Careers
Build your career in community diabetes research
Research creates opportunities for staff to grow, develop new skills and shape better care. Our centre is designed to support clinical academic careers while strengthening services across the system.
"Research can open doors to new skills, new opportunities and new career pathways, helping you grow professionally while improving care for people living with diabetes."
Why take part?
Research-active organisations often attract and retain staff by providing opportunities to develop, innovate and contribute to improvements in patient care. Being involved in research can increase job satisfaction by offering variety, professional growth and the opportunity to make a wider impact.
Research can open doors to a range of career development pathways, including postgraduate study, clinical academic careers, fellowships and leadership opportunities. Whether you are taking your first steps into research or pursuing advanced academic qualifications, there are opportunities to develop your career alongside clinical practice.
Research involvement helps staff develop new skills in areas such as critical appraisal, study delivery, data collection, patient engagement and quality improvement. It also provides opportunities to stay at the forefront of developments in diabetes care and treatment.
Research can add a new dimension to your role, creating opportunities to work across clinical practice, education, service improvement and innovation. Many staff value the variety that research brings and the chance to contribute to projects that influence future care.
Research roles can offer different ways of working, with opportunities for flexible, project-based and collaborative approaches. For many staff, this can provide greater balance while maintaining meaningful patient contact and professional development.
Research often allows staff to spend more time with patients, listening to their experiences and supporting them throughout their research journey. This can help build stronger relationships and provide valuable insights that improve both research and clinical care.
Research brings together professionals from across healthcare, academia, industry and patient communities. Taking part can help you build professional networks, share expertise and collaborate on projects that improve outcomes for people living with diabetes.
Our offer
As the centre develops, our staff-facing offer will include shadowing opportunities, research links that help embed diabetes research in organisations, and clearer routes into study delivery, education, supervision and clinical academic progression.
We want research to feel accessible to a wide range of professions, not limited to one route or discipline. This includes future opportunities for research champions, protected development time, mentoring and progression from training through to principal investigator readiness and academic study.