College Affiliateship

College Affiliateship

Affiliateship is open to psychiatrists in the Specialty Doctor,Staff Grade and other Non-Consultant Career Grade posts such as Clinical Assistant and Associate Specialist. Other job titles are sometimes used to describe such posts, and individual consideration might be given to doctors in other grades, not specified above, but who are nevertheless working in Psychiatry.

This grade enables psychiatrists who are not in training grades or substantive consultant posts, and who do not have the MRCPsych, to join the College.

"Any two Members of the College may nominate a qualified Medical Practitioner who is working as a psychiatrist in the United Kingdom, does not hold the MRCPsych qualification, does not hold specialist registration and who has met the criteria for appointment to their post, as set out from time to time by the Departments of Health in United Kingdom, which should not be an approved training post, substantive consultant post or honorary consultant post."

Special Offer for Affiliate Registration from 1st July 2012

The College is keen to recruit doctors in Specialty Doctor and Associate Specialist posts to Affiliateship, particularly where they may be registered just for the College CPD scheme as non-members.  As part of our commitment to this we are waiving the usual one off registration fee (normally £176) for applications received now for registration from 1st July 2012.  The cost to December 2012 is therefore £168, with any relevant non member CPD payments credited against this sum.  In addition to the benefits listed below we are also offering free subscription to CPD Online for one year.  Take advantage of this offer and apply now.

Please send the application forms to Elizabeth Atkinson at the Royal College of Psychiatrists

CV form

Citation form

Registration form

Registered Affiliates will:

• Receive the British Journal of Psychiatry and the Psychiatric Bulletin
• Receive notification of College conferences and events
• Receive notification of Faculty and Section meetings
• Receive notification of Divisional meetings
• Be affiliated to Faculties
• Be affiliated to a Division
• Have free online access to Evidence Based Mental Health
• Have free online access to Advances in Psychiatric Treatment 
• Participate in the College’s programme of Continuing Professional Development.
• Be eligible to access the College’s Information Service, which includes the full use of course stock of psychiatric texts and journals for reference purposes as well as on-line electronic journals

Please note that there are no post-nominals associated with the Affiliate grade.  Affiliates may describe themselves in text as "Affiliate of the Royal College of Psychiatrists" but may not write any abbreviation of this after their names, nor imply the holding of any qualification of the Royal College of Psychiatrists.