Area
Mental Health and Clinical Neurosciences
Location
Jubilee Campus
Salary
£32,398 to £63,152 per annum pro-rata depending on skills and experience. Salary progression beyond this scale is subject to performance.
Closing Date
Thursday 16 October 2025
Reference
MED243125
Applications are invited for the post of Clinical Research Fellow, within Stroke, AU1 Mental Health & Clinical Neuroscience. You will be based at the QMC, Nottingham University Hospitals and will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team coordinating multi-centre UK and international stroke trials. The team are nationally and internationally renowned for their work as Stroke triallists. Clinical research in stroke covers the whole stroke pathway from the management of acute stroke, prevention of stroke recurrence, enhancing recovery (e.g. stem cell mobilisation), and prevention of cognitive decline.
The purpose of this role will be to have specific responsibility for research, for developing research objectives and proposals for a research project in acute stroke care. You will be expected to plan and conduct work using approaches or methodologies and techniques appropriate to the type of research and will be responsible for writing up your work for publication.
You must be medically qualified (hold a MBBS degree, or equivalent) and GMC registered (including current licence to practice), as well as having a full MRCP membership and a demonstrable interest in medical research. You would be expected to answer medical queries associated with the active clinical trials within the unit. You will also be able explore a wide range of research skills including human volunteer and clinical stroke studies, data analysis including systematic review and meta-analysis, scientific writing (abstracts and academic papers) and preparing grant applications for future studies. You will experience clinical trial recruitment into NIHR Portfolio adopted clinical trials within the stroke service; the unit has an excellent track record in clinical research and participates in a range of clinical trials.
Specifically, this post is funded by the National Institute for Health Research Tranexamic acid for hyperacute spontaneous IntraCerebral Haemorrhage (TICH-3), NIHR129917.
In addition to core project delivery, you will be able to develop your own research interests within the field of intracerebral haemorrhage and pursue your curiosity to produce a body of work worthy of a higher degree. You will be supported to make applications for funding of a higher degree (PhD/ DM) and doctoral fees which are not included in this post. PhD/DM training for clinicians in the School of Medicine is closely supervised and carefully structured. Clinical DMs/PhDs in Nottingham are mainly through original research and publication, and defense of a thesis. There is also a compulsory taught course component, N-TRANS, developed specifically for medically qualified graduates involved in translational research.
At the University of Nottingham, we are committed to providing competitive employment packages whilst supporting the well-being of our staff to help them reach their full potential. As a University employee, you will have access to a range of benefits and rewards, including leading fitness and health facilities, staff discounts and travel schemes, along with a generous holiday allowance and pension scheme.
This is a full-time, fixed term position until 31 July 2028.
Requests for secondment from internal candidates may be considered on the basis that prior agreement has been sought from both your current line manager and the manager of your substantive post, if you are already undertaking a secondment role.
You will be supervised by Professor Nikola Sprigg, and a second supervisor, depending on the intended research project. You are encouraged to make contact prior to interview ).
It is a condition of this post that satisfactory enhanced disclosure is obtained from the 'Disclosure and Barring Service'.