willing to learn new skills
•    Willing to take on extra tasks and support other projects where appropriate
•    Being highly organised

Qualifications

•    MBChB/MBBS or equivalent
•    Full GMC Registration
•    Clinically active fully qualified (post-CCT) General Practitioner with license to practice
 

Newcastle University is a global University where everyone is treated with dignity and respect.  As a University of Sanctuary, we aim to provide a welcoming place of safety for all, offering opportunities to people fleeing violence and persecution.

We are committed to being a fully inclusive university which actively recruits, supports and retains colleagues from all sectors of society.  We value diversity as well as celebrate, support and thrive on the contributions of all of our employees and the communities they represent.  We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from individuals who can complement our existing teams, we believe that success is built on having teams whose backgrounds and experiences reflect the diversity of our university and student population.

At Newcastle University we hold a silver Athena Swan award in recognition of our good employment practices for the advancement of gender equality.  We also hold a Race Equality Charter Bronze award in recognition of our work towards tackling race inequality in higher education REC.  We are a Disability Confident employer and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role as part of the offer and interview scheme.

In addition, we are a member of the Euraxess initiative supporting researchers in Europe. 

Requisition ID: 28157