NHRP Senior Clinical Fellow/Honorary Consultant

Salary: £109,725 to £145,478 per annum, NHS Consultant payscale

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: 03 November 2025

The Role

The Faculty of Medical Sciences invites applications from medical or dental graduates who are at or close to the end of their clinical specialty training and have their certificate of completion of training (CCT), or are within 6 months of their CCT at the time of application and would be considered eligible to be appointed as an honorary consultant in the NHS. 

You will have an academic track record including a PhD or equivalent in relevant subject area,with ideally, experience of post-doctoral academic development such as provided by an NIHR Clinical Lecturer post or equivalent post-doctoral experience.  You will have shown an ability to publish original research in field leading peer reviewed journals and an ability to secure research funding as principal or co-investigator.  You will ideally have experience of teaching at Undergraduate and Postgraduate level and some experience of supervision of research students.

This post forms part of a clinical academic career development programme devised by Newcastle Health Research Partnership (NHRP) ( https://newcastlehealthresearchpartnership.org/ the Academic Health Sciences Centre for the North East of England. The post will provide individuals looking to establish themselves as senior clinical academics over the next 5 years with academic and clinical time, mentorship and training to achieve research independence and clinical expertise.

The post represents a partnership between Newcastle University (NU), Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (NuTH) and Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Mental Health Foundations Trust (CNTW) and St Oswalds Hospice.  Applicants must have identified, in advance of applying, support from one of the above partners, a commitment to host them as an honorary consultant and to provide funding for 50% of their time (up to a maximum of 5 programmed activities for a full time equivalent, or pro rata for less than full time applicants) for their NHS clinical work. You should not yet have been appointed to a substantive consultant post in the NHS.

Along with the application form, please provide your CV as well as a covering letter outlining what you hope to achieve during the tenure of the Fellowship and how your programme of research  work aligns to the strategic priorities of the partner organisations.  We will require a letter from relevant Trust confirming funding for 5 clinical sessions. 

Please see job details for further details.

For informal equiries about the programme, please contact Professor Dave Jones, Director of NHRP Academy via David.Jones@ncl.ac.uk

The University strive to be sector leading in our work on equality, diversity and inclusion. Please visit our EDI webpages for further information on our intiatives and policies which help to make our workplace fair, family friendly and genuinely inclusive.

This role is fixed term for 3 years.

Please note that if you are successful to this role, you will require a DBS and an Honorary Contract before you can commence in the role.

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: 28641