Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity to join the team at Chesterfield Royal Hospital, working across the Acute medical service including EMU, Short stay and SDEC. The medical team consists of 12 acute medical consultants with a broad range of specialist interests, alongside higher training registrars, IM3, GPVTS, JCF, foundation doctors, Physician associates and specialist nurses.
This role will enable an ST3+ or equivalent level doctor to consolidate knowledge, skills, and confidence to enable future career progression, including achievement of requirements for application to specialty training. The minimum skill requirement is 4 years of post-graduate experience, and full MRCP.
Some aspects of the role can be tailored to the individual needs of the post-holder, taking account of previous relevant experience.
This is the ideal role for someone wanting to develop clinical skills and decision making in a supported environment. There will be opportunities to work on quality improvement projects or pathway development within the service.
A clinical supervisor will be allocated and will provide support for the duration of the placement including helping you develop a portfolio and complete SLEs to evidence learning and training to support future applications for higher specialty training.
Main duties of the job
For further information please see the attached job description and person specification which gives a comprehensive overview of the main duties required for this role.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information please see the attached job description and person specification which gives a comprehensive overview of the main duties required for this role.
Person specification
Skills
Essential
- Basic IT skills
- Ability to confidently manage a broad range of General medicine medical presentations
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 4 years postgraduate experience
- At least 2 years of experience in the acute specialties
- At least one year experience working within the NHS
Desirable
- Teaching delivery experience (any modality) to UG medical students.
- Previous experience of working in acute/ general medicine
Qualifications
Essential
- Full GMC registration with licence to practice
- MBChB or equivalent
- MRCP
Desirable
- ALS, provider certification
- Completion of IMT training or equivalent
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This advert is for Senior clinical fellow- Acute with Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in Chesterfield, Midlands, England. It is listed as a Senior Medical doctor Acute Medicine role. The advertised salary is £67,325 - £76,582 Per annum. The contract type is 6 months (Fixed term- 6 month). The application deadline is 23 Jul 2026.
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