Clinical Fellow ST3+

North Bristol NHS Trust; Bristol; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in the UK is seeking a Clinical Fellow for a 6-month fixed term role. The successful candidate will engage in ward, outpatient, and theatre duties, particularly in trauma and elective plastic surgeries. This position offers opportunities for professional development and rotation to the Bristol Children's Hospital. Candidates should possess an MBBS, registration with the GMC, and relevant postgraduate experience. This role is vital for delivering excellent healthcare services in the region.

Benefits

Excellent training opportunities

Participation in GMC approved training

Qualifications

• Minimum 4 years postgraduate experience in UK hospital systems.
• Plastic surgery experience at ST2 level or above required.
• Must possess good interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Cover ward, out-patients, and theatre duties.
• Participate in the on-call rota for the department.
• Engage with trauma and elective plastic surgery.

Skills

Experience in audit projects

Good written and verbal communication skills

Ability to lead a team

Willingness to undertake teaching

Education

MBBS

Full Registration with the GMC

Job description

North Bristol NHS Trust is the largest Trust in the South West region and one of the largest trusts in the country. Last year the Trust treated over 100,000 inpatients, over 35,000 outpatients, 90,000 emergency department patients and helped deliver over 6,000 babies. It employs more than 9,500 staff, has approximately 1,050 inpatient beds and income in excess of £540 million (2015-2016).

The Trust provides Medical, Surgical, Neonatal and Maternity Care for its local population of approximately a million people in Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset. The Trust also provides sub regional, regional and supra regional services in Neurosciences, Orthopaedics, Pathology, Plastic Surgery and Burns, Renal Medicine and Transplant and Urology and is the Major Trauma Centre for the West Country.

The health service in Bristol, North Somerset, and South Gloucestershire is being remodelled to concentrate on acute facilities and where appropriate to provide more care close to patient homes through a network community hospitals and facilities. The Trust currently delivers these services from a new hospital on the Southmead site that opened in May 2014. At Southmead Hospital, we also have our excellent maternity and women's health services, the Bristol Breast Care Centre and the Trust's Severn Pathology Service.

The Trust has University Teaching status and is associated with both the University of Bristol and the University of the West of England.

Main duties of the job

The Clinical Fellow (ST3+/SpR Level) is for a fixed term period of 6 months.

Clinical commitments are at Southmead or the Bristol Children's Hospital.

This is a very busy department. The successful candidate will be exposed to trauma as well as elective plastic surgery procedures. The department deals with hand and lower limb trauma as well as facial soft injury tissues. We are the Paediatric Burns Centre and Regional Burns Unit for the South West. The Cleft Lip and Palate unit is located at the Bristol Children's Hospital.

The job will cover ward, out-patients and theatre duties.

There will be a rotation to the Bristol Children Hospital and will cover all aspects of Paediatric Plastic Surgery except Hypospadias Surgery currently performed by Paediatric Urologists.

This role will be part of the on‑call rota for the department.

About us

North Bristol NHS Trust employs over 12,000 staff providing healthcare to the residents of Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset from our award‑winning hospital building at Southmead. We are the regional Major Trauma Centre, and an internationally recognised centre of excellence in a range of services and major specialities and we are part of the Bristol NHS Group.

Recognised as the Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff at the Nursing Times Workforce Summit and Awards 2025, our vision is that by enabling our teams to be the best that they can be, we will provide exceptional healthcare, personally delivered.

North Bristol NHS Trust values all people as individuals. We aim to be an anti‑discriminatory organisation and are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We welcome applicants from all underrepresented groups.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.

Person Specification

Education/Training/Qualifications

• Essential: MBBS
• Full Registration with the GMC with license to practice
• Evidence of recent CME / reasonable training progression at this stage of career

• Desirable: Higher academic qualification (e.g. MD or MS)

Knowledge and Skills

• Essential: Experience in audit projects
• Willingness to undertake teaching of medical under‑graduates and postgraduates

• Desirable: Proven teaching ability
• Willingness to undertake further research

Work Experience

• Essential: Recent experience and familiarity of UK hospital systems and practices (or equivalent)
• Minimum of 4 years postgraduate experience including 2 years as SHO in an approved training post, or equivalent. Part of this period may be in a post of equivalent responsibility and training potential
• Plastic surgery experience at ST2 level or above

Personal Qualities

• Essential: Good written and verbal communication skills
• Good verbal communication skills, the ability to communicate with patients, colleagues and staff at all levels
• Ability to gain the trust and confidence of colleagues and patients
• Ability to lead a team and form effective working relationships within a team

• Desirable: Ability to inspire, motivate and develop junior medical staff

Employer details

Employer name

North Bristol NHS Trust

Address

Southmead Hospital
Bristol
BS10 5NB