Wessex deanery offers numerous options for out of programme experience including Research (OOPR), Education, Management, subspecialty training (OOPT) etc.
We have tried to collate some of the available opportunities here – thanks to Emma Kinsella for collating these. To learn more about each placement, contacts/details are on the right hand side. If you find other opportunities then let us know.
Applications for OOP activities should be discussed as soon as possible with your educational supervisor then TPD, see https://wessex.hee.nhs.uk/trainee-information/trainee-journey/out-of-programme/ for further details.
| Title | Type of Placement | Description | Full time equivalent | Area of Interest | Application window | Contact |
| NIHR Clinical Research Network Fellow – ILD | Clinical Research – Southampton | OOPR – Contribute to the running of clinical ILD research trials. Including phase 1,2 and 3 trials. | Part-time but can be made full time by combining with Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) Clinical Fellowship | ILD | All year | sophie.fletcher@uhs.nhs.uk |
| Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) Clinical Fellow | Clinical Research – Southampton | OOPR – Senior Research Fellow in respiratory trials. Funded by NIHR Biomedical Research Centre Grant | Full or part time. Extension to PhD possible | Asthma/ COPD/ ILD/ PCD & Bronchiectasis/ Air Pollution/ Digital Technology/ Behaviour Change/ Infection Diagnostics/ Informatics and Datascience | All year | Southampton BRC website Some Consultant contacts: ramesh.kurukulaaratchy@uhs.nhs.uk T.Wilkinson@soton.ac.uk sophie.fletcher@uhs.nhs.uk |
| Pleural Education Fellow | Education/ Service development/ Fellowship – Portsmouth | OOPE – Developing an Education programme in Pleural disease, exploring service development within the pleural service. Developing individual skills in Pleural interventions | Full or Part time. | Pleural disease | Sept/ Nov | Rachel.Mercer@porthosp.nhs.uk |
| Wessex Chief Resident | 50% Clinical, 50% Leadership – Wessex | OOPT -Clinical leadership programme with protected time in leadership and management roles within a host organisation. | Full time with Part time options available | Management and Leadership | Jan/ Feb | HEE Wessex website |
| National Medical Director’s Clinical Fellow Scheme | 100% Clinical Leadership – National | OOPE – Placement in an auxillary health care setting e.g GMC/ NICE/ BUPA | Full time | Management and Leadership | Oct/ Nov | National Medical Director’s Clinical Fellow Scheme |
| Global Health Fellowships Volunteer Programme (Wessex) | 4-6 month placement – Wessex | Contribute to the improvement of health outcomes in rural and resource-poor communities | Full time | Global skills | Year round | Global Health Fellowships Volunteer Programme |
| Medical Education Fellowship Programme (Wessex) | 1 year – Wessex | Health Education England’s Wessex team strives to produce exceptional medical educators of the future | Negotiable | Education | Twice yearly: April 30 and November 30 | Medical Education Fellowship Programme |
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