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Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and enthusiastic doctor to join our highly regarded Care of Older Adults service at University Hospital Lewisham as a Senior Clinical Fellow (ST3+ Level) in Geriatrics and General Internal Medicine. This fixed-term post has been created to provide compassionate leave cover and offers an excellent opportunity to develop specialist geriatric medicine skills while maintaining and enhancing acute general medical experience.
This role is ideal for candidates who have completed Core Medical Training (or equivalent) and are looking to strengthen their clinical experience, complete postgraduate examinations, or gain additional confidence before entering higher specialty training.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will:
- Manage inpatients under Geriatric Medicine teams
- Participate in consultant-led ward rounds and multidisciplinary meetings
- Assess and manage acute medical admissions
- Attend outpatient clinics and specialist services
- Liaise with patients, relatives and multidisciplinary teams
- Support the education and supervision of junior doctors and medical students
- Participate in quality improvement, audit and clinical governance activities
- Contribute to the General Medical on-call rota and provide cross-cover where required
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Although this is a non-training post, successful candidates will receive educational opportunities equivalent to those available to UK specialty trainees.
Person specification
Health
Essential
- Meeting professional health requirements (in line with GMC standards/Good Medical Practice)
Eligibility
Essential
- • Eligible for full registration with the GMC at time of appointment
- • Evidence of achievement of CT/ST2 competences in medicine at time of appointment, supported by evidence from work-based assessments of clinical performance (DOPS, Mini-CEX, CBD, ACAT) and multisource Feedback of equivalent.
- • Eligibility to work in the UK by intended start date
Desirable
- • Successful Completion of CMT (or equivalent)
Qualifications
Essential
- • MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
Desirable
- • MRCP
Language Skills
Essential
- • All applicants to have demonstrable skills in written and spoken English adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues demonstrated by one of the following:
- • That applicants have undertaken undergraduate medical training in English; or
- • Have the following scores in the academic International English Language Testing System (IELTS) – Overall 7.5, Speaking 7, Listening 7, Reading 7, Writing 7 or OET “Medicine” of Grade B or above in all domains.
Career Progression
Essential
- • Ability to provide complete details of employment history
- • Evidence that career progression is consistent with personal circumstances
- • Evidence that present achievement and performance is commensurate with totality of period training
- • At least 24 months experience at ST/SHO level (not including foundation modules)
Fitness to Practice
Essential
- • Is up to date and fit to practice safely
Application Completion
Essential
- • Application to be completed fully
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This advert is for Senior Clinical Fellow - Care of Older Adults with Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust in London, London, England. It is listed as a Senior Medical doctor Geriatric Medicine role. The advertised salary is £67325.00. The contract type is Fixed term: 2 months (ending on 07.10.2026). The application deadline is 09 Aug 2026.
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