NHS ENGLAND/NIHR INTERNSHIP PROGRAMME 2024/2025 (NORTH WEST REGION)
Applications are now open!
Are you a Nurse, Midwife, Allied Health Professional, Pharmacist, Social Worker or Healthcare Scientist employed by the NHS and working in a clinical or research delivery role looking to embark on a practitioner academic career and make a difference through undertaking high quality clinical research?
Do you have the drive and ambition to be a future research leader?
If so, this programme is for you!!!!
Applications are now open for the next round of the nternship programme delivered by NHS R&D NW across the North West region of England. These highly prestigious internships, funded by NHS ENGLAND/NIHR, provide the first step onto a practitioner academic career pathway.
If you’re curious about the nature of research into practice or are already engaged in this in a limited way, then the Internship programme will be of interest.
How will an internship support research development within my practice?
The internship provides a dedicated period for you to consider and contribute to research capacity and research capability building within NHS services. It will:
- provide the opportunity for you to engage in and develop a network of practitioner academics to develop, promote and evaluate research into learning, best practice and innovation both regionally and nationally
- support the development of both your practice and research skills
- enable you to explore research as part of the NHS Multi-professional Practice-based Research Capabilities Framework
- offer you an insight into the world of the practitioner academic
- provide you with significant developmental opportunities to enable you to begin to realise your research potential, including strategic leadership.
- provide you with the opportunity to explore coaching and mentoring
What is involved?
- 30 days research experience supported by supervision from an experienced academic or in a research delivery environment
- Participation in an 8-day residential educational programme to increase your knowledge and understanding of research and its place in the wider health and care research community.
- Exploration of your personal and career development goals
For more information on the programme and to download the Guidance Notes and application form.
Additional Details
If you have any further questions please contact Jo-Anne Simpson, Chief Operating Officer, NHS R&D NW – joanne.simpson@researchnorthwest.nhs.uk.
To inform potential applicants, supervisors and employers about the programme and the application process we will be holding a face-2-face pre-application workshop on the 12th December 2024 during which we will cover the personalised training plan, supervisor arrangements and contact with your R&D/R&I department. In addition, we will also be holding two online Q&A sessions open for anyone to join who wishes to know more about the scheme and ask any questions. We would encourage you to invite your direct line manager who will be supporting your application to join the Q&A sessions. These will be an hour in duration, 12pm – 1pm, and held on MS Teams, the dates of the sessions are:
8th January 2025 – click here to join.
21st January 2025 – click here to join
APPLICATIONS CLOSE 5PM ON 31ST JANUARY 2025