Clinical Research Fellowship in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Eating Disorders at The University of Manchester
Job Description
Job reference: BMH-024602
Salary: 2016 Junior Doctor Scale, dependant on current training level
Faculty/Organisational Unit: Biology, Medicine Health
Location: Manchester
Employment type: Fixed Term
Division/Team: Division of Psychology and Mental Health
Hours Per Week: 1 FTE
Closing date: 21/02/2024
Contract Duration: 3 years
School/Directorate: School of Health Sciences
We wish to appoint an ambitious clinical academic in training to fill this new prestigious endowed Fellowship in Child and Adolescent Eating Disorders. The appointee will join a strongly collaborative, inter-disciplinary team, in developing an internationally leading programme of translational research in Young People’s Eating Disorders. Our ambition is for this Fellowship to propel the appointee into an effective trajectory towards clinical research leadership in this field.
The post will be 50% as a Researcher in Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, Division of Psychology and Mental Health at University of Manchester and 50% as a Postgraduate Doctor in Training working at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT). You will hold separate contracts of employment with each institution.
In this role you will be required to develop and carry out a programme of research in eating disorders in children and young people aligned to aims of the department under the leadership of Dr Rachel Elvins and Professor Green. Clinical work will be within the inpatient unit and community eating disorder team. It is intended to provide clinical duties for a junior doctor with previous experience of developmental psychiatry at core training level (ideally specialist community or inpatient CAMHs). It is expected that applicants will have MRCPsych or be working towards this and is aimed at those doctors at ST3 level or above. The postholder will also participate in the on call CAMHs Manchester wide rota at middle grade level.
We welcome applications from clinical researchers with a track record in research in children and young people’s mental health; particularly those with a demonstrated interest in eating disorders. The ideal candidate will have a proven ability or strong potential to lead and develop internationally excellent research activity. You should be able to demonstrate an effective collaborative work ethos and the potential to achieve independent, peer-reviewed research grant funding in the eating disorder field. PhD or post-doctoral opportunities are available.
Full time and less than full time applications will be considered.
What you will get in return:
- Fantastic market leading Pension scheme
- Excellent employee health and wellbeing services including an Employee Assistance Programme
- Exceptional starting annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays
- Additional paid closure over the Christmas period
- Local and national discounts at a range of major retailers
All appointments are made on merit.
Our University is positive about flexible working – you can find out more here
Hybrid working arrangements may be considered.
Please note that we are unable to respond to enquiries, accept CVs or applications from Recruitment Agencies.
Any recruitment enquiries from recruitment agencies should be directed to People.Recruitment@manchester.ac.uk.
Any CV’s submitted by a recruitment agency will be considered a gift.
Enquiries about the vacancy, shortlisting and interviews:
Name: Professor Jonathan Green or Dr Rachel Evans
Email: jonathan.green@manchester.ac.uk or rachel.elvins@mft.nhs.uk
General enquiries:
Email: People.recruitment@manchester.ac.uk
Technical support:
https://jobseekersupport.jobtrain.co.uk/support/home
This vacancy will close for applications at midnight on the closing date.
