Core Clinical Fellow General Medicine (St1-2)

Frimley Health Nhs Foundation Trust; Slough; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Trust Doctor (ST1 equivalent) to provide general medicine care at Frimley Park Hospital with 3 rotations across several subspecialties. You will work with supportive consultants, SPRs, and rotate alongside FY2s, CMTs and GPST1s. A study leave budget and supervision are provided.

The post offers a 12-month fixed-term contract with responsibilities including on-call nights and weekends as per the new contract. UK Registration is required.

Qualifications

• MBBS or equivalent essential.
• Full GMC Registration essential.
• Satisfactory PRHO/F1 post completion essential.
• MRCP or working towards MRCP is desirable.
• Previous SHO level or general medicine experience desirable.

Responsibilities

• Rotations through general medicine including subspecialties; on-call nights and weekends may be required.
• Rotas and shifts align with Hospital medical and dental staff contract.

Skills

Clinical governance

Audit in clinical practice

Patient confidentiality

Education

MBBS or equivalent

GMC Registration

PRHO/F1 posts completed

Job description

Job summary

As a general medicine Trust Doctor (ST1 equivalent) you will provide care for medical patients at Frimley Park Hospital. With 3 rotations through several subspecialties in medicine including Older Peoples Medicine, Respiratory, Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Cardiology, Acute medicine and Rheumatology in a year. As an acute hospital community service for a population of 900,000 you can gain a breadth of experience, knowledge, and skill in general medicine.

With passionate and skilled consultants providing teaching board rounds daily in areas across a range of specialities within medicine, you will be well supported. Our dedicated SPR's provide additional support, whilst you rotate through the same posts as FY2s, CMTs and GPST1s.

You would be entitled to study leave budget and study leave and will also be allocated a Clinical and Educational Supervisor.

Frimley Park Hospital offer regular educational meetings including medical unit departmental teaching meetings, a monthly academic half day and weekly grand rounds.

Main duties of the job

These are good posts to gain experience in general medicine to help decide what future career path you might take. Previous post holders have gone on to CMT rotations, specialty trainees rotations and GP training schemes. The rota may include on call cover for nights and weekends and is compliant with the new contract.

About us

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

Details

• Closing date: 08 November 2026
• Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff
• Grade: Doctor - other
• Salary: £55,355 a year Per Annum
• Contract: Fixed term
• Duration: 12 months
• Working pattern: Full-time
• Reference number: 151-WPHCCF-40
• Job locations: Wexham Park Hospital, Wexham Street, Slougfh, SL2 4HL, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

A full Job description and Person specification is attached to this vacancy. Please be aware: if there is a large number of applicants the vacancy may be closed before the stated date.

Person Specification

Professional/Specialist/Functional - Essential

• Understands the principles of patient confidentiality and data protection
• Understands the need for and appreciates the role of audit in clinical practice
• Understands the principles of clinical governance - ensures patients are not put at risk
• Understanding of the basic principles of research
• Satisfactory completion of PRHO/ F1 posts (or equivalent certified evidence of competence) at the time of taking up post

Professional/Specialist/Functional - Desirable

• Distinctions, scholarships, prizes
• Other work experience/outside interests
• Computer Literate
• Understands the importance and impact of information systems in healthcare
• Previous experience at SHO level or equivalent in general medicine
• Has participated in clinical audit
• Previous research experience

Qualifications/Experience - Essential

• MBBS or equivalent
• Satisfactory completion of PRHO/ F1 posts (or equivalent certified evidence of competence) at the time of taking up post
• Examples show applicant understands the principles of clinical governance - ensures patients are not put at risk
• Full GMC Registration

Qualifications/Experience - Desirable

• MRCP or working towards MRCP
• Previous experience at SHO level or equivalent in general medicine
• Experience of collecting, analysing and presenting data orally and in writing

Competencies - Essential

• Keeps professional knowledge and skills up to date
• Evidence of Competence in basic procedures eg CPR, infection control, physical examination, history taking etc
• Examples of awareness of own limitations, consulting senior colleagues appropriately and knows when to ask for help

Competencies - Desirable

• 12 months NHS experience
• Evidence of leadership qualities (not necessarily in medicine)
• Other work experience/outside interests

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website. From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had 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) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details

Employer name: Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address: Wexham Park Hospital, Wexham Street, Slougfh, SL2 4HL, United Kingdom

Employer's website: https://www.fhft.nhs.uk/

Contact

For questions about the job, contact: Consultant Dr Alonge, [e-mail], 03006133947

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