Senior Clinical Fellow - Plastic Surgery | Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in London is seeking a Senior Clinical Fellow to join its Plastic Surgery Department. This fixed-term role involves managing patients independently, leading ward rounds, and coordinating trauma lists. Candidates should have experience at the senior level (ST3+) and a strong motivation for a career in Plastic Surgery. This position offers unique research and audit opportunities in a well-rated trust with state-of-the-art facilities.

Qualifications

• Senior level (ST3+) clinical experience required.
• Motivation for a career in Plastic Surgery needed.
• Experience in hands, burns and craniofacial surgery is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily morning ward round, handover and junior supervision.
• Coordination of trauma lists and operating lists.
• Responsibility for pre and post-operative care of emergency patients.

Skills

Ability to manage patients

Independence during emergency calls

Motivation for Plastic Surgery

Job description

Overview

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital are looking to recruit a Senior Clinical Fellow to join the Plastic Surgery Department. The post is available as a fixed term contract. We require a self-motivated, career-focused professional who can demonstrate dedication to an on-going career within Plastic Surgery. The appointed person will be required to work fully within the department, and take advantage of the opportunities available to undertake audit or other research opportunities that the Department presents. The post holder will work at the Senior level (ST3+), and therefore must have the clinical skills to manage patients and operate independently, particularly within the context of emergency on-calls. This post will sit on the 2002 doctors agreement, and would be a good fit for an individual who is seeking further experience to progress to ST3 appointment or similar, offering invaluable experience within the key specialty areas of hands, burns and craniofacial surgery.

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provide services from two main hospitals: Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital, and a number of clinics across London and the South-East. We have nearly 7,000 members of staff who are PROUD to Care for nearly one million people. Both hospitals provide full clinical services, including full maternity, emergency and children’s services, in addition to a range of community-based services across London, such as award-winning sexual health and HIV clinics.

We’re one of the best performing Trusts in the country and one of the top trusts to work for – our staff say they’re engaged, motivated, and would recommend us as a place to work and receive treatment. Our Trust has been rated by the Care Quality Commission as ‘Good’ in all five main domains of safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led, giving us an overall rating of ‘Good’. We’ve also been awarded an ‘Outstanding’ rating for ‘use of resources’ by an NHS Improvement inspection. Our facilities are some of the best in the country, with significant capital investment in our estate. We have recently completed a £30m expansion of our adult and neonatal critical care facilities at Chelsea and Westminster and are planning an ambitious £60m development of an Ambulatory Diagnostics Centre at West Middlesex.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily morning ward round, handover and junior supervision
• Lead evening ward rounds and hand over with night staff when on call
• Coordination of the trauma lists
• Hand trauma / Plastic Surgery trauma operating lists
• Assisting Consultants with operating theatre lists on request
• On-call (Registrar on-call rota)
• Attending out-patient clinics on request
• Responsibility for the pre and post-operative care of all patients admitted as emergencies and under the team

Qualifications / Experience

• Senior level (ST3+) clinical experience with the ability to manage patients and operate independently, particularly in emergency on-calls
• Evidence of motivation for a career in Plastic Surgery and willingness to undertake audit or research opportunities
• Experience in the key specialty areas of hands, burns and craniofacial surgery would be advantageous

Additional information

This advert closes on Wednesday 8 Oct 2025