The University of Sheffield, in partnership with NHS England North East and Yorkshire and Sheffield Health Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (SHPU), has developed an exciting pathway of academic clinical training opportunities.

Applications are now invited for an Academic Clinical Fellowship in General Psychiatry at ST1 level in Sheffield from August 2027.

The following posts are available:

• One post in General Psychiatry at ST1 level- Research Theme: Mental Health - (Please note: This is a multi-specialty vacancy; an appointment may not be made in this specialty. There will be 1 ACF post in either General Practice, General Psychiatry or Public Health Medicine.)

Please read through all the relevant information available on the NHSE General Psychiatry ACF Webpage (https://www.yorksandhumberdeanery.nhs.uk/recruitment/acf-general-psychiatry-sheffield-st1) and associated links before beginning your application (link available through Oriel).

Applications open at 10am on 1 October 2026 and the closing date is 4pm on 29 October 2026. 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.

IMPORTANT: in 2027 ACF recruitment, applicants will only be able to submit a maximum of three applications. This includes all regions, specialties and universities.

PLEASE NOTE: Applicants should be at an appropriate level of training to be able to progress into the ACF at the advertised starting grade. It is not possible for individuals to repeat a year of training in order to take up an ACF post.

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 and have an honorary contract with the University at whose Medical School their academic research is supported.

ACF trainees also undertake a Research Training Programme provided by the University for which funding is provided by NIHR. They also are eligible for a £1,000 bursary per year to support research training activity (e.g. to attend academic conferences).

ACF trainees would also normally complete and submit an external funding application for a research fellowship to enable them to complete a higher degree (PhD or research MD) 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, with the exception of ‘Medical Education’ ACFs. A trainee entering ACF in a specialty during a Core Training period would therefore be guaranteed continued training to CCT in the eventual specialty, as long as they progress satisfactorily through both their academic and clinical training. Run-through status is withdrawn if ACFs do not complete the academic component.

We advise all applicants to read through all the relevant information available on the NHSE General Psychiatry ACF Webpage (https://www.yorksandhumberdeanery.nhs.uk/recruitment/acf-general-psychiatry-sheffield-st1) and associated links before beginning your application through Oriel.

Including

• The Job Description
• The Person Specification
• The Timeline
• Interview Structure and location

The qualifications and professional registration requirements plus other eligibility criteria can be found in the person specification. The person specification for this specialty is available from the Specialty Training website (https://medical.hee.nhs.uk/medical-training-recruitment/medical-specialty-training/person-specifications).

Please upload all required evidence of competences to your online application form when completing the application form online. For those experiencing difficulties when uploading evidence, please ensure you email the evidence to the following email address by the application deadline:?england.academicrec.yh@nhs.net with “your name” and “competencies” in the title of the email.

Please note: All applicants who do not already hold a National Training Number (NTN) or Deanery Reference Number (DRN) in the GMC specialty to which they are applying for will be required to undertake the national clinical recruitment process and attend an assessment/interview for that GMC specialty as appropriate.

The Postgraduate Dean confirms that this placement and / or programme has the required educational and Dean’s approval.

Applications are equally open to those who may, either from the outset or subsequently, wish to train less than full time or job share.

Please note that there is a strict application policy that applications cannot be accepted after the deadline.