Via www.jobs.ac.uk. There is a vacancy for a clinical lecturer in diabetes and endocrinology at Queen's Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh (salary: £31,523 - £46,708).

The post provides outstanding opportunities for postdoctoral research in parallel with clinical training in diabetes and endocrinology and general medicine. The University's endocrinology research groups are based in the UoE/BHF Centre for Cardiovascular Science and the MRC Centre for Reproductive Health, both large internationally renowned groups of clinical and biomedical researchers with expertise in many aspects of steroid hormone action in reproduction, obesity, type 2 diabetes, neuroendocrinology and cardiovascular disease. Clinical training will be provided in the Edinburgh Centre for Endocrinology, which encompasses tertiary referral services at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and Western General Hospital.

Candidates must have completed an initial research training (to PhD or MD level), be committed to a career in academic medicine, and already hold MRCP(UK) and a national training number in diabetes and endocrinology in the UK. Informal enquiries should be directed to Professor Brian Walker (0131 242 6770; [email protected]). Click on the link below for details of how to apply for this post. The closing date for applications is 17 February 2012.

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