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We are looking for enthusiastic, motivated and experienced clinicians to join our team in the Children’s Emergency Department (CED) at the Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, and the Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) Paediatric pool with MSF France. This role involves paired 6-month postings in the CED and in the field with MSF on two separate contracts.
In the CED, Senior Clinical Fellows will be responsible for the initial assessment and management of acutely unwell and injured children who self-present to the Children’s Emergency Department or who are referred by their GP. They will work alongside the multi-disciplinary team in the Children’s Emergency Department to provide excellent care to children from our local area and around the South-West.
In the field with MSF, they will have the opportunity to work in an international humanitarian organisation to respond to critical situations such as measles epidemics, nutritional crises or displaced populations. Alongside providing medical care for acutely unwell infants and children, their role will require managerial and administrative skills as they lead and train teams of healthcare staff. They will be supported by supervisors in Bristol CED who also work as MSF Paediatric Advisors.
Posts commence March 2027 and are for a 12-month duration (6 months CED, 6 months MSF).
Main duties of the job
- UHBW role: Senior Clinical Fellows will be responsible for the initial assessment and management of acutely unwell and injured children who self-present to the Children’s Emergency Department or who are referred by their GP. They will work alongside the multi-disciplinary team in the Children’s Emergency Department to provide excellent care to children from our local area and around the South-West. They will have the opportunity to take part in selected global health projects which will ideally related to the MSF project they will subsequently work in.
- MSF role: In the second 6 months, successful candidates will be placed in the field providing inpatient and/or outpatient paediatric and/or neonatal care according to MSF standards. As the paediatrician in most projects, they will be responsible for supporting a team of national doctors with their specialist paediatric and neonatal knowledge. They will lead clinical scenarios/ward rounds, consult on complex cases and deliver quality improvement projects. They will have regular support from the paediatric advisors and will be indemnified and insured under routine MSF HR practices. The MSF component is in effect a separate employment which is linked to the CED placement to provide continuity.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For a more detailed job description, main responsibilities, and Person Specification, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.
Person specification
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to organise information and time in an effective and planned manner.
- Skills to communicate clearly with multi-disciplinary health professionals in cross-cultural teams and potentially across languages
- Ability to build rapport with children and their carers, communicate with them effectively and act as a patient advocate
- Willingness to work in potentially changeable and/or insecure contexts within the safety frameworks of MSF
Desirable
- Evidence of leadership skills
- Ability to be flexible in their approach and innovate solutions where needed
- Ability to instigate and deliver quality improvement projects
Additional and Aptitudes
Essential
- Eligible for full registration with the GMC at the time of appointment
- Eligibility to work in the UK
- Experience of working in NHS Hospitals
- Demonstrable skills in written and spoken English that are adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients, their carers and with other health professionals
- Meets professional health requirements (in line with GMC standards/Good Medical Practice)
- Ability and motivation to take responsibility for own actions and demonstrate respect for all
- Capacity and motivation to learn from experience and update skills/knowledge
- Appropriate flexibility, enthusiasm and resilience to work in low income settings
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Capacity to apply sound clinical knowledge to guide patient care
- Evidence of Paediatric experience to ST3 level or equivalent
- Minimum 3 months of previous work or travel in low resource settings
Desirable
- Level B1 French
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Registered with GMC (UK)
- Applicant should be eligible for OOPE/ 1 year out of training programme (if in run-through program) Consider discussing with your deanery in advance of application.
- MBBS or equivalent primary medical qualification
- Successful completion paediatric training to ST3 or equivalent
Desirable
- DTM&H
- MRCPCH (or equivalent)
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This advert is for Senior Paediatric Fellow in Emergency Medicine & Global Child Health with University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust in Bristol, South West, England. It is listed as a Senior Medical doctor Paediatrics role. The advertised salary is £67,325 - £76,582 pa pro rata. The contract type is Fixed term: 12 months (6 months CED, 6 months MSF). The application deadline is 31 Jul 2026.
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