# Senior Clinical Fellow in Paediatrics (ST3-5)

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
- **Town:** Stevenage
- **Region:** East of England
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Medical doctor
- **Speciality:** Paediatrics
- **Grade:** Senior
- **Salary:** £67,325 pa
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 40 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-08-09T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-07-20T08:51:28.983Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Hertfordshire/Stevenage/East_North_Hertfordshire_Teaching_NHS_Trust/Paediatrics/Paediatrics-v8119488
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8119488?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

We have 1 substantive (permanent) Senior Clinical Fellow post in the Paediatric department. The post is full time and the post holder will be working in a busy hospital and large team. This is an excellent opportunity within Paediatrics at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust. The appointee will join the Paediatric team at middle grade level, rotating between General Paediatrics and Neonates. The appointee will take part in outpatient clinics under the supervision of the consultant team and supervise the work of the junior trainees.

### Main duties of the job

- Managing paediatric patients throughout their hospital stay
- Delivering care to Newborns in the Neonatal Services
- Delivering care to the NICU/SCBU, labour ward & post-natal
- Assessment of referred babies
- The review of all babies as needed
- Supervising Foundation doctors
- Review of protocols as part of the team
- The appointee will be expected to work flexible across the service as required, as and when service needs change
- To take part in outpatient clinics under the supervision of the Consultant Paediatricians
- To participate in the department’s teaching, audit and educational activities

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

In the paragraphs above you have read an overview about the role we would like to offer and general information about main duties of the post holder. Please see attached – job description which describes in full details the duties, responsibilities and reporting relationships of the advertising role.

## Person Specification

### Skills

**Essential**

- Able to evidence engagement with clinical governance and the identification of errors and the learning from errors
- Able to show situational awareness and application of good decision making
- Can evidence leading on patient safety issues and achieving a change in practice
- Experience of supervising undergraduates, doctors in training and other colleagues

**Desirable**

- Ability to teach clinical skills
- Experience in organising educational activities

### Knowledge

**Essential**

- Experience of audit

### Experience

**Essential**

- Experience of working in paediatrics and neonates at least for 3 years
- Competencies equivalent to completion of ST3 (Registrar) in Paediatrics
- Recognition of and ability to undertake the initial management of an acutely ill patient
- Ability to apply sound clinical knowledge and judgement to problems

**Desirable**

- NHS experience

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Hold a current licence to practice from the General Medical Council
- Advanced Paediatric Life Support Certificate or equivalent
- MRCPCH (Member of Royal college of Paediatrics and Child Health)

### Other requirments

**Essential**

- Understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion
- Role model our Trust values every day

### Fitness to Practive

**Essential**

- Up to date and fit to practice safely and aware of own training needs
- Evidence of engagement with appraisal and revalidation

## Documents

- [showcasing our teaching commitment (pdf, 5.0mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2905)
- [job description and person specification (pdf, 571.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10415537)
- [must read guidance notes - application forms (pdf, 91.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=549)
- [policy statement - recruitment of ex-offenders (pdf, 101.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=551)
- [guidance on secondments for internal applicants (pdf, 101.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2748)
- [guidance notes for applicants - how your data is used and stored (pdf, 416.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=550)

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