Clinical Fellow in Paediatric Palliative Medicine

Job overview

Applications are invited for a part time (0.60WTE) Clinical Fellow in Paediatric Palliative Medicine at the Evelina London Children’s Hospital. This would a 12 month contract, and the Evelina Paediatric Palliative Care team has been approved to offer both paediatric palliative medicine GRID and SPIN training. The clinical fellow will join the existing multi-disciplinary team (Team members include Consultants, Clinical Nurse Specialists, a pharmacist and administrators) and will provide medical care to children and young people within the Evelina London as well as across the South East of England.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide clinical care for patients with a life-limiting or life-threatening illness, they will support in the management of complex symptoms and will support care at the end of a patient’s life. The post holder will gain Complex Paediatric Palliative Care experience in the context of a “Non-malignant” caseload which includes exposure to sub-specialties such as Neurology, Metabolic medicine, Nephrology, Gastroenterology, Respiratory, Endocrinology, Cardiology as well as Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care. This post will be suitable for OOPT and the training opportunities available are similar to those for ST6-8 with an associated study leave budget and educational supervision. There are many opportunities to be involved with quality improvement and education work and the post-holder will be fully supported by an educational supervisor.

Applicants should be ST4-ST8 or equivalent. The post holder will be part of a EWTD compliant non-resident on call service, providing phone advice and support.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please consult the attached documents for a detailed description of the role and main responsibilities.

For more information about this role and to arrange an informal visit or discussion, please contact Dr Ella Aidoo (Head of Service Paediatric Palliative Medicine). Interviews likely to be held week commencing 21/07/2025.