Recruitment to Academic Foundation posts is managed by HEE Wessex and usually opens for applications in October. Please visit their website for details of vacancies and recruitment timelines.
Please note that most ACF and Clinical Lecturer posts invite candidates from multiple specialties to apply, and in some cases the research projects available will be closely linked to a particular research theme. For more information about the projects you could work on if successful in your application, please do not hesitate to get in touch with the Academic Lead for your specialty.
We will be recruiting to ACF posts in the following specialties to start in 2023-24. The application window will open in October 2022 and will be advertised on the HEE Wessex website.
Research theme |
Eligible specialties |
Academic Leads |
N/A |
Otolaryngology |
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N/A |
Paediatrics Paediatric Surgery |
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N/A |
General Practice |
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N/A |
Dermatology Public Health Medicine |
Professor Julie Parkes |
Therapeutics or clinical pharmacology |
Infectious Diseases Ophthalmology |
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Mental Health |
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Endocrinology & Diabetes Mellitus |
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Dementia |
Geriatric Medicine Old Age Psychiatry |
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Multimorbidity at any age |
Rehabilitation Medicine Rheumatology |
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Platform Science and Bioinformatics |
Clinical Genetics Histopathology |
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Acute Care |
Anaesthetics Intensive Care Medicine |
We will be recruiting to Clinical Lecturer posts in the following specialties in 2023-24. Applications will open after 1 March 2023 and all posts will be advertised on the University of Southampton jobs board.
Research theme |
Eligible specialties |
Academic Leads |
Closing date for applications |
N/A |
General Practice Infectious Diseases Paediatrics |
Not yet open for applications |
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N/A |
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry General Adult Psychiatry Respiratory Medicine |
Not yet open for applications |
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Platform science and bioinformatics |
Neurosurgery Ophthalmology Vascular Surgery |
Dr Benjamin Paterson |
Not yet open for applications |
Epidemiology and public health |
Geriatric Medicine Public Health Medicine Rheumatology |
Professor Julie Parkes |
Not yet open for applications |