Please refer to the table below on this page for further details on the ACF posts on offer at the University of Birmingham. Please note that a number of these posts are in direct competition with each other. 

For further information, please contact Professor Lukas Foggensteiner, Associate Dean for Academics (lukas.foggensteiner@uhb.nhs.uk). 

Please read the job description on Oriel for further information and contact details regarding your chosen speciality. 

For more specific information on ACF opportunities please visit: 

The advertising and application period for these posts will run from 10 am on Thursday 1 October to 4 pm on Thursday 29 October 2026. 

It will not be possible to submit an application after the closing time stated. Applications will only be accepted if submitted online via the Oriel Recruitment System 

Interviews for these posts will be held virtually during the weeks commencing 8 and 15 December 2026. Interviews in the second week will take place on 15 December only. The exact date for each vacancy will be confirmed. 

The table below shows the specialties that will be advertised

1Applicants to this level must already hold a NTN/DRN in the specialty or apply via national recruitment to this specialty for Clinical Benchmarking
2As there is no opportunity to apply via national recruitment for clinical benchmarking at this level, applicants to this level must already hold a NTN/DRN in the specialty.
3 Applicants to ST2/ST3 level must already hold an IMT/ACCS-IM DRN (Group 1 specialties)
4 Applicants to ST2 level must already hold an IMT/ACCS-IM DRN (Group 2 specialties)
5  Please note that applicants applying to ST2 or ST3 level must already hold a training number in the specialty.  Applicants from a background other than medicine must only apply at ST2 or ST3 level and cannot apply for ST1