Volunteer​/Contractor Medico Legal Report; MLR Doctor

Volunteer/Contractor Medico Legal Report (MLR) 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:

You will be expected to travel regularly to one of the following centres:
London, Manchester, Newcastle, or Glasgow.

Closing date: 17.03.26 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

Freedom from Torture is the Winner of the Overall Award for Excellence and the top prize for Campaigns and Advocacy at the 2023 Charity Awards.

Would you like to join our award‑winning organisation?

Our Medico‑legal Report service relies heavily on volunteer and contractor Doctors who give 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.

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.

London:
Dr. Ali Siddiqi (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).

Manchester:
Dr. Shirin Mirdamadi

Newcastle and Glasgow:
Dr. Dan Jary

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.

Hear more about working at FfT from our incredible staff by clickhere.

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.