Resident Doctor ST3/4 (MN37) - Virtual Hospital | West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust; Watford; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider is looking for a Clinical Fellow (ST3+ level) in Digital Medicine to oversee virtual hospital pathways and remote patient monitoring. This full-time, fixed-term 12-month position allows for remote work, engaging significantly with stakeholders and enhancing care delivery. Candidates will also have opportunities for research and postgraduate qualifications. Effective communication and IT skills are essential for this role.

Qualifications

• Ability to deliver virtual pathways for acute care.
• Experience in engaging with stakeholders.
• Proficiency in remote patient management.

Responsibilities

• Deliver and maintain virtual hospital pathways.
• Communicate with senior colleagues and stakeholders.
• Partake in emergency department huddles.
• Enhance patient linkage with specialist services.
• Review current technology with industry partners.
• Engage in significant research opportunities.
• Support weekend cover for the virtual hospital.

Skills

Communication of complex information

Remote patient monitoring

Research engagement

Team collaboration

IT/data literacy

Job description

Overview

Clinical Fellow (ST3+ level) post in Digital Medicine, remote monitoring and Virtual Hospital Medicine. Full‑time, fixed‑term 12‑month role, remote work possible.

Responsibilities

• Deliver and maintain virtual hospital pathways for acute care wards.
• Communicate complex, sensitive, or contentious information (written and verbal) with senior colleagues, executives, and external stakeholders.
• Participate in case finding, attending emergency department daily huddles, daily board rounds, review patients remotely, and bring patients up to the hospital for in‑person reviews.
• Enhance the link between patients on outlier wards with the virtual hospital team and specialist services, reviewing in‑patients for potential onboarding.
• Link with industry partners to review current technology and remote patient monitoring solutions, and anticipate future developments.
• Engage in significant research opportunities for IT/data‑literate trainees, including monitoring streams for key physiological parameters from >1000 discharged patients.
• Encourage pursuit of affiliated postgraduate qualifications and engagement with the Faculty of Clinical Informatics.
• Support consultants in providing weekend cover for the virtual hospital (x1 weekend/month).

Contact and EEO

Disability support: [e-mail]. Service leaver, veteran, military reserve, cadet force adult volunteer, or partner/spouse of those serving: tick “Member of the Armed Forces Community” on the application form.

Advert closes 22 Jan 2026.