Volunteer/Contractor Medico-Legal Report Doctor
Medico-Legal Reports (MLR) Doctors (Contractor and Volunteer) and Health Assessment Doctors (Volunteer)
Contractor MLR Doctor: £650 per report
Volunteer MLR Doctors: Unpaid
Hours: A minimum of approximately 1 day per fortnight for a minimum of 2 years
Location: Newcastle
Closing date: 14.05.26
Expected date of interviews: TBC
Mandatory training: Our next training for MLR Doctors will be held in London on 13th, 14th, and 15th July. If you are unable to attend this training, we will consider your application prior to the next training session, which will be held in 2027- dates to be confirmed.
Job ref: VA700
About the role
Our Medico-legal Report service relies heavily on volunteer and contractor Doctors who give need their time and skills to provide clinical assessments of torture and produce medico-legal reports on clients, documenting evidence of torture and ill-treatment, which are used as evidence in survivors' asylum claim and other legal processes. Successful candidates will work in a team of doctors spread across all 4 centres, Glasgow, Newcastle, Manchester, and London. Some remote working is also possible.
You will have extensive clinical experience post-qualification as a doctor. Ideally, you will have completed post-graduate training in your speciality however, if you have not completed this, but you are able to demonstrate the skills and competencies listed in the Person Specification please get in touch to discuss.
Work patterns can be flexible but please kindly note that we would need you to be available on a regular basis.
To view the Job Description and Person Specification, please click this link (https://freedomfromtorture.peoplehr.net/Handlers/RichTextEditorImageDownload.ashx?file=/TUxSJTIwRG9jdG9yJTIwVm9sdW50ZWVyJTIwJTIwQ29udHJhY3RvcnMlMjBKRC5wZGY=)
Candidates must have the right to work in the UK to be considered.
Please note a CV and a cover letter addressing the Job Description and Person Specification of the role are mandatory to be considered for the position.
For an informal discussion about the post, please contact our Lead Doctor in Newcastle: Dr. Dan Jary djary@freedomfromtorture.org
About you
Freedom from Torture is dedicated to healing and protecting people who have survived torture. We provide therapies to improve physical and mental health, we medically document torture, and we provide legal and welfare help. We expose torture globally, we fight to hold torturing states to account and we campaign for fairer treatment of torture survivors in the UK.
We campaign for national and global change, using evidence from our services and survivor voices to protect and promote survivors' rights and hold torturing states to account. We are proud to play a significant role in the global anti-torture movement. Survivors, active and empowered, are at the centre of all of our work.
Freedom from Torture is committed to its responsibilities under safeguarding, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS/PVG disclosure, as well as a need for full employment history and up to date employment references.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Freedom from Torture is an equal opportunity employer. People with lived experience of torture or asylum, from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQIA+ individuals and people with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications.
No agencies please.
For complete job description and to apply, visit:
https://freedomfromtorture.peoplehr.net/Pages/JobBoard/Opening.aspx?v=9d816cce-83e6-462b-aa9a-a360b75015ca
HOW TO APPLY:
Please submit a CV and a cover letter addressing the Job Description and Person Specification of the role. For an informal discussion about the post, please contact our Lead Doctor in Newcastle: Dr. Dan Jary djary@freedomfromtorture.org. To view the Job Description and Person Specification, please click this link (https://freedomfromtorture.peoplehr.net/Handlers/RichTextEditorImageDownload.ashx?file=/TUxSJTIwRG9jdG9yJTIwVm9sdW50ZWVyJTIwJTIwQ29udHJhY3RvcnMlMjBKRC5wZGY=)