NIHR Academic Clinical Fellowship Paediatric Dentistry ST1 (1 post)

1 post available in Paediatric Dentistry (ST1). 

The University of Sheffield, in partnership with Health Education England Yorkshire and the Humber and the Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, has developed an exciting pathway of academic clinical training opportunities.

 

Please note:- Only the following applicant groups will be considered in this round of Academic recruitment. Applicants that do not meet the criteria of these applicant groups may be removed from the recruitment process during longlisting or at any other stage of the recruitment process:-

•Applicants that are scheduled to be clinically benchmarked in the current round

•Applicants who have previously been successfully benchmarked in the current recruitment year

•Applicants who hold an appropriate NTN/DRN

 

Applications are now invited for an Academic Clinical Fellowship in Paediatric Dentistry ST1 level in Sheffield from August 2019.

We are seeking highly motivated, enthusiastic individuals with the potential to excel in both their clinical and academic training and who have the ambition to be the next generation of academic clinicians.

Academic Clinical Fellowships (ACFs) are 3-year fixed-term national training posts.  They attract an NTN(A) and trainees undertake 75 % clinical and 25% academic training over the term of the post.  They are employed by the NHS Trust (in this case Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust) and have an honorary contract with the University of Sheffield.

ACF trainees undergo training in the generic skills required for a clinical academic: scientific methods, statistics, research governance, critical appraisal of research publication, grant writing etc. This training is via a Masters Programme in Research Methods provided by the University of Sheffield and for which funding is provided by NIHR.  Academic Clinical Fellows will join the well established Sheffield ACF programme within the Graduate School of the Faculty of Medicine Dentistry and Health:

https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/faculty/medicine-dentistry-health/graduateschool/clinical-academic/acf

Trainees do not necessarily complete the whole MSc; they can choose the modules most relevant to them, and also choose from the continuing development programme. The major part of the academic placement will be the preparation of scientific research proposal for a PhD project, funding for which will be sought from an external body such as the NIHR, MRC or the Wellcome Trust. Generally the preparation of the proposal is based on preliminary experimental data gathered while on the research placement. Trainees are also eligible for a £1,000 bursary per year to support research training activity (e.g to attend academic conferences).

ACF trainees would normally complete and submit an external funding application for a research fellowship to enable them to complete a higher degree (PhD) following the completion of their ACF fixed-term post, which would be completed as Out-of-Programme-Research (OOPR).

All Academic Clinical Fellowships are run-through posts, regardless of specialty.  A trainee entering an ACF post would therefore be guaranteed continued training to CCST in Paediatric Dentistry, as long as they progress satisfactorily (in both clinical and academic domains) through their training.

 

The full Job Description for this post is available to download from the right of this page.

 

NIHR have produced some Frequently Asked Questions for applicants. You are advised to read this document in full before submitting your application.

 

Further sources of information

• National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)
• Yorkshire and the Humber Academic Training webpages
• University of Sheffield 

Details of the recruitment process are provided below.