Job summary
- Main area
- Paediatric Respiratory
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Clinical Fellow
- Contract
- 12 months (fixed term)
- Hours
- 40 hours per week (Full time - 40 hours)
- Job ref
- 196-MED4854
- Employer
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Evelina London Children's Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £55,329 - £63,152 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Clinical Fellow in Paediatric Respiratory
NHS Medical & Dental: Clinical Fellow
Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.
Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.
The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.
We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.
Job overview
GUY’S AND ST. THOMAS’ HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
Evelina London Children's Hospital
JOB TITLE: Clinical Fellow (Middle/Senior Grade) in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine
GRADE: Clinical Fellow
HOURS: Full-Time
RESPONSIBLE TO: Head of Children’s Services
ACCOUNTABLE TO: Head of Service, Paediatric Respiratory
An opportunity has arisen for a Clinical Fellow in Paediatric Respiratory at the Evelina London Children's Hospital.
The post holder will participate on the out of hours on call rota (including nights and weekends). Daytime working will be based at the Evelina London Children’s Hospital, a regional centre for Paediatric services in the South East of England. All Fellow posts are clinical appointments, but embedded in departments with a strong academic record, and development of a research interest will be encouraged.
Main duties of the job
As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.
- To provide clinical care to respiratory, sleep and ventilation and complex airway in-patients and out-patients at Evelina London Children Hospital.
- To participate in clinical and other service activities with the object of ensuring a high standard of patient care.
- To take an active part in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training.
- To contribute to the management of the clinical service and service development.
Key Relationships
Head of Service for Paediatric Respiratory, Matron, Consultants and Junior Medical Staff, Nursing Staff, Clinical Nurse Specialists, Allied Health Professionals, Administrative and Clerical Support Staff, Professional and Technical staff, Service Manager.
Working for our organisation
Evelina London is part of Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and we are responsible for providing services for women and children. With over 3,000 dedicated staff, and led by an Executive Team and Board, we have significant devolved autonomy to focus operationally and strategically upon the needs of our patients. We also benefit from being part of a large and successful NHS foundation trust, whose values we share. We have an ambitious strategic development programme, with backing from Guy’s and St Thomas’.
Every year, the number of children and young people Evelina London cares for, in hospital and in the community, continues to grow. We provide comprehensive health services from pre-conception, before birth, throughout childhood and into adult life for children, young people and for women from London, South East England, and – for some rare conditions – around the UK and the world.
As the only NHS Trust in London with women’s and specialist children’s services on one site we have unique opportunities to provide excellent, high-quality, integrated care for mothers, babies and children. We operate through four clinical directorates: Neonatology and Medical Specialties, Surgical Services, Theatres and Paediatric Intensive Care, Children’s Community Services and Women’s Services.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Clinical Responsibilities
Based at Evelina London Children’ Hospital (St Thomas’ Site):
There is currently a team of 8 middle grade doctors (5 ST6-8, 3 Clinical Fellows) including this post sharing the cover for general paediatrics and paediatric subspecialties part of general paediatric team: paediatric respiratory, infectious diseases/immunology, endocrine, gastroenterology, haematology at the St Thomas’s site. Daytime work is based in paediatric respiratory medicine inpatient and outpatient, whilst out-of-hours work includes evenings and weekend daytime cover for general paediatrics under the guidance of a general paediatric consultant on-call.
Person specification
Professional Qualifications
Essential criteria
- GMC Registration
- MRCPCH or equivalent
Clinical Skills
Essential criteria
- Previous Paediatric experience at ST3+ level
Desirable criteria
- Experience in Paediatric respiratory
- Previous paediatric experience at ST6+ level
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to work as an effective member of a multidisciplinary team.
- Child protection and paediatric life support training (APLS/EPLS or equivalent).
Research
Essential criteria
- Understanding of the principles and applications of clinical research.
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of original research.
- Publications in peer review journals.
Other
Essential criteria
- Evidence of understanding of and adherence to the principles of Good Medical Practice set out by the General Medical Council.
- Evidence of contribution to effective clinical audit and clinical risk management.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Elliott Davis
- Job title
- Consultant in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
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