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HOW TO APPLY
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Position: [insert full position title]
School: Clinical Medicine
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School of Clinical Medicine
The School of Clinical Medicine at the University of Cambridge (‘the Clinical School’) is one of the UK’s leading medical schools.There are approximately 2200 staff and 750 medical and postgraduate students in the School. The University has recently taken the decision to expand medical student numbers by providing places for all successful pre-medical students. Annual research grant income is circa £110 million per annum.
The aims of the School are:
1.1 To educate individuals who:
- Are honest, caring, knowledgeable and competent and equipped to maintain good medical practice
- Show respect for their patients at all times
- Are knowledgeable about the scientific basis of medicine, including its most recent developments
- Have excellent communication skills for use in the health care of diverse populations
- Understand the importance of physical, psychological and social aspects of patient care
- Possess a sound appreciation of ethical, legal and community issues
- Are able to work effectively in multidisciplinary teams
- Possess the capacity for inquiry and are prepared to continue learning, teaching, evaluation and research throughout their careers and to prepare them fully for their roles as doctors.
- Cancer Research
- Cardio-Respiratory Medicine
- Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism
- Epidemiology, Public Health and Primary Care
- Genetics and Genetic Medicine
- Haematological and Transplantation Medicine
- Infection and Immunity
- Neurosciences and Mental Health
- Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine
- Structural Biology applied to Medicine
- Cell Biology
- Medical Imaging
- Bioinformatics
- The flagship MB/PhD Programme
- Skills training for PhD students
- Skills training for Postdoctoral Research Associates
- Provision of protected research time for junior clinical academics
- Support of fellowship applications, with appropriate mechanisms for assimilation into established University posts.
Organisation of the School
The School of Clinical Medicine is headed by the Regius Professor of Physic comprises 12 Academic Departments of the University (Clinical Biochemistry, Haematology, Medical Genetics, Medicine – including Anaesthesia, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Oncology, Paediatrics, Public Health and Primary Care, Psychiatry, Radiology, Surgery, Clinical Neurosciences which map onto service delivery within the University Hospital and undergraduate and postgraduate clinical teaching requirements. The MRC Epidemiology Unit, CRUK Cambridge Institute and the MRC Cancer Unit transferred into the Clinical School during 2013 and augment the classical Departmental structure as research departments in their own right.
Alongside departments, the School maintains a number of cross-departmental institutes to bring together researchers with cognate interests. At present, there are three institutes: Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, Institute of Metabolic Sciences, and Institute of Public Health, with a fourth planned in Cardio-Respiratory Medical Research. The Cambridge Cancer Centre, supported by CRUK Core Award also provides cross-departmental leadership in cancer research.
The School office provides centralised professional services for the School, located on the campus, in addition to departmentally based support.
Excellence in Partnership
The Clinical School is a member of Cambridge University Health Partners (CUHP). CUHP is one of only five Academic Health Science Centres in England recognised by the Department of Health as internationally competitive centres of excellence in the integrated delivery of health care, health research and the education of health professionals. CUHP is a partnership between the University of Cambridge, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (the main acute trust for Cambridge), Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (a specialist Cardio-Thoracic Trust) and the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (the regional Trust responsible for Mental Health).
The Campus is also home to the Medical Research Council’s Laboratory of Molecular Biology (10 Nobel Prizes) and other smaller intramural units and the GlaxoSmithKline Clinical Research Facility. Astra Zenca will be re-locating its Headquarters to the Campus in 2015-17 Together, the partners are intending to double the size of the Cambridge Biomedical Campus by 2020.
Notwithstanding the exciting opportunities arising from the expansion of the Campus and being part of an internationally leading University, the School prides itself on being a supportive and collaborative place to work. We are committed to helping to develop the careers of our staff and students and strive though our Athena Swan Initiative to be particularly attentive to equalities of opportunity.
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge ( )is one of the world’s leading universities with an outstanding reputation for academic achievement and research. The University comprises 31 Colleges and more than 150 departments, faculties, schools and other institutions plus a central administration function.
Unified Administrative Service (UAS)is the university’s central administrative function. Offices of UAS are listed here
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Benefits of working at University of Cambridge
There is a range of information which you may find helpful on the University’s website: This includes applying for posts, working at the University and living in Cambridge.
To find out more about the financial, personal and recreational benefits of working at the University of Cambridge, click on headings on final page of this documentto visit current university web pages.
Pre-employment checks required
All applicants are legally required to demonstrate the right to work/permission to work in the UK. The requirement for any higher level pre-employment checks is dependent on the role. Any offer of employment will be conditional upon the satisfactory outcome of these checks and whether an outcome is satisfactory will be determined by the University.
Pre-employment checks required for this post are evidence of right to work in the UK and an occupational health clearance.
Equal Opportunities Information
The University of Cambridge is committed to a policy and practice which require that entry into employment with the University and progression within employment be determined only by personal merit and by the application of criteria which are related to the duties of each particular appointment and the relevant stipend or salary structure. No applicant for an appointment in the University, or member of staff once appointed, will be treated less favourably than another on the grounds of sex, (including gender reassignment), marital status, race, ethnic or national origin, colour, or disability. If any employee considers that he or she is suffering from unequal treatment on grounds of sex (including gender reassignment), marital status, race, ethnic or national origin, colour, or disability, he or she may make a complaint which will be dealt with through the agreed procedures for dealing with grievances.
Information if you have a Disability
The University welcomes applications from individuals with disabilities. Our recruitment and selection procedures follow best practice and comply with disability legislation.
The University is committed to ensuring that applicants with disabilities receive fair treatment throughout the recruitment process. Adjustments will be made, wherever reasonable to do so, to enable applicants to compete to the best of their ability and, if successful, to assist them during their employment.
We encourage applicants to declare their disabilities in order that any special arrangements, particularly for the selection process, can be accommodated. Applicants or employees can declare a disability at any time.
Applicants wishing to discuss with or inform the University of any special arrangements connected with their disability can contact, at any point in the recruitment process, [insert name]who is responsible for recruitment to this position. [insert name]can be contacted by email at [insert email]or by telephone on [insert phone number]
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