NHS clinicians have the opportunity to apply for two clinical AI fellowship programmes aimed at bringing clinicians and industry closer together.

Clinical documentation improvement software provider T-Pro is promoting both its own Clinical Fellowship Programme and the NHS Fellowship in Clinical AI.

T-Pro’s programme is a fixed 12-month, part-time opportunity for clinicians to immerse themselves and gain hands-on experience in digital innovation, with the aim of developing future clinical leaders in AI and healthcare transformation.

Participants will lead real-world projects that improve documentation and patient care and develop skills in governance, digital health and innovation.

Ben Jeeves, chief clinical information officer and clinical safety officer (CSO) at T-Pro, told Digital Health News that the idea for the programme came from analysing the 10 year health plan, which repeatedly mentions partnerships and collaboration with industry.

He said the fellowship gives clinicians the opportunity to work “on the other side of the fence”, within an industry setting and change the “us and them” mentality between clinicians and industry.

“The ambition is to change the hearts and minds as to how these things are viewed and how industry is viewed,” Jeeves, who is also chair of the Digital Health Networks CSO Council, added.

Clinicians can apply for the programme here, with shortlisting expected to be announced in December and interviews taking place in January 2026 before the programme starts in March 2026.

T-Pro is funding two additional places on the NHS Fellowship in Clinical AI, which is open for applications for its fifth cohort of NHS clinicians who want to develop real-world expertise in clinical AI.

Fellows are matched to existing clinical AI projects in the NHS to learn the safe deployment and evaluation of AI in clinical workflows under a clinical AI supervisor as part of a multidisciplinary team.

They undertake the fellowship at two days a week for 12 months with salary cover, alongside their work or training.

“There are some areas that aren’t funded for this fellowship, so someone might be in a region but aren’t eligible to go on that programme.

“The idea was if we’re able to support plugging some of those gaps, that just helps spread that a little bit more,” Jeeves explained.

James Freed, deputy director of digital academy at NHS England, said: “Working with the T-Pro Clinical Fellowship, we’re expanding opportunities for clinicians to shape and lead digital transformation – turning hands-on experience into lasting system-wide impact.

“This Fellowship is an investment in building an AI-ready NHS workforce, enabling safe and effective digital transformation that will improve patient care.”

Applications close on 15 December 2025, with shortlisting and remote interviews taking place in January 2026, before outcomes of the interviews are revealed in February 2026. The fellowship runs from August 2026 until August 2027.

Jeeves said: “These things can feel particularly scary, stepping out of what you’re so very used to, but having experienced an awful lot over the last several years, it’s only been enlightening and beneficial.

“It might be that you impact from a very different place to what you’re used to.

“Those frustrations that you may have in your clinical practice, if you work many steps removed, you might be able to have far greater impact and alleviate those frustrations that you’ve been on the receiving end of during your clinical career – so absolutely go for it.”