Junior clinical roles

Integrated Clinical Academic Training (ICAT) at Liverpool provides focused support for the training of the brightest and most promising clinical academic researchers at all stages of their careers.

From Academic Foundation posts through to National Institute of Health Research Academic Clinical Fellows, Clinical Research Training and Clinician Scientist Fellowships plus NIHR Clinical Lecturers, the University supports excellence at all levels of medical, dental, nursing and Allied Health Professional (AHP) careers.

ICAT is a programme of training and support, designed for

1. Clinical (medical and dental) trainees undertaking academic careers
2. Allied Health Professional (AHP) trainees undertaking academic careers supported by the NIHR Integrated Clinical Academic programme.

Funded by the NIHR and in partnership with Health Education England - North West (HENWE), the University's Integrated Clinical Academic Training (ICAT) programme allows our medical and dental trainees to undertake research alongside their clinical training.

Pay scales for junior doctors and dentists in training

In August 2016 the NHS implemented a new contract in England for junior doctors and dentists in training; i.e. those in training between Foundation year 1 up to the achievement of the Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT).

The key changes were

1. The introduction of a new scale for basic pay
2. The ending of NHS banding supplement payments, but with a new system of unsocial hours payments being introduced, known as an NHS work schedule supplement
3. The introduction of various categories of pay premia, including an academic pay premium.

A small number of clinical academic trainees (applicable to trainees who were at ST3 and above on 2 August 2016) are paid on the UCEA-maintained post-2009 clinical lecturer scale.

The current salary scale for doctors and dentists in training can be found on the NHS Employers website.

A national training number is a requirement for payment on either pay scale.