Clinical Fellow in Innovation (and Leadership)

Integrated Care System; London; On-site; GBP 61,000 - 71,000; Full time

Job summary

Integrated Care System is looking for a Clinical Fellow in Innovation and Leadership, responsible for leading digital transformation in healthcare. This role offers a unique opportunity for clinicians to influence best practices and improve patient care through digital solutions.

Qualifications

• Degree in a healthcare-related field (e.g., Medicine).
• Current Registration with General Medical Council.
• Evidence of ongoing professional development.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement optimised digital clinical pathways.
• Lead discussions and workshops to engage clinicians.
• Monitor and evaluate clinical data for new pathways.

Skills

Digital health

Clinical transformation

Quality improvement

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Change management

Education

Degree in a healthcare-related field

Postgraduate qualification in health informatics

Job description

Go back Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Clinical Fellow in Innovation (and Leadership)

The closing date is 20 July 2025

This role is a unique opportunity for applicants with current or previous clinical experience to lead on the development and implementation of optimised digital clinical pathways that aim to reduce non-warranted clinical variation and promote the consistency, equity and effectiveness of our clinical care.

Working at the heart of both the Deputy Chief Executive Office and the Chief Medical Officer's Office, the post-holder will help us drive forward our digital transformation agenda and support the Executive Board in delivering its vision for better, faster, fairer healthcare.The successful candidate will play an instrumental role in leading one of the Trust's digital transformation and improvement programmes, aimed at embedding clinical best practice in workflows using Epic - our Electronic Health Record system.

Interested candidates can contact: Dr Refik Gokmen ([e-mail]).

Main duties of the job

This role is designed to develop future clinical leaders, providing insight, experience and opportunity in the field of digital.The successful candidate will work within a programme team to contribute to a Charity-funded imitative aimed at developing best practice workflows, test and implement them in 9 pilot areas - one to support the transformation of an end-to-end patient pathways, and 8 to optimise pathway steps such as nursing assessments in our Emergency Department.

Working in close collaboration with the Programme team, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Deputy Chief Clinical Information Officer, and one of CITI's Associate Directors, the Clinical Fellow will help drive the clinical engagement throughout the lifecycle of the programme, from initial engagement, to co-development of solutions and embedding in Clinical practice.

About us

Guy's and St Thomas' Centre for Innovation, Transformation, and Improvement (CITI) was founded in 2021 under the Deputy Chief Executive Officer, who is the Executive Director responsible for leading and implementing the Trust's strategy for innovation and improvement, which encourages the acceleration of new knowledge and capabilities, learns from best practices globally, and supports our staff to continuously deliver improvements in patient care. CITI co-locates multi-faceted teams to provide the focal point for services, staff and clinical innovators seeking to translate ideas,early-stageproducts or improvements into clinical practice. The Centre aims both to incubate and deliver innovations and improvement ideas, projects and programmes, working alongside and for its clinical services and for the benefit of patients

CITI builds on industry best practice in taking innovation from concept to practice, in implementing change and supporting staff make local improvements. It aims to foster a culture of innovation and improvement throughout the Trust.

Patients and communities are fundamental what we do and howwedo it in CITI. Our selection and delivery of work is explicitly linked to improving health equity, inclusion and sustainability. We do this by putting data at the centre of our work and ensuring meaningful patient and public engagement helps shape our priorities and the solutions we help to develop.

Job responsibilities

The role focuses on close collaboration with clinical teams to understand existing workflows and co-develop improved clinical pathways that promote consistency, equity, and effectiveness in care. Acting as a bridge between clinicians and digital transformation teams, it ensures clinical needs are prioritised throughout project development. Leading discussions and workshops, the role drives clinician engagement in designing and implementing best practice workflows aimed at reducing unwarranted variation across pilot areas.

Additionally, the position supports the adoption of digital solutions by coordinating testing and implementation in pilot sites, collecting feedback, and making adjustments to optimise clinical outcomes. It involves ongoing monitoring and evaluation of clinical data to assess the impact of new pathways, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and innovation. The role also provides comprehensive training and change management support to ensure smooth transitions and effective uptake of new workflows and digital tools within clinical teams.

For full information please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification documents attached to the advert.

Person Specification

Education / Qualification / Professional registration

• A degree in a healthcare-related field (e.g. Medicine)
• Evidence of ongoing professional development or postgraduate education relevant to clinical practice or healthcare improvement
• Current Registration with General Medical Council
• Postgraduate qualification in health informatics, digital health, clinical leadership, healthcare management, or quality improvement
• Training or certification in project management (e.g. PRINCE2, Agile) or quality improvement methodologies (e.g. Lean, Six Sigma)

Experience

• Clinical experience in any healthcare specialty or setting (hospital, community, primary care, etc.)
• Experience working within or alongside multidisciplinary clinical teams
• Experience with or exposure to digital health systems (preferably Epic or other EHR platforms)
• Involvement in quality improvement or clinical audit projects
• Participation in clinical transformation, pathway redesign, or service improvement initiatives
• Previous leadership roles (formal or informal) within clinical or project teams

Skills / Abilities

• Strong interest in digital health, clinical transformation, and quality improvement
• Ability to understand and analyse clinical workflows and processes
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage a diverse range of clinical and non-clinical stakeholders
• Confidence to lead meetings, facilitate workshops, and present ideas clearly and persuasively
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities effectively
• Basic understanding of principles of change management and clinical variation
• Ability to work flexibly across clinical and administrative settings, including travel within the Trust as needed
• Capacity to work on-screen for extended periods (e.g., use of Epic, documentation, data analysis)
• Knowledge of digital health innovation, clinical pathway optimisation, or integrated care models
• Familiarity with using data to support decision-making and performance improvement
• Skills in user engagement, co-design methods, or human-centred design
• Competence with data tools or basic analytics (e.g., Excel, dashboards, clinical KPIs)
• Understanding of NHS digital transformation strategy and policy context
• Willingness to adapt work hours occasionally to meet project demands or engage with clinical teams on varying shifts

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

£61,825 to £70,425 a yearper annum pro rata