Research Physician Diabetes and Obesity
| Posting date: | 03 June 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £54,499.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £54499.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 17 June 2026 |
| Location: | Leicester, LE5 4PW |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | C9358-26-0349 |
Summary
LDCs research portfolio investigates new models of care for the prevention and management of diabetes and associated long-term conditions, such as obesity. LDC are renowned for research harnessing the power of lifestyle behaviours, such as physical activity and nutrition, within the prevention and management of diabetes, including ongoing work investigating how lifestyle therapies can be used in synergy with pharmaceutical therapies to optimise whole body health. Funders include those from the NIHR, MRC, Charities and Industry, and its senior investigators hold, or lead the largest funding awards within the University of Leicester. The LDC hosts the Lifestyle Theme within the NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC), a collaboration between the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (UHL) and the University of Leicester, the Commercial Research Delivery Centre (CRDC) the East Midlands Applied Research Centre (ARC), and the Centre for Ethnic Health Research. It is located at Leicester General Hospital and encompasses a floor space of over 4000m2 which includes a state-of-the-art exercise and metabolic assessment lab, a dual-emission X-ray absorptiometry for the gold standard assessment of body composition, clinical assessment rooms, patient education facilities, large and small meeting rooms, and a 4/5 space day ward. In addition, it hosts a portfolio of patient and health care professional education and teaching through the National DESMOND and EDEN programmes along with international postgraduate courses.