# 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
- **Town:** London
- **Region:** London
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Medical doctor
- **Speciality:** Paediatric Surgery
- **Grade:** Senior
- **Salary:** £45,715 - £69,976 per annum + London Weighting (pro rata)
- **Contract type:** Fixed term: 6 months (October 2026 - April 2026)
- **Employment type:** Full time - 48 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-08-09T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-07-24T15:21:55.293Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Chelsea_Westminster_Hospital_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Paediatric_Surgery/Paediatric_Surgery-v8124986
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8124986?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.chelwest.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

We are seeking to employ two Senior Clinical Fellows in paediatric surgery and urology (6 months, with possibility of extension/ longer contract) to assist cover of general paediatric surgery and urology in-patient and out-patient 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.

## 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
- MRCPCH or MCEM

### 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)
- [staff benefits and wellbeing (pdf, 177.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1256)
- [scf paediatric surgery job description (pdf, 680.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10421656)

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