Junior Clinical Fellow in Stroke

North Bristol NHS Trust; Bristol; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Join the dynamic stroke team at North Bristol NHS Trust as a Junior Clinical Fellow, a fixed-term role for 4 months starting December 2025. This position involves working alongside a multidisciplinary team to deliver excellent stroke care in a major Regional Neurosciences Centre, requiring UK residency and relevant qualifications.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years postgraduate experience in a foundation programme or equivalent.
• Evidence of recent CME and training progression.
• Experience in teaching demonstrated.

Responsibilities

• Work on Hyperacute Stroke Unit and Acute Stroke Unit.
• Participation in out of hours on call rota.
• Support senior team in acute bleep holding.

Skills

Communication

Teaching

Audit project experience

Education

MBBS or equivalent

Working towards MRCP

Job description

This is a great opportunity to join the growing and dynamic stroke team at North Bristol NHS Trust, and we are seeking a Junior Clinical Fellow to start with us in December 2025. This post is fixed-term for 4 months.

We have a great team of junior doctor trainees, Physician Associates, and Advanced Nurse Practitioners who work alongside the multidisciplinary team of therapists in delivering excellent stroke care.

The Stroke Department at Southmead Hospital is a major part of the Regional Neurosciences Centre. It provides all in-patient specialist stroke services including:

• 24hr acute thrombolysis
• Hyperacute and acute stroke care
• 24/7 Thrombectomy service

Main duties of the job

This role will involve working on the Hyperacute Stroke Unit, the Acute Stroke Unit and supporting the senior team in acute bleep holding. Participation in the Neurosciences out of hours on call rota will be required (overnight and weekends).

About us

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 350,000 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.

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 regional services in neurosciences, orthopaedics, pathology, plastic surgery and burns, renal medicine and transplant and urology and is the major trauma centre and thrombectomy centre for the Severn Network.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description for more information regarding the role. If you would like to speak to a current junior doctor working in stroke please contact [e-mail]

Please note that unfortunately North Bristol NHS Trust is not able to offer relocation allowance/expenses for this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• MBBS or equivalent

Desirable

• Working towards MRCP

Experience

Essential

• Minimum of 2 years postgraduate experience in a foundation programme approved training post, or equivalent, with evidence of achieving foundation competencies

Knowledge

Essential

• Evidence of recent CME/ reasonable training progression at this stage of career
• Experience in audit project and write up

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Evidence of the ability to communicate with patients, colleagues and staff at all levels

Teaching

Essential

• Experience in teaching demonstrated

Desirable

• Proven track record in research

Employer details

Employer name

North Bristol NHS Trust

Address

Southmead Hospital

Bristol

BS10 5NB

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