Senior Clinical Fellow in Paediatrics

Enherts Tr; Stevenage; Remote; GBP 61,000 - 74,000; Full time

Job summary

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust is offering a fixed-term Senior Clinical Fellow in the Neonatal department at the Lister Hospital, Stevenage. The post is full-time (40 hours per week) and rotates between General Paediatrics and Neonates, with outpatient clinics under supervision.

The appointee will join a large, supportive team, participate in teaching and audits, and supervise junior trainees, with opportunities to contribute to patient care in the NICU/SCBU and labour ward.

Qualifications

• Hold a current licence to practice from the GMC.
• Advanced Paediatric Life Support certificate or equivalent.
• MRCPCH (Member of Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health).
• Experience of audit and clinical governance.
• Ability to teach clinical skills and supervise trainees.

Responsibilities

• Manage neonatal patients and oversee care in NICU/SCBU.
• Deliver care to newborns across neonatal services and labour ward.
• Assess referred babies and review protocols as part of the team.
• Participate in outpatient clinics under consultant supervision.
• Engage in teaching, audits, and educational activities.
• Rotate between General Paediatrics and Neonates as required.
• Attend to flexible service needs and contribute to governance.

Skills

Clinical governance

Teaching ability

Supervising trainees

Decision making

Patient safety

Education

MRCPCH

GMC licence

APLS

Job description

NHS Medical & Dental: Senior Clinical Fellow

Main area Neonates Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Senior Clinical Fellow Contract Fixed term: 1 year (FTC) Hours Full time - 40 hours per week Job ref 361-M&D-8355229

Site Lister Hospital Town Stevenage Salary £67,325 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 22/11/2026 23:59

Here at East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

Our mission is: Providing high-quality, compassionate care for our communities

Our vision to 2030 is: To be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service

Our values - We want our staff to believe in, demonstrate and live our values in everything we do. Our values are:

Include We value the diversity and experience of our community colleagues and partners, creating relationships and climates that provide an opportunity to share, collaborate and grow together.

Respect We create a safe environment where we are curious of the lived experience of others, seek out best practice and are open to listening and hearing new ideas.

Improve We are committed to consistently delivering excellent services and continuously looking to improve through a creative workforce that feels empowered to act in service of our shared purpose.

Job overview

We have 1 fixed term (maternity cover) Senior Clinical Fellow post in the Neonatal department. The post is full time and the post holder will be working in a busy hospital and large team. This is an excellent opportunity within Paediatrics at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust. The appointee will join the Neonatal team at middle grade level, rotating between General Paediatrics and Neonates. The appointee will take part in outpatient clinics under the supervision of the consultant team and supervise the work of the junior trainees.

Main duties of the job

• Managing neonatal patients throughout their hospital stay
• Delivering care to Newborns in the Neonatal Services
• Delivering care to the NICU/SCBU, labour ward & post-natal
• Assessment of referred babies
• The review of all babies as needed
• Review of protocols as part of the team
• The appointee will be expected to work flexible across the service as required, as and when service needs change
• To take part in outpatient clinics under the supervision of the Consultant Paediatricians
• To participate in the department's teaching, audit and educational activities

Working for our organisation

At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

In the paragraphs above you have read an overview about the role we would like to offer and general information about main duties of the post holder. Please see attached job description which describes in full details the duties, responsibilities and reporting relationships of the advertising role.

Qualifications

• Hold a current licence to practice from the General Medical Council
• Advanced Paediatric Life Support Certificate or equivalent
• MRCPCH (Member of Royal college of Paediatrics and Child Health)

Knowledge

• Experience of audit

Experience

• Experience of working in paediatrics and neonates at least for 3 years
• Competencies equivalent to completion of ST3 (Registrar) in Paediatrics
• Recognition of and ability to undertake the initial management of an acutely ill patient
• Ability to apply sound clinical knowledge and judgement to problems
• NHS experience

Fitness to Practice

• Up to date and fit to practice safely and aware of own training needs
• Evidence of engagement with appraisal and revalidation

Skills

• Able to evidence engagement with clinical governance and the identification of errors and the learning from errors
• Able to show situational awareness and application of good decision making
• Can evidence leading on patient safety issues and achieving a change in practice
• Experience of supervising undergraduates, doctors in training and other colleagues
• Ability to teach clinical skills
• Experience in organising educational activities

Other Requirements

• Understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion
• Role model our Trust values every day

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Secondments/Fixed term

If the vacancy becomes permanent towards the end of the specified duration, the successful applicant may not be required to re-apply and can be slotted into the role on a permanent basis if appropriate.

If you are an internal applicant applying for a temporary working arrangement, please see the attached notes on secondments.

Committed to our Community

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion for all job applicants, staff, patients and the wider community. We want to create a workforce which represents the communities we serve. We are on a journey to become a more inclusive organisation and we welcome applications from everyone regardless of their background. In particular we encourage applications from candidates with disabilities, and candidates from Black, Asian and Minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds who are currently under-represented in various parts of our workforce .

We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to support flexible working for our staff wherever possible and all our employees are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and achieved our status in 2019.

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We are committed to being a carer-friendly environment, addressing the complex needs of families with caring responsibilities. In partnership with Carers in Hertfordshire, all our working carers have access to support from recruitment. We are also a member of Carers UK, providing resources to make balancing work and caring easier. Our approach is inclusive, recognizing diverse challenges and creating a supportive environment where carers feel valued.

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