Senior Clinical Fellow in Adolescent Medicine

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 74,000; Full time

Job summary

A large healthcare institution in Greater London is looking for a Senior Clinical Fellow in Adolescent Medicine. This full-time role involves working with adolescents facing complex conditions and leading a multidisciplinary team. The ideal candidate must have ST6-8 registration, relevant qualifications, and the ability to manage paediatric emergencies. Offering a competitive annual salary of £73,992 plus London weighting, this position comes with further training and teaching opportunities in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Eligible for full GMC registration.
• ST6-8 or equivalent.
• APLS Provider and Instructor.

Responsibilities

• Manage inpatients and outpatients with a range of diagnoses.
• Contribute to teaching medical students and junior doctors.
• Participate in weekly postgraduate meetings and audits.

Skills

Ability to manage all common paediatric emergencies and acute illnesses

Good broad knowledge of paediatrics

Experience working in an adolescent unit

Safeguarding training Level 3

Leadership experience

Education

MRCPCH or equivalent

Postgraduate teaching degree or diploma

Job description

Senior Clinical Fellow in Adolescent Medicine

Closing date: 24 January 2026

We are looking to appoint a full time (1.0 WTE) ST6-8 or equivalent to work in the Adolescent medical team, named Treatment and Rehabilitation of Adolescents with Complex Conditions Service (TRACCS) within UCLH's Paediatric and Adolescent Medicine Division. This post is from March 2026 for 6 months.

Our Adolescent Service is recognised as a leading example at a national level and the inpatient unit is the largest in Europe. As part of the team you would work with the four consultants, registrar and SHO to see patients in clinics, day care and the adolescent ward. Outpatients often suffer from fatigue, pain, conditions such as ME/CFS/post COVID condition/FND, medically unexplained conditions and both physical and emotional difficulties. The adolescent unit has a mix of patients under different teams as well as the adolescent team who looks after young people with complex conditions as above for example affecting both physical and emotional health. There are many opportunities for working with multidisciplinary team colleagues and gaining subspeciality experience e.g. gastro/rheumatology/gynaecology.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will form an integral member of the Adolescent medicine and TRACCS (Treatment and rehabilitation of complex conditions team). They will take a senior role within the team and be responsible for helping look after inpatients, day care patients and outpatients with a range of diagnoses including CFS/ME, medically unexplained symptoms, FND and other complex conditions. The post holder will support the junior medical team and MDT. The post holder will have responsibility for ongoing care of chronic cases and general overview of activity on a busy adolescent ward. It is expected that the applicant will gain a wide exposure to adolescent medicine and other conditions as well as safeguarding and complexities in adolescent care.

The post holder will contribute to the teaching of medical students and junior doctors. He/she will participate in the weekly postgraduate meetings of the paediatric department as well as audit, governance and training meetings. He/she will contribute to the teaching programme for the paediatric SHOs. The post holder will contribute regularly to undergraduate teaching and will be asked to tutor small groups of students.

The postholder will be a key member of the MDT planning and guiding individualised care for each CYP. Communicate complex information in skilled and sensitive manner with a specialist caseload of young people which may be highly emotive.

About us

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world‑class research.

We provide first‑class acute and specialist services across eight sites: University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing), National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals, University College Hospital Grafton Way Building, Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine, University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre, The Hospital for Tropical Diseases, University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street.

We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women's health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.

We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.

Job responsibilities

For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.

Please note, due to anticipated high volumes of applications, this vacancy may close earlier than the listed closing date. You are advised not to delay submitting your completed application.

We are passionate about providing excellent clinical care for young people alongside the best training opportunities. You would join a highly motivated team at the cutting edge of both service development and academic research. The department has received positive feedback for the many training opportunities offered both in clinical and non‑clinical areas including leadership and management skills.

Although there is no out‑of‑hours commitment there will be opportunities to take part in an on‑call rota if interested (ST4+ rota which is a 10‑person full shift rota).

You will benefit from innovative and high‑quality training, supervision and support for QI and educational initiatives, including simulation. You will need excellent communication, team‑working and clinical skills and lots of enthusiasm!

Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*

*UCLH top trust to work at in England - In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England for the third year in a row.

UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff. To find out more, visit: Flexible working.

To discover more about what makes UCLH a great place to work, visit: Why Choose UCLH?

Person Specification

Knowledge and Qualifications

• Eligible for full GMC registration
• ST6-8
• MRCPCH or equivalent
• APLS Provider
• APLS Instructor

Experience

• Broad experience in general and emergency paediatrics including ED, inpatient, acute ambulatory and outpatient settings
• Safeguarding training Level 3
• Experience working in an adolescent unit
• Experience in safeguarding
• Previous leadership role

Clinical skills and knowledge

• Ability to manage all common paediatric emergencies and acute illnesses
• Good broad knowledge of paediatrics
• Knowledge and experience of local and national safeguarding policies
• Experience in simulation training and learning
• Sexual health training
• Contraceptive training
• Mental health training
• Ethics training
• Postgraduate teaching degree or diploma
• Completion of simulation training [faculty development programme]

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.

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£73,992 a year per annum + London weighting