ECAT SCREDS Clinical Lectureships 2026 round 1

Overview

ECAT SCREDS Clinical Lectureships

Grade ACN2: £48,288 – £68,710 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 candidate\\\’s 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.

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 our staff benefits page 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 our right to work webpages.

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 browser\\\’s local time zone.

Interviews – Wednesday 8th October 2025.

About Us

As a world-leading research-intensive University, we are here to address tomorrow\\\’s greatest challenges. Between now and 2030 we will do that with a values-led approach to teaching, research and innovation, and through the strength of our relationships, both locally and globally.

About the Team

The College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine traces its origins back nearly 500 years and is internationally renowned for its research and teaching. Professor David Argyle is the Head of College, the only conjoint Medical and Veterinary Medical School in the UK. The College employs over 3000 academic and support staff. The College has two Schools, the Edinburgh Medical School comprising three Deaneries; Biomedical Sciences; Molecular Genetic and Population Health Sciences and Clinical Sciences and the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies.

The undergraduate medicine teaching programme in the College enjoys a high reputation nationally and internationally, with over 1,300 students enrolled on the MBChB and Intercalated courses and nearly 1000 on the Veterinary Sciences BVS and related programmes. In addition, approximately 2000 students are currently enrolled in the College\\\’s taught and research post-graduate courses, including an extensive range of online distance learning diplomas and degrees. They are trained by over 1000 outstanding academic staff.

The academic disciplines within Medicine are largely concentrated in the two teaching hospital campuses, the Royal Infirmary at BioQuarter and the Western General Hospital. Both have extensive new infrastructure with major research institutes and state of the art research facilities on clinical sites. Edinburgh hosts a number of prestigious MRC and BHF Research Centres. The approach is interdisciplinary, with basic and clinical researchers working together at the laboratory bench and in our clinical research facilities to address major themes in basic, clinical and translational medicine. The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies on the Easter Bush Campus houses outstanding teaching and clinical facilities as well as the splendid Roslin Institute, one of the world\\\’s leading veterinary research centres. The College offers outstanding opportunities to address \\\”One Health\\\” and Global Health problems of the highest international priority.

The Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021 results reaffirmed Edinburgh\\\’s position as one of the UK\\\’s leading research universities. Our College achieved outstanding results across four units of assessment (UoAs). Work was submitted from every eligible academic in the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine: a total of 782 full time equivalent posts. This includes joint submissions from within the University of Edinburgh. Overall, results were excellent. The University of Edinburgh is fourth in the UK based on the quality and breadth of its research – known as research power – and is Scotland\\\’s top ranked institution, according to Times Higher Education\\\’s REF power ratings.