Applying for Fellowship

Yes, retired members are welcome to apply for Fellowship, as long as you have the necessary 10 years of membership.

Yes, you don't have to be a consultant to apply for Fellowship. As long as you have the necessary 10 years of MRCPsych membership you can apply no matter what your career grade/job title is.

Your CV form needs to demonstrate your contributions to the three core purposes of the College:

1. Setting standards and promoting excellence in psychiatry and mental healthcare (such as examples of achieving high standards locally in service delivery, service development and innovation, research, teaching and examining).
2. Leading, representing and supporting psychiatrists (this would include, but is not limited to, all College work and work with relevant national or international organisations).
3. Working with patients, carers and their organisations (to improve services and deliver patient centred care).

Please give as much detail as you can under each of these headings. Try to highlight your key achievements to make sure they stand out to the committee when they review your application.

Don't send a separate CV as these can't be accepted. You need to include all the information on our CV form.

The citation form allows others who know your work to tell us about your achievements and the ways in which you have contributed to psychiatry.

Your citation form needs to be signed by a proposer and a seconder, but only one of them needs to write the citation. The proposer and seconder can't be people under your direct supervision.

The citation should be written by someone who is very familiar with your work.

Proposers and seconders must be subscribing College members but they don't have to be Fellows themselves.

Every Fellowship application needs to have the support of a College Faculty or Division Chair. If you know a Chair, you can approach them directly to be either your proposer or seconder and have them sign your citation form.

If you don't know a Chair, don't worry as the Membership Services team will assist with the process. Just ask two colleagues to sign your citation form and we’ll ask a Chair to support your application. This won't impact your application in any way.

When you complete your citation form, use the drop-down lists at the bottom of the form to indicate which Chair you'd like us to approach. Once we have received all your forms, we will forward them to your chosen Chair and ask them to confirm their support for your application.

Which Chairs can provide support?

Only Chairs of the following committees can provide the required support for Fellowship nominations:

Faculties (Central & Devolved)	Devolved Nations & Divisions
Academic Faculty	RCPsych in Scotland
Addictions Faculty	RCPsych in Wales
Child and Adolescent Faculty	RCPsych in Northern Ireland
Eating Disorders Faculty	Eastern Division
Forensic Faculty	London Division
General Adult Faculty	Northern & Yorkshire Division
Intellectual Disability Faculty	North West Division
Liaison Faculty	South Eastern Division
Medical Psychotherapy Faculty	South West Division
Neuropsychiatry Faculty	Trent Division
Old Age Faculty	West Midlands Division
Perinatal Faculty	African Division
Rehabilitation & Social Faculty	European Division
	Middle Eastern Division
	Pan-American Division
	South Asian Division
	Western Pacific Division

 

Please send your completed application documents to MembershipServices@rcpsych.ac.uk.

Hard copies of the forms aren't required and electronic signatures can be used on the forms.

You'll hear from us about the outcome of your application in November/December.

• there is an ongoing GMC investigation or the applicant is under supervision or has a current written warning
• there is knowledge of behaviour that could bring psychiatry into disrepute
• the applicant fails to follow guidance and demonstrate necessary achievements in an application, e.g. not enough information contained on the CV form.