Job summary
- Main area
- Senior Clinical Fellow
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Senior Clinical Fellow
- Contract
- Fixed term: 1 year (N/A)
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week (12 Months Fixed Term Contract)
- Job ref
- 196-MED4903
- Employer
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Guys and St Thomas Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £61,825 - £70,425 per annum pro rata excluding London Zone
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading

POST CCT Fellow in Rheumatology
NHS Medical & Dental: Senior 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
This post is an exciting opportunity to work as a part time (3 days/week) Rheumatology Senior Clinical Fellow at Guy’s and St. Thomas’s Hospitals in London. In addition to the clinical component there are opportunities in research and clinical trials, and for the post-holder to gain experience in a variety of clinics including general and subspecialist rheumatology and lupus clinics. The post is designed for a senior rheumatology trainee seeking to gain further experience in specialist clinics and research prior to applying for consultant positions.
The Rheumatology Department is one of the largest departments of its kind in the country and offers a range of specialist clinics. The Unit is based at Guy’s Hospital with additional inpatient activity at St Thomas’.
For further information or for an informal discussion please contact Dr Bina Menon, Consultant Rheumatologist and Clinical Lead for Rheumatology on 020 7188 5901 ([email protected])
Main duties of the job
This is an integrated clinical post focused in the rheumatology outpatients setting. The post is specifically designed for senior trainees who are ST6+ and seeking further specialist training prior to commencing a consultant post. Clinical commitments will be 3 outpatient clinics per week, reviewing rheumatology referrals across both trusts and support of our Allied Health Professionals in rheumatology.
There may be the occasional requirement to provide ward cover for rheumatology and lupus patients at St Thomas’s Hospital and cross cover with the specialist registrar team at Guy’s Hospital. There may be opportunities for the post-holder to get experience in a variety of clinics and skills, including musculoskeletal ultrasound. There are also opportunities for involvement in clinical trials with provision of appropriate training. There may also be general internal medical cover to be provided in a very limited capacity while in post.
The post-holder will fully participate in the postgraduate education programme which includes monthly departmental meetings and will also be encouraged to attend regional specialist trainee training days. The post-holder will be assigned to an educational and academic supervisor. The post-holder may be expected to contribute to out of hours cover for medicine at St Thomas’s Hospital a few times a year for which additional payment will be made.
Working for our organisation
The Trust consists of St Thomas’ Hospital at Waterloo, including the Evelina Children’s Hospital, Guy’s Hospital at London Bridge, the Royal Brompton Hospital in Chelsea and Harefield Hospital in north west London. We are also part of King’s Health Partners (KHP), which comprises King’s College London, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. KHP is one of just five accredited UK Academic Health Sciences Centres (AHSCs). Through our AHSC, we are committed to making research and education integral to the delivery of high quality clinical care. The King’s Health Partners Integrated Cancer Centre (ICC) is the vehicle for developing and managing cancer research, clinical services, and training and development across all of the KHP partner organisations.
The Trust is committed to becoming the major university teaching hospital in the UK and to staying at the forefront of patient care, teaching and research. We are developing a Biomedical Research Centre following a successful bid to the new Department of Health Research and Development Programme.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- The post holder must be medically qualified and maintain GMC specialist registration and hold a licence to practice
- To develop and maintain the competencies required to carry out the duties required of the post.
- To ensure prompt attendance at agreed direct clinical care Programmed Activities.
- To ensure patients are involved in decisions about their care and to respond to their views
*** Please be advised that this vacancy may close early should we receive sufficient number of applications ***
Person specification
Knowledge and skills
Essential criteria
- At least 2 years of previous experience in acute and outpatient-based rheumatology
Desirable criteria
- Experience of service development
Qualifications and training
Essential criteria
- Full GMC Registration and hold a licence to practise
Desirable criteria
- Specialty Certificate Examination pass in rheumatology, or equivalent
Research
Essential criteria
- Understanding of the principles and applications of clinical research
Desirable criteria
- Research publications or abstracts
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
- Bina Menon
- Job title
- Rheumatology Clinical Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02071887188
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