Junior Clinical Fellow in Plastic Surgery

Integrated Care System; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent NHS Trust in London is hiring a Junior Clinical Fellow in Plastic Surgery. This fixed-term position offers 40 hours per week and excellent training opportunities to advance towards a registrar level. Candidates must have GMC registration and comprehensive clinical experience in surgical placements. The role involves providing care, training junior staff, and contributing to educational activities.

Benefits

Excellent training opportunities

Dynamic team environment

Qualifications

• Completion of FY1 and FY2 competencies or equivalent.
• Experience at Trust appointed FY3 level doctor in one or more related specialty.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the provision of services to the trust, including diagnosis and treatment.
• Responsible for the training and direction of junior staff.
• Expected to contribute to the teaching of undergraduate and postgraduate students.

Skills

Comprehensive clinical experience in surgical placements

Experience working in the NHS or similar healthcare system

Evidence of participation in audit projects

Experience of undergraduate teaching and postgraduate training

Education

GMC Registration

Other relevant postgraduate qualifications or equivalent

Job description

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

Junior Clinical Fellow in Plastic Surgery

The closing date is 10 August 2025

GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

JUNIOR CLINICAL FELLOW IN PLASTIC SURGERY - Posts available in August 2025 & October 2025.

2x - August 2025

2x - October 2025

Full Time- 40 hours per week

Fixed Term Posts - 6 months with the possibility of extension.

Please be sure not to delay the submission of your application and to register your interest as soon as possible. This vacancy may be closed early if sufficient applications are received.

Main duties of the job

The department of Plastic Surgery is seeking a number of Clinical Fellows (SHO equivalent) to join a dynamic, enthusiastic and forward-thinking team. The department is currently involved in a number of exciting initiatives and are looking for an individual with appropriate skills to complement this team and help keep the service in the forefront of clinical and academic excellence.

This post offers excellent training opportunities with a view to progress your career to registrar level if we consider you have the appropriate experience.

About us

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust is made up of two of London's best known teaching hospitals and employs over 13,650 staff and has over 2 million patient contacts a year. Our annual turnover is now £1.3 billion.As part of the King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Network (KHP AHSN), the Trust works closely with King's College London, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust in collaborative research and joint working initiatives.There are 27 substantive consultants and within the Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery department offering a general plastic surgery service as well as specialist services in breast reconstruction, Head and Neck reconstruction surgery, skin cancer, paediatrics, congenital hand deformity and epidermolysis bullosa. In addition there is a full time commitment to the AHSN's trauma service including hand injuries, soft tissue repair and trauma reconstruction in collaboration with the Major Trauma Centre based at King's College Hospital. The team also supports Gynaecology, Colorectal and General Surgical cases with consultants from the other specialties across GSTT.

Job responsibilities

Clinical:

The postholder will, together with colleagues, be responsible for the provision of services to the Guys & St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust to include:

• Diagnosis and treatment of patients of the trust in such hospitals, health centres or clinics or other premises as required.
• Continuing clinical responsibility for the patients in your charge, allowing for all proper delegation to, and training of, your staff.

Training of junior staff:

The postholder will take responsibility for the training and direction of junior staff allocated to him/her under aegis of the training plan that that postholder has agreed with their supervising consultant.

Teaching:

The postholder will be expected to contribute as appropriate in the teaching of undergraduate and postgraduate students.

Clinical Governance:

All medical and dental staff are expected to take part in clinical governance activity, including clinical audit, clinical guideline and protocol development and clinical risk management. They will be expected to produce evidence of their contribution in these areas and their audit of their own clinical work as part of their appraisal.

Educational Programme:

Neither the London Deanery nor the Royal College accredits this post for postgraduate training. However the postholder will be expected to attend and contribute to educational activities e.g. departmental meetings, x-ray meetings, pathology meetings, multidisciplinary meetings, journal clubs etc.

All medical and dental staff are required to undertake appraisal.

Study Leave will be granted at the discretion of the Clinical Lead.

Funding for CPD will be equivalent to that of the appropriate Training post.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• GMC Registration
• Other relevant postgraduate qualifications or equivalent

Clinical Skills

• Comprehensive clinical experience in surgical placements
• Completion of FY1 and FY2 competencies or equivalent
• Experience working in the NHS or similar health care system
• Experience at Trust appointed FY3 level doctor in one or more related specialty

Professional Development

• Evidence of participation in audit projects
• Experience of undergraduate teaching and post graduate training
• Evidence of participation in management and/or leadership
• Evidence of National and/or international presentations
• Evidence of publications

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