Apply for the next cohort
Information regarding the application process including guidance, FAQs and who needs to support your application to the AHP Careers Fellowship Scheme
Key dates
The AHP Careers Fellowship Scheme is now closed for applications.
If you would like to receive notification of application opening for cohort 8, please complete the online form.
Application guidance
Support to develop your application and write your learning outcomes
The online module Writing Great Applications for Learning and Development Opportunities can be helpful to consider your areas for further development.(Please note you will need to have a Turas account and login to access this resource).
For writing learning outcomes you can watch this video about constructing learning outcomes.
The NES NMAHP Development Framework can be used to help you plan your development across the Four Pillars of Practice.
Who needs to support my application?
Your application must be supported and approved by:
- Your own line manager
- Your service manager and budget holder
- Your AHP Director (if you work in the NHS, an integrated health and social care team) or a Director/Associate Director level senior manager (if you work in a Local Authority)
Seeking support for your application from the people listed above is vital and can make a huge difference to your proposed Fellowship successfully progressing.
Guidance and Application Form
For more details about the Scheme, how it works, the review panel, timeframes and advice about completing the application form please see our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) and Guidance document
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Frequently asked questions (FAQs) in respect of applying for the NHS Education for Scotland (NES) AHP Careers Fellowship
Project themes
Themes for 2025-26
Each year, the Scheme supports AHPs to contribute to the delivery of health and social care priorities and ambitions, this year we are particularly interested in projects that in some way address one of the three themes listed below:
- Preventative and proactive care: this may include the role of AHPs in addressing public health and inequalities, delivering value-based health and care, and realisation of human rights such as those defined in the articles of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC).
- Rehabilitation, reablement and recovery: this theme could include implementing the six principles of good rehabilitation, and projects within intermediate care that prevent admissions or prevent delayed discharges, amongst others.
- Innovations in health and social care: this can be ideas to support sustainable services, supporting the health and wellbeing of our workforce, or in addressing the climate emergency.
Please note that these themes are intended to be broad and to generate creative ideas that you may have to innovate services. The themes can be interpreted broadly and the examples within each theme are illustrative.
More information about these themes is available in the FAQs & Guidance document.
We also remain open to applications about other strategies and priorities as usual.
Discuss your ideas
It’s never too early to start discussing your work-based project ideas with your colleagues, team leader and, of course, with us.
We recommend that you join an AHP Careers Fellowship Scheme application drop-in session to find out more about the scheme, the learning and development programme and discuss project ideas with the NES team and ask questions. The sessions are scheduled as follows:
1 October 2024 - 12.00 - 13.00
8 October 2024 – 14.00 – 15.00
16 October 2024 – 15.30 – 16.30
22 October 2024 - 11.00 – 12.00
Previous fellows experiences
I have thoroughly enjoyed my Fellowship experience. I wasn't sure what to expect initially, but can honestly say that I have achieved things I never thought possible and have found ways to develop in my career that I wouldn't have previously considered. I am genuinely sad that it has now come to an end, but also excited to see what being an Alumni will bring!
I have really enjoyed my fellowship year. I had a huge knock of confidence at the start of this journey but I feel like a different person now I've got to the end of the project. I have learnt so much about myself as well as all the other things the fellowship has had to offer.
Overall the fellowship has been invaluable in many different ways personally and professionally to enjoy and develop myself and within the post I am in. Doing the fellowship as a joint project helped in many aspects to jointly work on a project and allow me to explore directions.
Fellow's manager and project mentor feedback
"The fellowship has a high potential for impact not only on the individual but also the service. I have seen each individual grow in confidence and skill set. The team has benefitted by the enthusiasm of the individuals which has undoubtedly impacted us as a whole. We have many more individuals keen to step forward for opportunities to grow. The projects that NES have supported have varied but each brought different elements of change and benefit to the individual, patients, team and profession. "
"The reason we are so willing to support staff members wanting to be fellows is that we can see how much they grow in knowledge, confidence and enthusiasm. Every single fellow has come out a better professional with a huge amount of skills and ways of thinking and this has huge benefit to the department."
Contact the NES team
To talk direct to the NES team email ahp.fellowships@nes.scot.nhs.uk
