Clinical Fellow in Burns and Laser

Job summary

Applications are invited for the post of Clinical Fellow in Burns (ST3+) at the Burns Centre of University Hospital Birmingham NHS Trust. It is fixed term until 3rd August 2027 only. It is suitable for burns and plastic surgery registrars to have more experience in total burns care.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work as part of burns multi-disciplinary team, based at the University Hospital Birmingham NHS Trust with an honorary contract with the Paediatric Burns Centre at Birmingham Children's Hospital. This post will expose the successful candidate to the full breadth of acute and reconstructive burn care including scar and laser treatment.

This Trust is the Regional Burns and Plastic Surgery Centre for the Midlands Burn Care Network. The University Hospital Birmingham NHS Trust is also a specialist centre for Hand Surgery, Breast Reconstruction, Skin Oncology and Head and Neck surgery.

The department participates in robust research, audit and quality improvement activities and has a weekly cross-site burns MDT teaching programme which includes renowned national and international speakers. We are well-represented in regular participation in national and international meetings. There is an expectation that the successful candidate will participate in research activities and lead teaching and oversee governance activity including local and network audit and morbidity and mortality presentations.

About us

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.

Details

• Date posted: 16 August 2026
• Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff
• Salary: £65,048 a year
• Contract: Fixed term
• Duration: 12 months
• Working pattern: Full-time
• Reference number: 15664
• Job locations: Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Mindelsohn Way, Birmingham, West Midlands, B15 2TH, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

This is a full time position working 40 hours a week. The post holder will become an integral part of the burns MDT Team who work closely with other specialties. This post will include training in total management of acute burns, burns reconstruction and laser therapy mainly for burns scars (fractionated CO2 laser and pulse dye laser) for adults and children.

For more details, please contact, Mr Farroha via Tel 0121 371 4873

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).