Junior Clinical Fellow (F3 equivalent)

Job overview

Not sure what to do in August 2026?

Keen to gain more experience in Medicine with a friendly team that is interested in your development as a doctor before deciding on your next career move?

Are you interested in teaching?

Would you prefer to reduce your out-of-hours commitment?

UHBD are looking for motivated, enthusiastic doctors to join their Trust, on fixed term 12 month contracts. A busy, progressive, forward thinking Trust, we have been successfully recruiting to these posts for 9 years and would like you to join our consultants and teams working in Specialist and Acute Medicine.

Posts are available at 2 sites – Royal Derby Hospital and Queens Hospital Burton.

Main duties of the job

In conjunction with the wider medical team, your main duty will be day to day management of medical in-patients.

We would also like to offer you opportunities to increase your out-patient experience, build upon the skills you already have, learn new procedures and work in our friendly departments. There are opportunities to teach, perform Quality Improvement Projects and be part of our innovative teams.

You will receive educational and clinical supervision, £500 study leave budget (pro rata) and 5 days study leave (pro rata), access to an Eportfolio and be encouraged to join the weekly teaching programmes. Subject to individual requirements, there may be scope to attend ALS or IMPACT courses and we will facilitate your annual appraisal.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will rotate through 2-3 attachments of 4-6 month duration. - to be confirmed.  There will be a variety of posts to choose from within Specialist Medicine: Respiratory, Gastroenterology, Diabetes and Endocrinology, Cardiology, Renal (RDH only), High dependency care (RDH only), Neurology (RDH only), Medicine for the Elderly, Stroke Medicine, as well as Acute and General Medicine.

The out-of-hours commitment includes a long day (Mon-Fri) every 3 weeks.  In addition, there will be 1 in 4 weekend ward cover from 0800-1700 or 1200-2030 only with compensatory rest.

If rotating in Acute Medicine, the rota will typically involve a week of nights and late shifts, along with the usual weekday shifts.

Post holders will also be expected to help the department in times of short cover as needed for patient safety

Full GMC Registration with a licence to practice on application is essential.

Although not formal training posts and these are not accredited by Health Education East Midlands, we believe we can offer you good training in a busy, large hospital that has the benefits of a district general and the reputation of a teaching hospital.

Interviews will take place in person, at Royal Derby Hospital, on Thursday 30th April or Friday 1st May.

If you are invited to interview, please ensure you book an interview slot as soon as possible.

Combined F3/Teaching posts are available (please see supplementary information). Should you be successfully appointed to an F3 Specialist Medicine post following interview on one of the above dates, and you are interested in the combined post, your application will be considered by a separate panel and if shortlisted, invited to attend a second interview on Microsoft Teams.

The posts are offered on a fixed term contract for 12 months only, until August 2027.

Full GMC Registration with a licence to practice at time of application is essential. Applicants must also be eligible to work in the UK and have excellent skills in written and spoken English, adequate to enable highly effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues.

Please note: We typically receive a high volume of applications for locally employed doctor posts and we will therefore only shortlist candidates who meet the Essential criteria.   Please do not apply if you do not meet this criteria as this leads to significant clinician time reviewing applications from applicants who will not be shortlisted.

Please be aware that due to the high volume of applications received for these posts, we reserve the right to close this advert earlier than the given closing date.

Please ensure that you only apply if you meet the Essential criteria for the post.