# Senior Clinical Fellow in Paediatric Surgery

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Medical doctor
- **Speciality:** Paediatric Surgery
- **Grade:** Senior
- **Salary:** £45,715 - £69,976 per annum plus LW
- **Contract type:** Fixed term: 6 months (January 2027)
- **Employment type:** Full time - 40 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-10-29T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-16T16:01:11.703Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Chelsea_Westminster_Hospital_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Paediatric_Surgery/Paediatric_Surgery-v8351076
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8351076?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.chelwest.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

We are seeking to employ a Senior Clinical Fellow in Paediatric Surgery and Urology (6 months, with possibility of extension/ longer contract) to assist cover of general paediatric surgery and urology inpatient and outpatient clinical care.

### Main duties of the job

The main objectives of the post are to:

- Support inpatient surgical management of elective and emergency workload
- Outpatient clinic duties including administration
- Outpatient and day surgery support to outreach hospitals in North-West London
- On call commitment in line with European working time directive

Responsibilities will include:

- To support, with colleagues in Paediatric Surgery/Urology, an integrated elective and emergency Paediatric & Neonatal Surgery service.
- To provide high quality clinical care for all children referred to the service and to be available to attend paediatric surgery/urology patients when on call.
- To provide appropriate and adequate supervision for junior medical staff within the Paediatric Surgical and Urology team.
- To participate in regular unit and personal audit of clinical practice

General paediatric Surgical on call rota:

The on call rota covers general paediatric surgical and urological inpatients as well as neonatal ward in-patients including high dependency and emergency admissions. The post holder will do a 24 hour non resident on call shift as part of a 1: 8 rota.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the job description attached for a detailed description of responsibilities and roles.

### 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.

## Person Specification

### Skills

**Essential**

- Competent in full range of paediatric practical skills
- Good Communicator
- Experience of delivering teaching
- Experience working within multi-disciplinary teams
- Enthusiasm for teaching, both undergraduate and post-graduate
- Child protection experience/training
- EPLS or APLS

**Desirable**

- Child protection certification

### Experience

**Essential**

- At least 2 years surgical SHO (or equivalent) experience including paediatric surgery experience in the NHS

**Desirable**

- Paediatric surgery experience at the registrar/middle grade level

### Trust values

**Essential**

- Putting patients first
- Responsive to, and supportive of, patients and staff
- Open, welcoming and honest
- Unfailingly kind, treating everyone with respect, compassion and dignity
- Determined to develop our skills and continuously improve the quality of care

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- MB BS or Equivalent
- Full medical registration

**Desirable**

- BSc
- MRCS

### Personal qualities

**Essential**

- Team Working
- Enthusiastic
- Good Communicator

**Desirable**

- Innovative
- Problem solving approach

## Documents

- [recruitment pack (pdf, 2.8mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1313)
- [policy statement (pdf, 144.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=891)
- [guidance for applicants (pdf, 85.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=890)
- [functional requirements (pdf, 411.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10676519)
- [staff benefits and wellbeing (pdf, 177.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1256)
- [job description and personal specification (pdf, 456.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10676518)

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