National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Academic Clinical Fellowships are specialty training posts that incorporate academic training. NIHR Academic Clinical Fellows (ACFs) spend 75% of their time undertaking specialist clinical training and 25% undertaking research or educationalist training.
If you apply for the Peninsula ACF post, your academic /research training can be supported by professional researchers and academic clinicians at the University of Exeter Medical School.
ACFs are aimed at those who, at the early stages of their specialty training, show outstanding potential for a career in academic medicine or dentistry. The duration of a Primary Care ACF is 4 years. During this time, alongside clinical training, ACFs will be able to develop their academic skills and be supported in preparing an application for a Research Training Fellowship (to undertake a higher research degree) or an application for a place on an educational programme (leading to a higher degree).
Applications for these highly competitive posts are made by completing both the standard GP training application and the additional academic training form.
Applicants must demonstrate suitability for a clinical GP training programme via the usual assessment methods (computer based test and Selection Centre) in order to be considered for an academic programme.
Further recruitment information can be found on the GPNRO Website
Eligibility Criteria
If you are applying for an Academic Clinical Fellowship (ACF), you will need to meet the criteria in both the clinical person specification for General Practice ST1 and the NIHR ACF Person Specification.
Applications for these highly competitive posts are made by completing both the standard GP training application and the additional academic training form and job description on the Oriel website. Applicants must demonstrate suitability for a clinical GP training programme in order to be considered for an academic programme. Those making an unsuccessful application for academic training will still be considered for a standard GP specialty training programme.
The post(s) available for 2022-2023 are shown below:
| Recruitment Year | Recruitment Office | University | Training Programme | Vacancy ID National | Preference Detail |
| 2022-2023 | Health Education England South West - Peninsula | Plymouth | Academic - Research Theme - Medical Education | SWP/22-23/1542/RT5/1-R1A | Post 1 - Acute Internal Medicine - CT1 - refer to Oriel for further details |
| 2022-2023 | Health Education England South West - Peninsula | Plymouth | Academic - Research Theme - Medical Education | SWP/22-23/1542/RT5/1-R1A | Post 2 - Acute Internal Medicine - CT2 - refer to Oriel for further details |
| 2022-2023 | Health Education England South West - Peninsula | Plymouth | Academic - Research Theme - Medical Education | SWP/22-23/1542/RT5/1-R1A | Post 3 - Acute Internal Medicine - ST3 - refer to Oriel for further details |
| 2022-2023 | Health Education England South West - Peninsula | Plymouth | Academic - Research Theme - Medical Education | SWP/22-23/1542/RT5/1-R1A | Post 4 - General Practice - ST1 - refer to Oriel for further details |
| 2022-2023 | Health Education England South West - Peninsula | Plymouth | Academic - Research Theme - Medical Education | SWP/22-23/1542/RT5/1-R1A | Post 5 - General Practice - ST2 - refer to Oriel for further details |
| 2022-2023 | Health Education England South West - Peninsula | Plymouth | Academic - Research Theme - Medical Education | SWP/22-23/1542/RT5/1-R1A | Post 6 - General Practice - ST3 - refer to Oriel for further details |
| 2022-2023 | Health Education England South West - Peninsula | Plymouth | Academic - Research Theme - Medical Education | SWP/22-23/1542/RT5/1-R1A | Post 7 - Anaesthetics - CT1 - refer to Oriel for further details |
| 2022-2023 | Health Education England South West - Peninsula | Plymouth | Academic - Research Theme - Medical Education | SWP/22-23/1542/RT5/1-R1A | Post 8 - Anaesthetics - CT2 - refer to Oriel for further details |
| 2022-2023 | Health Education England South West - Peninsula | Plymouth | Academic - Research Theme - Medical Education | SWP/22-23/1542/RT5/1-R1A | Post 9 - Anaesthetics - CT3 - refer to Oriel for further details |
| 2022-2023 | Health Education England South West - Peninsula | Exeter | Academic - Research Theme - Medical Education | SWP/22-23/1562/RT5/1-R1A | Post 1 - General Practice - ST1 - please refer to Oriel for further details |
| 2022-2023 | Health Education England South West - Peninsula | Exeter | Academic - Research Theme - Medical Education | SWP/22-23/1562/RT5/1-R1A | Post 10 - Acute Internal Medicine - ST3 - please refer to Oriel for further details |
| 2022-2023 | Health Education England South West - Peninsula | Exeter | Academic - Research Theme - Medical Education | SWP/22-23/1562/RT5/1-R1A | Post 2 - General Practice - ST2 - please refer to Oriel for further details |
| 2022-2023 | Health Education England South West - Peninsula | Exeter | Academic - Research Theme - Medical Education | SWP/22-23/1562/RT5/1-R1A | Post 3 - General Practice - ST3 - please refer to Oriel for further details |
| 2022-2023 | Health Education England South West - Peninsula | Exeter | Academic - Research Theme - Medical Education | SWP/22-23/1562/RT5/1-R1A | Post 4 - General Psychiatry - CT1 - please refer to Oriel for further details |
| 2022-2023 | Health Education England South West - Peninsula | Exeter | Academic - Research Theme - Medical Education | SWP/22-23/1562/RT5/1-R1A | Post 5 - General Psychiatry - CT2 - please refer to Oriel for further details |
