Trust Doctor (eqv to ST4+) in Paediatric Gastroenterology

Job overview

Paediatric Clinical fellowship – September 2026- March 2027

We are really excited to announce Senior Clinical Fellow Posts in Paediatrics at The Royal London Hospital

The successful candidate will have the following Paediatric Subspecialty choices

Senior Clinical fellow (ST4+)

1)    Paediatric Gastreoenterology  2)    General Paediatrics

The posts will be for a period of 6 months with further extension depending upon the clinical performance.

The Paediatric Gastroenterology post has come up due to HEE vacancy. The General paediatric posts are brand new posts in line with the vision of expanding General paediatric team at Royal London Hospital.

Who is the Senior Clinical Fellow Post suitable for?

1)    Paediatric Trainee’s who want to further their Paediatric Gastroenterology and  General paediatric experience

2)    Trainee’s who are out of programme and  keen to further their paediatric sub-speciality experience before applying for the sub-speciality GRID 3)    Trainee’s who have completed their CCT and keen to further gain General Paediatric experience

• Full GMC registration absolutely essential
• Paediatric Experience in the UK Desirable along with MRCPCH
• Candidates who have not had any paediatric experience at the Middle grade or registrar level will not be considered

Main duties of the job

Why should you apply here:

1)    RLH is one of the busiest paediatric unit in the UK. We already have GRID trainee’s for Paediatric A&E/ Paediatric gastroenterology/ Paediatric Respiratory medicine/ Paediatric Allergy medicine/ Paediatric endocrinology with SPIN trainee’s in paediatric Neurology.

• 2)    Vast amount of paediatric research and academic activity is done here with the teams actively participating in lots of clinical trial. Fellows will be encouraged to participate in the ongoing trials as a part of the post

3)    We have a robust teaching programme (please see the detailed programme at the end of the advert) and will encourage all paediatric fellows to actively participate in the teaching sessions and to deliver teaching.

• 4)     All undergraduates from QMUL (Queen Mary’s university London) are attached to RLH and there will be ample opportunities to mentor and teach them 5)    All fellows will be assigned a QI project/Audit to participate in along with participation in Clinical Governance and management meetings

Work pattern would involve working with the paediatric subspeciality during the daytime. Oncalls would involves covering general and speciality paediatrics. Oncalls would include doing a combination of long days and night shifts. All shifts are EWTD and New deal contract compliant.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description and the person specification provide an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, outlining the qualification, skills, experience, and knowledge required.

Please view the attachment below.

Please be advised that the vacancy advertisement may close early if a sufficient number of applications are received. Therefore, we recommend that you submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.