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NHS England - Thames Valley (NHSE-TV) in partnership with Oxford University and OUCAGS has 16 prestigious NIHR Academic Clinical Fellowships (ACFs) to offer as part of the NIHR Integrated Academic Training Pathway.

APPLICATION TIMETABLE AND PROCESS

The timetable for Academic Clinical Fellowship Recruitment 2024 is as follows:

  • Applications Open: Friday 6th October 2023
  • Applications Close: Wednesday 1st November 2023
  • Shortlisting & Online Interview Window: 6th November 2023 to 12th January 2024
  • Initial Offers Issued: 18th January 2024
  • Hold Deadline: 25th January 2024

Applications are through Oriel 2 which also has the most up-to-date job descriptions and person specifications. Some posts are attached to an NIHR priority research theme, this is explained in detail in the job description.

ACF interview dates will be made available on Oriel for each post.

One post in each of the following is available - please make separate applications where a specialty appears more than once (you are encouraged to do so, otherwise you will only be considered for the post for which you applied).

POSTS AVAILABLE 

Specialties

Theme

Level

Haematology

NHS Blood and Transplant

ST3

Public Health Medicine OR
Sport and Exercise Medicine

Prevention and Public Health 

Public Health ST1/2/3
Sport and Exercise Medicine ST3

Obstetrics and Gynaecology
OR Paediatrics

N/A

ST1/2/3

Infectious Diseases

Prevention and Public Health  

ST3

Gastroenterology OR
Endocrinology and Diabetes Mellitus

N/A

IMT1/2

Trauma & Orthopaedics
OR Vascular Surgery

N/A

ST3 for both

Neurology OR
Respiratory Medicine

Clinical Therapeutics & Pharmacology & Industry

IMT1/2

Plastic Surgery OR
Neurosurgery

N/A

Plastic Surgery ST3
Neurosurgery ST1/2

Medical Oncology OR
Rheumatology

Clinical Therapeutics & Pharmacology & Industry

IMT1/2

Cardiology OR
Renal Medicine

Digital

IMT1/2

Histopathology OR
Chemical Pathology OR

Emergency Medicine

Digital

Histopathology ST1/2/3
Chemical Pathology ST3
Emergency Medicine ST1/2/3/4

General Surgery

N/A

ST1

Urology OR
Paediatric Surgery

N/A

ST1

General Practice

N/A

ST1/2/3

Intensive Care Medicine OR
Anaesthetics

Digital

Intensive Care Medicine ST1/2/3
Anaesthetics ST2/3

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry OR
Old Age Psychiatry OR
General Psychiatry

Mental Health

ST1/ST2

IMPORTANT NOTES

Please note: in addition to the academic interviews, candidates will be required to attend and pass a national clinical interview for the specialty they are applying to for academic training, if appropriate. Offers made will therefore be conditional upon meeting the required standard in the clinical interview.

Applicants who already hold a clinical NTN or DRN in the same specialty as their ACF application will not need to attend a clinical interview as they will already have met the required standard previously.

CONTACT

Each job description has a list of specific contacts but for general queries contact:

Specialty Recruitment Team - england.recruitment.tv@nhs.net