Senior Clinical Fellow in Acute Medicine

Senior Clinical Fellow in Acute Medicine

MT04 (4a)

Main area Acute Medicine Grade MT04 (4a) Contract Fixed term: 12 months (Contract end date 3rd August 2027) Hours Full time - 40 hours per week Job ref 220-EIM-MED-8197284 Employer Whittington Health NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Whittington Hospital Town Magdala Avenue Salary £67,325 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 15/09/2026 23:59 Please note in order to progress your application, your data will be processed by our 3rd party recruitment providers – North London Partners Shared Service, who conduct recruitment activities on behalf of Whittington Health NHS Trust.

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Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity for a standalone IMT3 / Senior Clinical Fellow (SCF) to gain experience in Acute Medicine. It is suitable for doctors who are considering a career within the specialty or in a Group 1 Medical Speciality, or who simply wish to develop their skills and knowledge in adult medicine at a senior level. You will be part of the Acute Medicine team who deliver high quality care to patients at the front door of the hospital and will have the opportunity to practice procedural skills, develop your clinical acumen and leadership, reflecting the IMT3 curriculum. It is suitable for those completing the Alternative Certificate to enter Group 1 Higher Physician Speciality Training to enter training at ST4 level.

You will work with a dynamic multidisciplinary team and play a role in teaching medical students and junior doctors, work collaboratively with the START team (accelerated discharge therapy team), Virtual ward, frailty team as well as the other hospital-based specialties and tertiary services. Effective communication skills form a key part of this role, and this is an excellent opportunity to step up to the next level of clinical leadership and decision making from an SHO level role.

Please note that this post may close early if a sufficient number of applicants are received.

Main duties of the job

Please see the full Job Description and the Person Specification for further details about the job role.

Working for our organisation

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The postholder will work across the following 3 areas:

• the Acute Assessment Unit (AAU), Mary Seacole North and South wards

• the Acute Medical Take

• the Ambulatory Emergency Care Unit (AEC) to facilitate same day emergency care (SDEC)

Please refer to full job description and person specification for the detailed description and main responsibilities of the role.

Person specification

Education / Qualifications

Essential criteria

• GMC registered with current license to practice
• MB BS or equivalent medical qualification
• ALS current provider status

Clinical Skills

Essential criteria

• At least 6 months experience of working in Acute Medicine or a General Medical Specialty within the UK (excluding clinical attachments)
• Completed UK Foundation Programme or equivalent (CREST form). This is not a suitable role for achieving a CREST sign off.
• Completed at least 2 years of Core Medical training (at SHO level) or equivalent

Communication skills

Essential criteria

• Works in partnership with patients
• Effective communication skills

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria

• Team working
• Coping with pressure
• Problem solving & decision making SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN AND ADULTS

To comply with the Trust’s Safeguarding Children and Adults policies, procedures and protocols. All individual members of staff (paid or unpaid) have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults This will require you to:

• Ensure you are familiar with and comply with the London Child Protection Procedures and protocols for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people.
• Ensure you are familiar and comply with the London Multi Agency Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Pan London Procedures.
• Ensure you are familiar and comply with local protocols and systems for information sharing.
• Know the appropriate contact numbers and required reporting lines.
• Participate in required training and supervision.
• Comply with required professional boundaries and codes of conduct

Whittington Health is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Your application form –

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• Make sure you to include all evidence of where you meet the essential requirement on the jobs description as this forms the base of our shortlisting criteria.

Our processes –

• Closing dates are given as a guide; we are within our right to close adverts early so please ensure you submit your application as soon as possible to avoid delay.

• If you do not hear from us up to 3 weeks after the closing date of the job unfortunately this means you have not been successfully shortlisted for interview. If your require feedback on your application please contact the appointing manager detailed in the body of the advert.

• Please check your emails regularly as all correspondence from us will be via trac.systems – occasionally these emails will go into your Junk folder.

• Employment at Whittington Health is offered subject to successful completion of a 6 month probationary period for all staff with the exception of GMC Registered Doctors.

Other important information –

• You must already have the right to work in the United Kingdom or fully meet the eligibility criteria for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa route. We welcome applications from candidates who require visa sponsorship; however, we can only consider these where all UKVI requirements are met. Before applying, please ensure that both you and the role satisfy the relevant UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) points‑based system criteria, as applications that do not meet these requirements cannot be progressed. For more information about the criteria, please click here
• Applications are welcome from people wishing to job share or work flexible patterns. We are committed to equal opportunities.
• In submitting an application form, you authorise Whittington Health NHS Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process should you be appointed to the post.

If you are offered a role with one of the NLPSS partner trusts, as part of pre-employment checks your identity and right to work documentation will be verified remotely (in most circumstances), using a certified identity verification service provider TrustID. You will be asked to capture an image of the relevant documents as well as a “selfie” using your smartphone/tablet (if available) for facial matching. TrustID will also perform a digital address check using Trunarrative and Equifax, which is a soft check and does not leave a footprint on your credit rating. For more information, visit www.trustid.co.uk

Please note that during the recruitment process your Identity Documentation (i.e. passport, driving licence, visa, etc.) will be scanned using a device which recognises UV, Infrared and Machine Readable Zone security features of the documents provided

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We would welcome applications from individuals who are from underrepresented groups in the organisation

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

Further details / informal visits contact

Name Dr Ilana Samson Job title Acute Medicine Consultant/Clinical Lead Email address ilana.samson@nhs.net

If you have problems applying, contact

Address Whittington Health NHS Trust

Magdala Avenue

London

N19 5NF