Clinical Fellow (Fixed Term Contract)

Job responsibilities

Job Description

Job Title Clinical Fellow

Hours of work Full-time and 1 in 5 on call / 5 month Fixed Term

Salary Range Salary £53,440 pa London Weighting £2162.04 On-Call payments £1014.96

Location St Lukes Hospice

Reporting to: Consultant in Palliative Medicine

Job Purpose and Scope

This post is suitable for any doctor with at least 3 years post-qualification experience and an interest in working in palliative care.

Job Purpose

This post is suitable for any doctor with at least 3 years post-qualification experience and an interest in working in palliative care.

Key Relationships:

Consultants

Senior House Officer (ST1/2)

2nd clinical fellow PA to the medical team

Director of Patient Services

Inpatient Ward Manager

Nursing Staff Hospice

Brent community

Pall24 teams

Therapy and social work staff

Volunteers

Overview

The role provides holistic care across inpatient, outpatient, and community settings.

You will collaborate with a multidisciplinary team and uphold the hospices values and philosophy.

Job Plan

A tailored job plan will be developed, balancing inpatient, community, and learning duties.

Key Responsibilities

Complete initial assessments and treatment plans for inpatients

Provide daily patient reviews and symptom management

Attend multidisciplinary meetings and consultant ward rounds

Support community and outpatient care with supervision as needed

Communicate with GPs regarding patient treatment and discharge

Certify deaths and liaise with the Medical Examiner or Coroner

Maintain clear, accurate documentation

Recognise personal limits and seek appropriate support General Duties

Participate in quality improvement, audits, and research

Contribute to staff education and hospice meetings

Maintain up-to-date statutory training and professional standards

Adhere to Clinical Governance, confidentiality, and GMC guidelines

Report and assist with complaint investigations

Comply with Health and Safety regulations Learning and Development Opportunities include:

Working in multidisciplinary teams

Gaining experience in varied palliative care settings

Developing skills in symptom analysis and emergency management

Enhancing communication and teamwork

Understanding bereavement processes Terms of Service

Permanent, non-NHS post

Access to study leave and funding

Continuation of the NHS Pension

Conditions include training, sick, maternity, and paternity leave (non-continuous with the NHS)

Compliance with hospice policies

Subject to revision as required

Skills / Personal Attributes

Essential

• Ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary team (I)
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to use tact, diplomacy,
• negotiation and persuasion as well as authority (A I)
• Evidence of effective communication skills with patients, relatives
• &colleagues (I)
• Ability to take independent clinical decisions when necessary and
• to recognise own limitations and seek advice as appropriate (I)
• Ethical Approach to medicine (I)
• Sound Palliative care Approach (I)
• Excellent spoken and written English (A I)
• Awareness and respect for colleagues, patients and relatives
• dignity, privacy, integrity, cultural and religious beliefs (A I)
• An interest in palliative medicine as part of a planned career in
• palliative care or other field in which palliative care experience
• would be an advantage e.g. geriatric medicine, oncology or general
• practice (A I)
• Sound and up-to-date medical knowledge particularly relating to
• general medicine (A) (I)
• Basic computer skills (A)

Desirable

• Interest in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching (A I)
• Ability to facilitate teaching programs (A I)
• Designed and completed quality improvement or audit projects and
• protocols (A I)
• Demonstrate an understanding of the concept of quality and value
• and how to embed this in practice (A I)
• Decisive and flexible (A I)

Experience

Essential

• Vast experience of general medicine and/or general practice (A I)
• Minimum 3 years full-time equivalent hospital experience post
• qualification

Desirable

• Experience in Palliative Medicine, Oncology or medicine (A I)
• Experience of quality improvement; audit; and teaching; (A I)

Other

Essential

• Full registration General Medical Council (C),
• Satisfactory Criminal Records Bureau Disclosure
• Occupational Health Clearance
• Good work references
• Ability to meet the on-call requirements
• Right to work in the UK without sponsorship

Qualifications

Essential

• MBBS or equivalent (A)
• PLAB test if applicable (C)

Desirable

• MRCGP or MRCP (A)

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).