Academic Clinical Fellowship recruitment 2008
November 2007
Guidance on 2008 ACF recruitment in England
The BMA’s Medical Academic Staff Committee (MASC) and the Junior Doctors Committee (JDC) have been working with other stakeholders on the Department of Health Research & Development “Task and Finish Group” to agree the arrangements for recruitment to Academic Clinical Fellowship (ACF) posts commencing in 2008.
ACFs are specialty training posts that incorporate academic training. ACFs spend 75% of their time undertaking specialist clinical training and 25% undertaking research or educationalist training. The posts are aimed at those who show outstanding potential for a career in academic medicine or dentistry at the early stages of specialty training.
Timetable of ACF recruitment:
| 12 November 2007 | Posts advertised in national and local press |
| 26 November 2007 | Deadline for applications |
| December 2007 to January 2008 | Shortlisting and interviews |
| 25 January 2008 | Posts should be offered |
National Guidance on recruitment, including entry, eligibility and exit, and a national application form has now been agreed and can be accessed at http://www.nccrcd.nhs.uk/intetacatrain/2008recruitmentprocessacfs
Candidates should review the national guidance and contact the relevant deanery to confirm the availability of the post and to find out about the application procedure and timetable. Detailed Information about ACFs, specialties available in 2008 and the University/NHS trust/Deanery partnerships can be found at http://www.nccrcd.nhs.uk/intetacatrain/acflistavailable08.
One of the referees for each applicant should be able to advise the recruitment panel of the candidate’s academic strengths and weakness. More information about academic referees can be found at http://www.nccrcd.nhs.uk/intetacatrain/2008recruitmentprocessacfs
Making an application for an ACF does not preclude an application for non-academic specialty training.
Around 250 medial and dental ACF posts in a range of specialties are available in the following locations:
- Northern Deanery linked to the University of Newcastle
- Yorkshire Deanery linked to the University of Leeds
- North West Deanery linked to the University of Manchester
- South Yorkshire & South Humber linked to the University of Sheffield
- Mersey Deanery linked to the University of Liverpool
- West Midlands Deanery linked to the University of Warwick, University of Birmingham or Keele University
- East Midlands Deanery linked to the University of Leicester
- Trent Deanery linked to the University of Nottingham
- Oxford Deanery linked to the University of Oxford
- Eastern Deanery linked to the University of Cambridge and University of East Anglia
- London Deanery linked to University College London, Royal Free/University College London, Imperial College London, Queen Mary University of London, King's College London, St George’s University of London or the Institute for Cancer Research
- South West Peninsula Deanery linked to Peninsula Medical School
- Severn and Wessex Deanery linked to the University of Bristol, the University of the West of England or the University of Southampton
- Kent Surrey Sussex Deanery linked to Brighton & Sussex Medical School
Webcast of BMA Academic Training Conference
The BMA will webcast the conference Clinical Academic Training: the progress so far on Saturday 17 November 2007. To follow the day’s proceedings go to
http://www.bma.org.uk/ap.nsf/Content/HubTLmedicalacademics