Nurses, midwives and allied health professionals
By combining clinical practice and academic research, you can develop your career, raise standards and improve patient care.
Clinical academic pathway
As a nurse, midwife or allied health professional (AHP) you can become a clinical academic, allowing you to combine your clinical practice with research.
You can do this through local or national schemes:
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UoS Clinical Doctoral Research Fellowship Scheme: Local scheme allowing you to work towards a PhD while continuing your clinical practice part time.
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HEE/NIHR Integrated Clinical Academic (ICA) programme: National scheme which enables you to complete an internship, pre-doctoral clinical academic fellowship, clinical doctoral research fellowship, or clinical or senior clinical lectureship.
Research degrees
You can undertake one of these research degrees with the University of Southampton:
These will allow you to take the next step in your research career, whether you are new to research or an experienced researcher.
Contact, Help, Advice & Information Network (CHAIN)
CHAIN is an online support network for people working in health & social care, facilitating the exchange of knowledge and ideas and providing networking opportunities.
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It provides help and support for those wanting to apply for NIHR awards and other sources of research funding, and encourages greater linkage across the nursing, midwifery and AHP communities.
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You can join CHAIN for free and become a member of the nurses, midwives and AHPs in clinical academic research group.
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