Job summary
Employer heading
Clinical Fellow Higher (ST3-5/ST6+) in General Paediatrics
NHS Medical & Dental: Senior Clinical Fellow
Job overview
Applications are invited for the posts of Clinical Fellow Higher (ST3-5/ST6+) in General Paediatrics at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
This post is available from 03 March 2025 until 31 August 2025 in the first instance.
Main duties of the job
In order to be considered applicants must have a current APLS provider certificate (or equivalent) and at least 24 months clinical experience in Acute and General Paediatrics. MRCPCH is desirable but not essential.
Please note that these posts do not carry Postgraduate Dean’s approval or training recognition.
Full Registration and a Licence to Practice with the General Medical Council at point of application is required.
You will be allocated an Educational Supervisor and will be encouraged to undertake work place based assessments. Many of our Clinical Fellows are successful in gaining paediatric training numbers.
Working for our organisation
The applicant must have demonstrable skills in listening, reading, writing and speaking in English that enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues, as set out in the GMC’s Good Medical Practice (2013). Non-UK applicants must possess the IELTS/OET exam before obtaining a GMC licence to practice.
Applications from job seekers who require skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information please visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.
It is a requirement for skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) will also be subject to this requirement.
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will work under the supervision of the General Paediatric Consultants. Daytime work will include looking after the general paediatric inpatients and the assessment and review of medical paediatric patients in the Paediatric Emergency Department. Depending on staffing there may be the opportunity to gain some paediatric sub-speciality experience including Paediatric Oncology, Respiratory, and Neurology.
Out of hours you will take part in the paediatric on-call rota. You will work alongside a second Registrar and a Junior Trainee (ST1-3). Duties will include the assessment and management of children in the Paediatric Emergency Department and review and management of all paediatric patients on the wards including the sub-specialty patients.
Please refer to the Job description and Person specification attached for further details on the main responsibilities and duties for this post.
Person specification
Shortlistable
Essential criteria
- Yes = 1, No = 0. If applicant is not shortlistable please add reason in comments section provided.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Helen Bailie
- Job title
- Consultant Paediatrician
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Informal enquiries about this post should be addressed to:
Dr Helen Bailie, Consultant Paediatrician via email at [email protected]
or
Dr Charlotte Burns, Consultant Paediatric Oncologist via email at [email protected]
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