Senior Clinical Fellow in HIV Medicine


Location
Salary
£65,048 Per Annum + £2,162 London Weighting
Profession
Medical doctor
Grade
Senior
Deadline
11 Sep 2026
Contract Type
6 months (Fixed Term)
Posted Date
31 Aug 2026
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Job requirements

Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.

Essential

24 listed

Requirements the employer expects applicants to meet.

  • Knowledge

    Appropriate level of clinical knowledge

  • Knowledge

    Shows knowledge of evidence-informed practice

  • Knowledge

    Shows awareness of own limitations

  • Clinical Skills

    Experience of clinical risk management

  • Clinical Skills

    Clear, logical thinking, showing an analytical/scientific approach

  • Personal Skills

    COMMUNICATION & LANGUAGE SKILLS - The ability to communicate with clarity and intelligibility in written and spoken English; ability to build rapport, listen, negotiate

  • Personal Skills

    DECISIVENESS/ ACCOUNTABILITY - Ability to take responsibility, show leadership, make decisions, exert appropriate authority

  • Personal Skills

    INTERPERSONAL SKILLS - See patients as people, empathize, work co-operatively with others, open and non-defensive

  • Personal Skills

    USES A NON-JUDGMENTAL APPROACH TO PATIENTS AND COLLEAGUES - regardless of their sexuality, ethnicity, disability, religious beliefs or financial status

  • Personal Skills

    FLEXIBILITY - Able to change and adapt, respond to rapidly changing circumstances

  • Personal Skills

    RESILIENCE - Able to operate under pressure, cope with setbacks, self aware

  • Personal Skills

    THOROUGH - Well prepared, shows self discipline/commitment, is punctual and meets deadlines

  • Personal Skills

    SHOWS INITIATIVE, DRIVE and ENTHUSIASM - Self-starter, motivated, shows curiosity, initiative

  • Personal Skills

    PROBITY - Displays honesty, integrity, aware of ethical dilemmas, respects confidentiality

  • Academic/Research

    Demonstrates understanding of the principles and importance of audit and research

  • Clinical Experience

    Minimum of 12 months’ experience working in the NHS

  • Clinical Experience

    Completed Internal Medicine Training (IMT) or Acute Care Common Stem - Internal Medicine (ACCS-IM)

  • Clinical Experience

    Demonstrates appropriate knowledge base and sound clinical judgment

  • Clinical Experience

    Demonstrates basic awareness of importance and impact of infection on clinical practice

  • Organisation & Planning

    Ability to prioritize clinical need

  • Organisation & Planning

    Ability to organise oneself & own work

  • Organisation & Planning

    Experience and ability to work in multi professional teams

  • Education & professional Qualifications

    Eligible for full registration with the GMC at time of appointment and hold a current license to practice

  • Education & professional Qualifications

    MBBS (or equivalent) MRCP (or equivalent)

Desirable

10 listed

Additional qualities the employer would prefer.

  • Knowledge

    Understanding of NHS, clinical governance & resource constraints

  • Knowledge

    Understanding of current developments and challenges in HIV medicine

  • Knowledge

    Awareness of MDT work Active involvement in audit

  • Knowledge

    Information technology skills

  • Clinical Skills

    Competent to work without direct supervision where appropriate

  • Teaching Skills

    Evidence of teaching experience

  • Teaching Skills

    Enthusiasm for teaching, exposure to different groups/teaching methods

  • Academic/Research

    Research experience, presentations, publications, prizes and honors

  • Clinical Experience

    IMT 3

  • Clinical Experience

    Previous experience in HIV or Infectious diseases

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic and motivated Senior Clinical Fellow to join our HIV Department at the North Middlesex University Hospital for a period of 6 months.

This is an excellent and unique opportunity for trainees interested in a career in or broadening their experience of HIV and Infectious diseases, and to develop their skills working within a dedicated and experienced multidisciplinary team.

The post will include audit and quality improvement.

You will work along-side specialist trainees in Acute Medicine/GUM/HIV/ID, and under Consultant supervision. This post is based in the Alexander Pringle Centre at North Middlesex University Hospital. There are opportunities for education and learning in management of HIV care, working with the ID team, Sexual Health and acute medical colleagues.

Prior experience in HIV and Sexual health, while desirable, is not essential, as training will be provided. Although the experience and training provided to the appointee are the same as provided to registrars in training, this post is not recognised for training.

Main duties of the job

Daily review and management of inpatients under the direct care of the HIV team

Conduct Registrar-led ward rounds

Weekly or twice-weekly review of inpatients under the care of other teams

Outpatient HIV clinics, under consultant supervision

Daily doctor review of emergency patients; review blood results; antiretroviral prescribing

Perform administrative duties arising from inpatients and outpatient clinics

Contributing to audit and quality improvement projects

Presenting cases at the North Central London (NCL) HIV Monthly MDT or at the NHNN Neuroencephalitis meeting, as well as other local and national meetings.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We are looking for a keen and motivated doctor to join the Consultant-led HIV and Sexual health services, with the duties as outlined below:

Daily review and management of inpatients under the direct care of the HIV team.

Conduct Registrar-led ward rounds.

Weekly or twice-weekly review of inpatients under the care of other teams.

Outpatient HIV clinics, under consultant supervision.

Daily doctor review of emergency patients; review blood results; antiretroviral prescribing.

Perform administrative duties arising from inpatients and outpatient clinics.

The post holder will work jointly with other trainees in Infectious diseases, General Medicine and GP. They will participate in a rota that includes time as the lead registrar for inpatients, and time as the lead registrar for outpatients.

Prior experience in HIV medicine is not required but may be of benefit; training and supervision will be provided.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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This advert is for Senior Clinical Fellow in HIV Medicine with Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust in London, England. It is listed as a Senior Medical doctor Infectious Diseases role. The advertised salary is £65,048 Per Annum + £2,162 London Weighting. The contract type is 6 months (Fixed Term). The application deadline is 11 Sep 2026.

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