KCL ACF 2024 Dementia

Job Description for NIHR Academic Clinical Fellowship in
Dementia | Old Age Psychiatry ST1-ST3
1. Job Title. Academic Clinical Fellow in Old Age Psychiatry
2. Duration of post: Three years
3. Research institutions in which training will take place: King’s College London (KCL)
4. Timetabling of clinical and research time

Nine months of protected research time is integrated into the 3 year psychiatry training programme. Clinical
posts rotate every 6 months and will include one or more Dementia | Old Age Psychiatry placements.
Research time is split as separate three-month and six-month units or aggregated as a single nine-month
unit within the clinical rotation, typically in year 2 or 3.
5. Description of research component of programme

The dementia research portfolio within the Old Age Psychiatry Clinical Academic Group (CAG) ranges from
basic science to large-scale clinical trials and global dementia epidemiology. The CAG has a particular
research interest in cognitive and neuropsychiatric symptoms of Parkinson’s disease and related disorders
(Parkinson’s Disease Dementia [PDD] and Dementia with Lewy Bodies [DLB], referred to collectively as
Lewy body dementias) and leads E-DLB, a European consortium of clinical and biomarker cohort studies of
DLB. The ACF will be mentored to develop a personalized academic training program in Dementia as
preparation for a PhD studentship application.
6. Description of clinical training component of programme

The Southeast London Training scheme consists of the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation trust
and Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust. It is one of the largest in the UK with 126 different placements across
South London. It has a longstanding reputation for being a leading UK psychiatry training scheme that, in
partnership with the university department, has helped train a cadre of the UK's leading clinical academics in
the specialty. The areas of training covered include General Adult Psychiatry, Old Age Psychiatry, Forensic
Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Learning Disabilities and Psychotherapy. ACF trainees will have
clinical placements based geographically within the London Boroughs of Southwark, Lambeth, Lewisham,
Croydon and Oxleas. Old Age Psychiatry posts on the rotation provide experience of dementia and late-life
mental disorders and include placements on inpatient units for older adults, a specialist unit for
neuropsychiatric and behavioural symptoms of dementia, memory clinics and older adult community mental
health teams. Old Age ACFs are guaranteed rotation to one of the Old Age Psychiatry placements.
The standard training trajectory post qualification is for a trainee to complete three years as a ST1 -3 trainee
and during that time to gain their Membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists; as part of this training
over three years all trainees have access to structured teaching up to one day a week. Candidates would
also be expected to participate in workplace-based training and assessment and to meet ARCP criteria for
progression through training.
There is an extensive postgraduate teaching programme based on a weekly protected day for postgraduate
education that includes the Grand Round, lectures, Journal club, psychotherapy training and the Maudsley
Training Programme / IoPPN MRCPsych course. ACFs will have formal academic and educational
supervision from an Old Age Psychiatrist. The post will attract an NTN in Old Age Psychiatry, with run through
to the Old Age Psychiatry higher specialty training programme.
The post-holder will take part in the out of hours (on-call) rota throughout the duration of the post, including
during research placements. Flexibility in timetabling will be considered, where possible, if this impacts on
research projects.
7. Academic Programme Director name: Professor Dominic ffytche
8. Clinical Programme Director name: Academic TPD Dr Richard Haslam
9. Programme contact for further information (phone or email): dominic.ffytche@kcl.ac.uk
10. HEE contact

Specialty Team https://lasepgmdesupport.hee.nhs.uk/support/home
Recruitment Enquiries - https://lasepgmdesupport.hee.nhs.uk/support/home
11. Useful websites for further information

https://www.nihr.ac.uk/explore-nihr/academy-programmes/integrated-academic-training.htm
12. Confirmation that the post attracts an NTN (A)

Yes
This job description was prepared on 13/09/2023

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Job Description for NIHR Academic Clinical Fellowship in

Dementia | Old Age Psychiatry ST1-ST3

1. Job Title. Academic Clinical Fellow in Old Age Psychiatry

2. Duration of post: Three years

4. Timetabling of clinical and research time

5. Description of research component of programme

6. Description of clinical training component of programme

7. Academic Programme Director name: Professor Dominic ffytche

8. Clinical Programme Director name: Academic TPD Dr Richard Haslam

9. Programme contact for further information (phone or email): dominic.ffytche@kcl.ac.uk

10. HEE contact

11. Useful websites for further information

12. Confirmation that the post attracts an NTN (A)

This job description was prepared on 13/09/2023

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