Clinical Fellow in Paediatric Endocrinology

Job overview

Clinical Fellow in Paediatric Endocrinology

This is an exciting opportunity to gain or extend your clinical experience of Endocrinology in the unique and supportive environment of Great Ormond Street Hospital.   As a valued member of the team you will be included in the educational and training activities of the units and will be offered study leave.  Clinical research, audit and quality improvement activities will also be encouraged.  There will be opportunity to undertake specialty Endocrine clinics, attend postgraduate education sessions, Grand Rounds and MDT ward rounds

We are looking for a Clinical Fellow working at 1 Full Time Equivalent to join the Endocrinology Department. This post is available to start from March 2026 for 12 months on a fixed term basis.  There may be a possibility of extension.

The post will provide an excellent experience for someone wishing to train in Paediatric Endocrinology. Full MRCPCH (or equivalent) and previous middle grade (ST4+ equivalent, i.e. 2+ years general paediatric SpR) dedicated experience in General Paediatrics/ Neonates in the UK is essential, whilst previous experience in Paediatric Endocrinology is desirable. The post is not recognised for training.

Main duties of the job

Duties will includes

Duties will include:

• Work in collaboration with the Endocrine team and Consultants and act as a liaison point for the day to day management of patients with endocrine conditions
• Provide support to local hospital teams as needed and to liaise with the consultant on call about management issues
• To organise inpatient admissions as needed
• Daily review of endocrine inpatients on Kingfisher and Squirrel wards and any outlier consultations on other wards
• Presentation at Grand Round of patients admitted for investigation and interpretation of their results
• Carrying out ward duties as discussed on ward round
• Liaising with parents
• Running outpatient endocrine clinics under supervision
• Opportunities to present cases at regional meetings
• Allocated management roles in coordinating national/ regional/ departmental MDT meetings, quality improvement and clinical governance.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachment/s below.