Job vacancy: Clinical Fellow, Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Merseyside

Job summary

Main area: Medicine
Grade: Clinical Fellow
Contract: Fixed term: 12 months (FT)
Hours: Full time - 40 hours per week (oncall)
Job ref: 411-MED-25-7269551

Employer: Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Alder Hey NHS FT
Town: Merseyside
Salary: £49,909 - £70,425 with oncall banding
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 07/07/2025 23:59

Clinical Fellow

Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care and has a presence in community outreach sites and, in collaboration with other providers, our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients’ homes by holding local clinics at locations from Cumbria to Shropshire, in Wales and the Isle of Man. The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs at our Sunflower House building newly relocated, and opened on the hospital site.

We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We’re also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year.

As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit.

You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. At Alder Hey we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:

Great flexible working opportunities
Lease car scheme and Home Electronics Scheme
Generous annual leave and pension scheme
Extensive staff health and well-being programmes

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Inpatient and consult work

Inpatient care and Outpatient clinics

Assist in the care of inpatients or shared care patients, and day cases, including planning admission, investigations, management, and follow-up. There will be opportunity to attend consultant led clinics.

Undertake initial assessment of new ward referrals and formulate differential diagnoses, investigations and management plan in liaison with the consultant of the week.

Ward rounds

Participate in daily ward rounds of specialty patients and those referred for specialist consultation & advice by other teams; there will be opportunity to gain expertise in specific areas of various specialist medicine and this can be discussed with the successful candidate

MDTs

Participate in multidisciplinary team meetings with a range of specialities through the working week (this may involve contributing to the discussion, providing background history and investigation results and making notes of the discussion and outcome). Also join MDTs arranged for individual complex patients.

Receipt of referrals and advice

Specialty bleeps

Share duties with the other junior doctors and be part of the junior specialty team. Carry the specialty bleep on rotation with other JD as the first point of contact for advice for the specialty. Triage and receive calls from inpatient teams, local general practitioners and from secondary care across the Northwest for specialist advice. Discuss cases with the consultant of the week and feedback advice, recommended investigations, and management.

On-call out of hours duties

Depending upon your clinical competency there will be clinical fellow positions available at both ST1-3 and ST4 level. You will be expected to contribute to the ST1-3 or ST4+ on-call rota. Out of hours shifts include long days (09:00-21:30) and night shifts (21:00-09:30) including weekends. On the ST4+ rota additional out of hours shifts include evening shifts (16:00-23:00) Monday to Friday, and short-day shifts (08:00-16:00) at weekends.

Please find below the individual roles and responsibilities expected at ST1-3 and ST4 level.

Person specification

shortlisting

Essential criteria

Full Registration and licence to practice with GMC (or eligibility for)
Demonstrable experience at either: ST3 and above
Written communication skills in English and the ability to explain clinical procedures to patients,
Ability to build effective relationships and work collaboratively with staff at all levels of the organisationin research
12 months experience within the NHS
Demonstrate evidence of ongoing commitment to personal and professional development

We reserve the right to close vacancies without notice when we have received a sufficient number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.

Please ensure you check the email account from which you apply regularly as we will contact you using this regarding your application. All candidates will be notified via email whether or not they have been shortlisted.

Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are committed to creating a well-managed, flexible working environment that supports staff and promotes their welfare and development. We actively promote equality and diversity and operate a Zero Tolerance policy to aggression, violence, bullying and harassment.

Should you require any assistance during the application stages please contact recruiting manager of vacancy or the recruitment team at [email protected] or call 0151 282 4599

Please declare within the supporting information if artificial intelligence (AI) has been used in your application.

Please note, the selection processes at Alder Hey Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right skills and values, please be advised that the use of AI in applications are monitored. We remain vigilant against candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn’t accurately reflect their skills.

Fair Employment Charter Status - Aspiring Level

Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - Silver

Mindful employer. Being positive about mental health.

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.