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NHS England invites female healthcare scientists to apply for fellowship scheme
NHS England has invited female healthcare scientists to apply for NHS England’s prestigious fellowship scheme, aimed at providing career support for women working in the field.
Led by Sue Hill OBE, NHS England’s chief scientific officer, the Woman in Science and Engineering Fellowship scheme is aimed at supporting four healthcare scientists over 12 months through a career development programme that includes mentoring alongside communication and leadership skills training.
In addition, fellows will attend both the WISE and chief scientific officer conferences.
The initiative was launched on International Women’s Day in partnership with WISE which campaigns to promote women in science, technology and engineering.
Commenting on the invite, Professor Hill said: “This is a unique opportunity to help female healthcare scientists working in the NHS to gain the skills and experience to become the next generation of leaders in the health system.
“We have worked with WISE to create this fellowship scheme which is supporting their aim of getting one million more women in the UK working in careers based in science, technology, engineering and maths. The NHS Constitution states a central principle that it ‘operates at the limits of science’ and as a result there is a wide variety of extremely rewarding careers available in the health service for talented individuals and we want more women to be inspired to take up these roles.”
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