# Senior Clinical Fellow - Paediatrics

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Queen Elizabeth Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Medical doctor
- **Speciality:** Paediatrics
- **Grade:** Senior
- **Salary:** £67,325 - £77,328 dependant on experience plus allowances for out of hours
- **Contract type:** 12 months (Fixed term)
- **Employment type:** Full time - 40 hours per week (as per work schedule)
- **Closing date:** 2026-10-27T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-13T12:45:46.131Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Tyne_Wear/Gatsehead/Gateshead_Health_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Paediatric/Paediatric-v8275611
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8275611?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.qegateshead.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

The advertised post of Senior Clinical Fellow (Registrar) in Paediatrics is to start as soon as possible on a full-time basis for 12 months.

### Main duties of the job

The post offers clinical experience in a supportive General Paediatric unit with exposure to level 1 Neonates and is suitable to anyone interested in pursuing a career in Paediatrics.

This is a full time post and is part of full shift system, as 2nd on call, Middle Grade in Paediatrics with level 1 Neonatal care.

- Recognition, assessment and management of unwell/sick children in acute/ambulatory setting
- Neonatal assessments and resuscitation skills
- Participate in the on call rota.
- Conduct General Paediatric outpatient clinics under Consultant supervision
- Participate in audits and current research projects
- Participate in the teaching of resident doctors and Medical Students.
- Involvement in Quality improvement projects
- To maintain a good working relationship with existing staff members in the hospital.
- To perform duties in occasional emergencies and unforeseen circumstances at the request of the appropriate Consultant in conjunction, where practicable, with their colleagues

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please See the attached Job Description for further details and the requirements for this post .

This post offers clinical experience in:

- Recognition, assessment and management of unwell/sick children in acute/ambulatory setting
- Neonatal assessments and resuscitation skills
- Conducting General Paediatric outpatient clinics under Consultant supervisio

All staff are expected to be involved in Clinical Governance and be part of an Audit group.

### 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

### Qualifications and Training

**Essential**

- MBBS or equivalent
- APLS or Equivalent
- Full GMC Registration with a licence to practice
- MRCPCH
- Newborn life support certification (or equivalent)

**Desirable**

- Additional Degree or Equivalent

### Clinical experience and effectiveness

**Essential**

- Completion of ST1- 2 or equivalent at time of starting post
- Evidence of working effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Commitment to team approach and multidisciplinary working.

**Desirable**

- Recent experience of providing services in an NHS setting

## Documents

- [staff networks (pdf, 809.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2474)
- [paediatric senior clinical fellow jd & ps (pdf, 880.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10621679)

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