| 2022-2023 | Health Education England South West - Peninsula | Exeter | Academic - Research Theme - Medical Education | SWP/22-23/1562/RT5/1-R1A | Post 6 - General Psychiatry - CT3 - please refer to Oriel for further details |
| 2022-2023 | Health Education England South West - Peninsula | Exeter | Academic - Research Theme - Medical Education | SWP/22-23/1562/RT5/1-R1A | Post 7 - General Psychiatry - ST4 - please refer to Oriel for further details |
| 2022-2023 | Health Education England South West - Peninsula | Exeter | Academic - Research Theme - Medical Education | SWP/22-23/1562/RT5/1-R1A | Post 8 - Acute Internal Medicine - CT1 - please refer to Oriel for further details |
| 2022-2023 | Health Education England South West - Peninsula | Exeter | Academic - Research Theme - Medical Education | SWP/22-23/1562/RT5/1-R1A | Post 9 - Acute Internal Medicine - CT2 - please refer to Oriel for further details |
| 2022-2023 | Health Education England South West - Peninsula | Exeter | Academic - Research Theme - Health Needs of Older People | SWP/22-23/1573/RT10/1-R1A | Post 1 - Geriatric Medicine - CT1- please refer to Oriel for further details |
| 2022-2023 | Health Education England South West - Peninsula | Exeter | Academic - Research Theme - Health Needs of Older People | SWP/22-23/1573/RT10/1-R1A | Post 2 - Geriatric Medicine - CT2 - please refer to Oriel for further details |
| 2022-2023 | Health Education England South West - Peninsula | Exeter | Academic - Research Theme - Health Needs of Older People | SWP/22-23/1573/RT10/1-R1A | Post 3 - Geriatric Medicine - ST3 - please refer to Oriel for further details |
| 2022-2023 | Health Education England South West - Peninsula | Exeter | Academic - Research Theme - Health Needs of Older People | SWP/22-23/1573/RT10/1-R1A | Post 4 - General Practice - ST1 - please refer to Oriel for further details |
| 2022-2023 | Health Education England South West - Peninsula | Exeter | Academic - Research Theme - Health Needs of Older People | SWP/22-23/1573/RT10/1-R1A | Post 5 - General Practice - ST2 - please refer to Oriel for further details |
| 2022-2023 | Health Education England South West - Peninsula | Exeter | Academic - Research Theme - Health Needs of Older People | SWP/22-23/1573/RT10/1-R1A | Post 6 - General Practice - ST3 - please refer to Oriel for further details |
| 2022-2023 | Health Education England South West - Peninsula | Exeter | Academic - Research Theme - Health Needs of Older People | SWP/22-23/1573/RT10/1-R1A | Post 7 - Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery - CT1 - please refer to Oriel for further details |
| 2022-2023 | Health Education England South West - Peninsula | Exeter | Academic - Research Theme - Health Needs of Older People | SWP/22-23/1573/RT10/1-R1A | Post 8 - Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery - CT2 - please refer to Oriel for further details |
| 2022-2023 | Health Education England South West - Peninsula | Exeter | Academic - Research Theme - Health Needs of Older People | SWP/22-23/1573/RT10/1-R1A | Post 9 - Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery - ST3 - please refer to Oriel for further details |
| 2022-2023 | Health Education England South West - Peninsula | Exeter | Academic - Research Theme - Multimorbidity at Any Age | SWP/22-23/1584/RT9/1-R1A | Post 1 - General Practice - ST1 - please refer to Oriel for further information |
| 2022-2023 | Health Education England South West - Peninsula | Exeter | Academic - Research Theme - Multimorbidity at Any Age | SWP/22-23/1584/RT9/1-R1A | Post 2 - General Practice - ST2 - please refer to Oriel for further information |
| 2022-2023 | Health Education England South West - Peninsula | Exeter | Academic - Research Theme - Multimorbidity at Any Age | SWP/22-23/1584/RT9/1-R1A | Post 3 - General Practice - ST3 - please refer to Oriel for further information |
| 2022-2023 | Health Education England South West - Peninsula | Exeter | Academic - Research Theme - Multimorbidity at Any Age | SWP/22-23/1584/RT9/1-R1A | Post 4 - Acute Internal Medicine - CT1 - please refer to Oriel for further information |
| 2022-2023 | Health Education England South West - Peninsula | Exeter | Academic - Research Theme - Multimorbidity at Any Age | SWP/22-23/1584/RT9/1-R1A | Post 5 - Acute Internal Medicine - CT2 - please refer to Oriel for further information |
| 2022-2023 | Health Education England South West - Peninsula | Exeter | Academic - Research Theme - Multimorbidity at Any Age | SWP/22-23/1584/RT9/1-R1A | Post 6 - Acute Internal Medicine - ST3 - please refer to Oriel for further information |
| 2022-2023 | Health Education England South West - Peninsula | Exeter | Academic - Research Theme - Multimorbidity at Any Age | SWP/22-23/1584/RT9/1-R1A | Post 7 - Medical Microbiology - CT1 - please refer to Oriel for further information |
| 2022-2023 | Health Education England South West - Peninsula | Exeter | Academic - Research Theme - Multimorbidity at Any Age | SWP/22-23/1584/RT9/1-R1A | Post 8 - Medical Microbiology - CT2 - please refer to Oriel for further information |
| 2022-2023 | Health Education England South West - Peninsula | Exeter | Academic - Research Theme - Multimorbidity at Any Age | SWP/22-23/1584/RT9/1-R1A | Post 9 - Medical Microbiology - ST3 - please refer to Oriel for further information |
| 2022-2023 | Health Education England South West - Peninsula | Plymouth | General Practice | SWP/22-23/1612/800/1-R1A |