Senior Clinical Fellow (ST4+) - Paediatric Infectious Diseases

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Tooting; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK healthcare provider is seeking a Senior Clinical Fellow in Paediatric Infectious Diseases, responsible for Registrar-level duties. This full-time position involves participating in audits, service improvements, and providing comprehensive care in the PID Unit. Candidates must have a Medical Degree and GMC registration, with substantial experience in Pediatrics and PID. The role emphasizes teamwork and effective communication, contributing to a dedicated clinical team focused on quality improvement.

Qualifications

• Broad experience in Paediatrics expected.
• Experience in Paediatric Infectious Diseases needed.
• Involvement in research projects required.

Responsibilities

• Carry out all duties of a Paediatric Infectious Diseases Registrar.
• Participate in academic meetings and service improvement projects.
• Ensure confidentiality and comply with Health and Safety Regulations.

Skills

Willingness to contribute to management

Ability to assist in clinical audit

Computer literacy

Good communication skills

Organizational skills

Motivation

Education

Medical Degree

Full registration with GMC

MRCP or MRCPCH or equivalent

Teaching Qualifications

Job description

Senior Clinical Fellow (ST4+) - Paediatric Infectious Diseases

The closing date is 10 December 2025

12 month fixed term Clinical Fellow in Paediatric Infectious Diseases - Target start date January 2026

This is a full time post providing Registrar level cover for the department.

The successful applicant will be expected to carry out all duties of a Paediatric Infectious Diseases (PID) Registrar, participating in all the activities of the PID Unit.

Main duties of the job

St George's Hospital provides the in-patient service for PID with a dedicated ward, Pinckney ward as well as any other inpatient in Paediatrics with any infectious or immunological concern. The PID unit also provides a general PID clinic as well as specialised clinics in HIV, TB, congenital infections, immunodeficiencies and vaccinology and fungal infections. There is an extensive outreach PID support to all District General Hospitals within South West London as well as within Surrey as a consult advice service. There is also a strong antimicrobial stewardship service and pOPAT (Paediatric Outpatient Parenteral Antimicobial Therapy) provision. The PID unit works closely with the Microbiology team, with dedicated MDTs with them, as well as with the Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care Units, Radiology and colleagues with Evelina London Childrens Hospital. The PID fellow will participate in all the above activities. The PID unit has also a strong governance and research foundations and encourages our PID fellows to participate in audits, service improvement projects and to strength their research profile as we have a link with the Centre for Neonatal and Paediatric Infection (CNPI) at St. George's University of London (SGUL).

About us

St Georges Healthcare NHS Trust is one of the largest healthcare units in the United Kingdom accommodating around 1170 beds and treating around 80,000 inpatient and day cases, and over 300,000 outpatients annually. It provides general acute services together with specialty services including neurosciences, cardiothoracic, and specialist children's services.

The department has its own outpatient's area, child development centre and occupies 5 wards comprising 71 inpatient and daycase beds which are used for children with both medical and surgical conditions including ENT and Ophthalmology, along with 10 Paediatric Intensive Care beds. There are 50 consultants and a fully staffed compliant middle grade and ST rota, composed of grid trainees, regional trainees, fellows and F1 doctors.

Job responsibilities

• The successful applicant will be expected to carry out all duties of a PaediatricInfectiousDiseasesRegistrar,with no out of hours activities.
• To participate in the differentacademic meetings in theunit.
• To participate in theregular programme of audits and service improvement.
• To have responsibility for the Health, Safety and Welfare of self and others and to comply at all times with the requirement of the Health and Safety Regulations.
• To ensure confidentiality at all times, only releasing confidential information obtained during the course of employment to those acting in an official capacity in accordance with the provisions of the Data Protection Act and its amendments.
• To work in accordance with the Trusts Equal Opportunities policy to eliminate unlawful discrimination in relation to employment and service delivery.
• To ensure skills are up-to-date and relevant to the role, to follow relevant Trust policies and professional codes and to maintain registration where this is a requirement of the role.
• To comply with Georges Healthcare No Smoking Policies.
• To undertake such duties as may be required from time to time as are consistent with the responsibilities of the grade and the needs of the service.

Person Specification

qualifications + Training

• Full registration with GMC
• MRCP or MRCPCH or equivalent
• Medical Degree
• Teaching Qualifications

Experience

• Broad experience in Paediatrics
• Experience in Paed Infectious Diseases
• Experience of research projects

Skills

• Willingness to contribute to management
• Be willing to assist in the development audit and of an affective clinical audit programme
• To be computer literate

Personal

• Ability to work as a member of a team
• Evidence of good communication skills
• Evidence of organization and motivation

Knowledge

• To have an understanding of the basic principles of clinical governance
• To be committed to building a framework for monitoring and improving clinical quality
• To build a clinical practice which is evidence based

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.

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust