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Chief Sustainability Officer’s clinical fellows scheme has now launched. 

 

The Chief Sustainability Officer’s Clinical Fellow Scheme offers clinicians with a passion for sustainability a unique opportunity to develop their leadership skills and positively impact the healthcare system's green agenda. Those appointed to the scheme will work by engaging directly with the most senior leaders in the NHS, helping to embed net zero carbon principles in the delivery of care across the healthcare system.

 

The inaugural cohort will work in an apprenticeship model, stepping out of clinical roles for 12 months to lead on key projects that will fundamentally change the way that care is designed, developed and delivered across the system. Clinical fellows will gain a strong understanding of sustainability principles, leadership and management skills, an understanding of how policy is developed and implemented, as well as communication and collaboration skills.

 

Fellows will work across NHS England and NHS Improvement directorates, and have the opportunity to meet regularly with senior members of the Greener NHS team, wider NHS policy teams, and stakeholders. 

 

Leadership development is supported through a comprehensive educational programme to enhance clinical fellows' leadership capabilities.

 

There’s significant enthusiasm for the new scheme and it should bring some much needed capacity and clinical leadership to the sustainability agenda.

The deadline for applications is 9am on 24^th May.