Senior Clinical Fellow in Paediatric Surgery
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
London, SW10 9NHView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£45,715 to £69,976
Contract
Fixed-Term
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
29 October 2026
10 days leftJob description
We are seeking to employ a Senior Clinical Fellow in Paediatric Surgery and Urology (6 months, with possibility of extension/ longer contract) to assi...
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
- 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
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.
Please refer to the job description attached for a detailed description of responsibilities and roles.
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust aims to be a hospital of choice for patients and an employer of choice for staff.
Excellence in research and the development of the NHS staff of the future to improve patient care are integral to the Trust's status as a teaching hospital. Chelsea and Westminster is a main campus for teaching Imperial College medical students, with state-of-the-art facilities for undergraduate medical education including an on-site Simulation Centre - a virtual operating theatre used to train medical students.
Research and development enhances our clinical care, and vice versa - the Trust has 15 research programmes and 213 active research projects, focused on clinical areas including HIV and Neonatology. The first Professor of Acute Medicine in the UK was appointed to an Imperial College post based at Chelsea and Westminster in 2006.
The acute paediatric service caters for 30,600 emergency attendances per year and over 4,000 acute admissions per year. The inpatient unit caters for a whole range of specialist patients in addition to acute paediatrics including neurology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, respirology, and cardiology; in addition paediatric general and specialist surgery, trauma & orthopaedics, ENT, ophthalmology, dental and maxillofacial, craniofacial. A full range of imaging services is on site including MRI, supported by paediatric anaesthesia.
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; - MRCS
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
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
Personal qualities
Essential: - Team Working; - Enthusiastic; - Good Communicator
Desirable: - Innovative; - Problem solving approach
How to apply
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First seen
17 October 2026
Last checked
19 October 2026
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