SDO and Economic Social Research Council (ESRC) are looking for two trusts to pilot academic placement fellowships.

• The benefits for NHS trusts
• The process
• NHS Organisations currently advertising academic fellowships
• ESRC Follow-on Funding Scheme
• NHS Trusts that have indicated an interest

The benefits for NHS trusts

The placements will:

• enable an academic to conduct a relevant project within a trust for between 6-12 months
• The scheme supports senior to mid level academics to spend time within a partner NHS Trusts to undertake relevant health services research and to develop the research skills of partner employees.
• costs will be shared between SDO/ESRC and the host trust. The scheme covers the full salary of the fellow, while fellows remain employed by their academic institutions. The approximate cost to the host trust is £25,000 with the SDO/ESCR covering the remaining £50,000.
• The pilots will also be used to assess the infra structure the SDO Network would require if the scheme was rolled out on a larger scale.

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The process

• trusts need to be members of the SDO Network to apply.
• trusts are required to complete a short application form outlining their proposal and the skills a fellow would be expected to bring to the project.
• If proposals are agreed to be appropriate by a SDO/ ESRC panel, ESRC will recruit an appropriate academic.
• Interviews with applicants will be carried out by SDO/ESRC/host trust staff.

If your trust is interested in taking up this opportunity please contact Ganesh Sathyamoorthy for further information

Ganesh Sathyamoorthy, SDO Network Manager

Email: Ganesh.Sathyamoorthy@nhsconfed.org

Telephone: 020 70743438

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NHS Organisations currently advertising academic fellowships

Implementation placement fellowship in East of England SHA

Summary: The NHS East of England provides strategic leadership for your local NHS. It is the local Headquarters of the NHS and works with 40 local NHS organisations across Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk and Suffolk.

NHS East of England is responsible for ensuring that the £7.1billion spent on health care in the region delivers the best services and value for-money for over 5.4million people. This placement is entitled Improving Lives, Saving Lives - identifying research challenges

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Productive Ward placement fellowship in East of England SHA

Summary: The Productive Ward programme has been piloted in acute hospitals by the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement, and is proposed as a useful tool to raise the safety and quality of care for patients. It is being implemented in 13 Trusts in the east of England and will be rolled out into community and mental health settings (a possible 40 Trusts in all). The east of England steering group has identified the opportunity for research leading from the implementation of the programme.

Please see advert here

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ESRC Follow-on Funding Scheme

What is the Follow-on Funding Scheme?

The Scheme provides follow-on funding to undertake additional knowledge transfer and impact generation activities that can demonstrate the potential for significant economic, social, policy and/or practice benefit(s). Applications that seek to commercialise research and those from resources and methods research investments will also be eligible to apply. Research that has not been funded by the ESRC is eligible for this program.

Please see advert here

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NHS Trusts that have indicated an interest

The following trusts have indicated an interest but have yet to formally apply. Once applicants have met the eligibility criteria they will be selected on a 'first come first service basis'