PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Rebecca Haggie
AU  - Rachel Scott
AU  - Rhiannon Hughes
AU  - Philip Braude
AU  - Heather Woodcraft
TI  - Harnessing the force of post-F2 doctors – a medical clinical fellow post that transformed locally employed doctor recruitment
AID  - 10.7861/fhj.2022-0043
DP  - 2023 May 12
TA  - Future Healthcare Journal
PG  - fhj.2022-0043
4099  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/early/2023/05/11/fhj.2022-0043.short
4100  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/early/2023/05/11/fhj.2022-0043.full
AB  - In 2018, North Bristol Trust (NBT) faced difficulties recruiting clinical fellows. In response, a new programme was introduced that includes opportunities for non-clinical time, supervision, and a study budget, as well as flexibility of contract duration and on-call commitment. This has significantly improved the application ratios, with a 94% fill rate in August 2021 and competition ratios of 2.5:1. Not only has it been successful for staffing medical rotas, but clinical fellows also report positive experiences, have gained opportunities that would not be available in a training role and feel the role will benefit their future job applications. This report outlines the new programme and analyses it from the clinical fellow and Trust perspective. We hope that by sharing this successful new programme, other organisations can take inspiration to harness the potential of the high proportion of doctors taking a break from training post-foundation programme.