ACF Orthodontics (Leeds)
The University of Leeds, in partnership with NHS England North East and Yorkshire and Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, have developed an exciting pathway of academic clinical training opportunities.
Applications are now invited for an Academic Clinical Fellowship in Orthodontics (ACF) ST1 (ST2/ST3) level in Leeds from August 2024. The candidate must be in post by later than October 2024.
The following posts are available:
One post in Orthodontics at ST1 (ST2/ST3) level
Applicants looking for an ST2/ST3 Orthodontics ACF post are encouraged to apply to this vacancy at ST1; if successful your experience can be assessed upon commencing in post enabling you to work at the appropriate ST level. Please note: There are two Dental ACF posts available in Leeds from August 2024. Two appointments may be made in Dental Core Training or Orthodontics. An appointment may not be made in this specialty.
Applications open at 10am on 20 October 2023 and the closing date is 4pm on 16 November 2023. You will not be able to submit your application after this time. Please ensure that you have completed all the relevant sections of the application forms as missing information will deem your application incomplete and it will not be considered.
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 Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust) and have an honorary contract with the University of Leeds. 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 Postgraduate Certificate in Health Research provided by the University of Leeds and for which funding is provided by NIHR (https://courses.leeds.ac.uk/8455/health-research-pgcert). Academic Clinical Fellows will join the well-established Leeds Integrated Clinical Academic Training programme within the Faculty of Medicine and Health (https://medicinehealth.leeds.ac.uk/medicine-clinical-academic-training/doc/training-programme-overview).
Trainees can use the Postgraduate Certificate in Health Research as a stepping stone to undertake further modules leading to a Postgraduate Diploma or Masters in Health Research. NIHR provide an academic training budget of £4,500 for each trainee, additional costs beyond this funding ceiling would be covered by the trainee. 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 and present at academic conferences).
ACF trainees are expected to 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 continue training to CCST in Orthodontics, as long as they progress satisfactorily (in both clinical and academic domains) through their training.
Please note: All applicants who do not already hold a National Training Number (NTN) or Deanery Reference Number (DRN) in the GDC specialty to which they are applying for will be required to undertake the national clinical recruitment process and attend an assessment/interview for that GDC specialty as appropriate.
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 Leeds
Details of the recruitment process are provided below.
To apply for this recruitment process, please visit the Oriel online recruitment system.
Contact the Specialty Recruitment Helpdesk
The recruitment process for this Academic Clinical Fellow post will follow the timeline below:*
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Activity |
Dates |
|
Applications Open |
10am on 20 October 2023 |
|
Applications Close |
4pm on 16 November 2023 |
|
Interview |
9 January 2024 |
| Initial Offers out** | Wednesday 31 January 2024 |
| Hold Deadline** | 4pm Wednesday 7 February 2024 |
*Please note that all dates are indicative and subject to change.
Applications will only be accepted through the Oriel online application system.
For guidance on creating an account, registering and submitting your application using the system please refer to the Oriel Applicant User Guide which can be downloaded from the Oriel Resource Bank.
Application Deadline
The deadline for submitting applications is 4pm on 16 November 2023 . After this time no applications will be accepted. There will be no exceptions to this deadline. You are advised to complete and submit your application ahead of the deadline to allow for any unforeseen problems.
Applicants for this post will be required to meet the relevant Clinical eligibility criteria for the appropriate specialty and level listed at:-
- https://www.copdend.org/postgraduate-training/national-person-specification/ Please note - (applicants applying for Surgical, Medical or Psychiatry specialties at ST3 or above may be required to consult the relevant Core Training person specification):
AND the Academic eligibility criteria listed at:
It is an applicant’s responsibility to demonstrate that they meet the eligibility criteria. All applications will be assessed against the eligibility criteria during longlisting. Any applications which do not meet the eligibility criteria will be longlisted out of the process and will not progress to the next stage.
For more information about eligibility please refer to the Applicant Handbook and the NIHR website.
Please note: Applicants who submit the competency form within the application window will only have 1 opportunity to resubmit incomplete or inaccurate competency documents. Applicants who fail to submit a competency document during the application window will only have 1 subsequent opportunity to submit the form. Please therefore ensure that you have thoroughly read the guidance and checked the document you are providing carefully before submitting.
Please note: By allowing applicants to progress to the interview stage, NHS England - Yorkshire DOES NOT accept or confirm that applicants meet all eligibility requirements. This includes immigration status, evidence of achievement of core competencies or equivalent, and requisite length of time in training as per the national person specification. This list is not exhaustive, and is applicable to all eligibility criteria.
Applicants may still be withdrawn from the application process at any stage, including after the interviews have taken place, if the evidence pertaining to an eligibility criterion is found to be unsatisfactory by NHS England - Yorkshire.
Shortlisting will take place following the completion of longlisting. Where possible we aim to give applicants at least one week's notice to attend an interview. However, unforseen delays in shortlisting mean this is not always possible.
Interview Dates and Venue
The interviews for this post will take place on 9 January 2024 online via Microsoft Teams.
Documents Required at Interview
You will be required to send a copy of your passport prior to your interview.
These documents will be checked against a checklist and the photocopies will be retained on your recruitment file. If you are appointed to a training post, these documents will be transferred to your trainee file.
Interview Format
The interviews will consist of a single panel interview with both academic and clinical components. The interview panel will be made up of academic and clinical panel members.
All recruitment offices will be using Oriel to make offers to Academic Clinical Fellow training posts. Oriel can be accessed at https://www.oriel.nhs.uk/
Please refer to the Oriel Applicant User Guide which can be downloaded from the Oriel Resource Bank for further information about receiving and responding to offers.
Receiving and Responding to Offers
If you are offered a post you will have 48 hours from the time of your offer, including weekends and bank holidays, to decide whether to accept, reject or hold it. You must respond to the offer through the UK Offers System. No other form of response will be accepted.
IF YOU DO NOT RESPOND TO YOUR OFFER WITHIN 48 HOURS, THE OFFER WILL EXPIRE AND THE POST WILL BE OFFERED TO ANOTHER APPLICANT. YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE ANY FURTHER OFFERS.
Any offer made through this recruitment process is an offer of an allocation to a training programme; it is not an offer of employment. Offers of employment can only be by an employing organisation following completion of satisfactory pre-employment checks.
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