NIHR Academic Clinical Fellowships at a Glance

ACF overview Lancaster Liverpool Manchester

Welcome to NIHR Academic Clinical Fellowship recruitment at Health Education England - North West.

We'd like to take this opportunity to wish you all the best with your application and we hope to see you at Health Education North West soon!

2019 ACF Recruitment Timetable

National Recruitment Process - Please see here for further details.

Provisional recruitment timetable for Academic Clinic Fellowships August 2019 Intake

Event	Date
Advert available on NHS Jobs	Monday 7th October 2019
Apply via Oriel from	Monday 7th October 2019
Closing Date	Monday 4th November 2019 at 16:00
Invitations to Interview Expected	TBC
Selection Centre Dates	TBC - between Monday 6th November and Friday 20th December 2019 Venues to be confirmed
Offers Out	Monday 6th January 2020
Hold deadline	Monday 13th January 2020
Anticipated Start Date	Wednesday 5th August 2020

Integrated Clinical Academic Training (ICAT) & ACF Programmes

ICAT is a programme of training and support, designed for clinicians undertaking academic careers. It provides undergraduate opportunities and postgraduate professional career pathways in both medicine and dentistry.

These pages are about recruitment to Academic Clinical Fellowships.

NIHR Academic Clinical Fellowships (ACFs) are tailored training posts, which incorporate components of academic training. ACFs are designed for clinically qualified candidates who can demonstrate outstanding potential for a career in academic medicine or dentistry.

Fellows spend 75% of time undertaking specialist clinical training and 25% in research or educationalist training. A fellowship lasts for a maximum of 3 years (4 years for General Practitioners).

A fellow develops their academic skills, alongside being guided and supported through the Research Training Fellowship application process, to apply for funding to undertake a higher research degree (usually a PhD); or supported to gain a place on an educational programme (leading to a higher degree).

You can find out more about the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) and ACFs in general via their website - https://www.nihr.ac.uk/funding-and-support/funding-for-training-and-career-development/training-programmes/integrated-academic-training-programme/integrated-academic-training/academic-clinical-fellowships/.

Specific information about the 2020 recruitment process is available via NIHR's Guidance for Recruitment and Appointment.

In the North West, we offer Academic Clinical Fellowships in conjunction with three universities: Lancaster University, University of Liverpool and University of Manchester. You can find out more about specific opportunities with each of these universities by navigating to the relevant page above.

ACF posts all attract a NTN (A) and are run through opportunities. Please note if you don't already hold a NTN, you must apply for the relevant speciality for clinical benchmarking.

Recruitment Process

Person Specifications and Eligibility Criteria

Please check the relevant Clinical Person Specification for 2020 to ascertain whether you are eligible to apply.

2020 Clinical Person Specifications will be available here shortly: http://specialtytraining.hee.nhs.uk/specialty-recruitment/person-specifications-2013/2017-person-specifications/

2020 ACF Person Specification will also be available within the NIHR's Guidance for Recruitment and Appointment

Please see additional information under Longlisting below

Longlisting: All application forms will be checked to decide whether they are eligible to go forward to the shortlisters. The longlisting will look to see that you meet the following areas of the relevant person specification:
1. You possess the qualifications required
2. You have the correct amount of experience for the specialty and level you are applying to
3. You have fully completed all the relevant sections of the application form and
4. Your immigration status allows you to work in the UK**. Please visit the UK Visas and Immigration website for further information.
If it is determined that your application does not meet the required standard, your application will not proceed to the shortlisting stage.

Eligibility for recruitment to Specialty Training 2020

If your employment is subject to immigration control, you should visit the Specialty Training website for information about how this will affect your application. In some cases, applications will not be considered or only once the resident labour market test can be satisfied.

Further information can be found via the UKVI website.

For Shortlisting and Selection Centre Information, please visit the NIHR website.

Practical Selection Centre Information

Selection Centres for the Academic Clinical Fellowships will be located at various places. Details of the exact location will be included in your invitation to interview, should you be successful at the shortlisting stage.

Practical Selection Centre Information

Interview Expenses Claim Forms - Hee have introduced a new online expenses system, Selenity, for interview exenses with effect from 1st January, 2019. You can find the candidate policy on what you can claim, how to set up your online account and submit claims via the Specialty Training Website. Please follow the linke below and see the section called Expenses:

https://specialtytraining.hee.nhs.uk/Resources-Bank

Last updated: 17 September 2019