Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Clinical Fellow in Geriatrics at Newark Hospital

The closing date is 16 February 2026

Job summary

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for a detailed overview of the role.

Main duties of the job

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for a detailed overview of the role.

About us

We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.

We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.

We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.

Details

Date posted

02 February 2026

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Doctor - other

Salary

£65,048 a year pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

18 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

214-MED26-7731037

Job locations

Newark Hospital

Boundary Road

Newark

NG24 4DE


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for a detailed overview of the role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for a detailed overview of the role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Full registration (and with a licence to practise) with the General Medical Council (GMC)
  • Have completed 2 of the 3 parts of MRCP

Desirable

  • Full MRCP

Experience

Essential

  • The post holder must have completed at least 4 years full time regular hospital service at Specialty Registrar - Year 1 or 2 / F2 level or a higher grade with at least 4 months in Geriatrics and at least 4 months of registrar level (IMT3 or above) experience of general medicine on calls within the UK
  • Previous experience in a multidisciplinary setting

Desirable

  • Experience of working at a registrar level in geriatric medicine

Teaching

Desirable

  • Experience with audit, teaching or research/critical review of literature

Other

Essential

  • Good communication skills, both oral and written
  • Good listening skills
  • Organised with work
  • Clear reasoning and diagnostic skills
  • Confidentiality essential
  • Ability to seek and give advice when necessary

Desirable

  • Tactful and diplomatic
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Full registration (and with a licence to practise) with the General Medical Council (GMC)
  • Have completed 2 of the 3 parts of MRCP

Desirable

  • Full MRCP

Experience

Essential

  • The post holder must have completed at least 4 years full time regular hospital service at Specialty Registrar - Year 1 or 2 / F2 level or a higher grade with at least 4 months in Geriatrics and at least 4 months of registrar level (IMT3 or above) experience of general medicine on calls within the UK
  • Previous experience in a multidisciplinary setting

Desirable

  • Experience of working at a registrar level in geriatric medicine

Teaching

Desirable

  • Experience with audit, teaching or research/critical review of literature

Other

Essential

  • Good communication skills, both oral and written
  • Good listening skills
  • Organised with work
  • Clear reasoning and diagnostic skills
  • Confidentiality essential
  • Ability to seek and give advice when necessary

Desirable

  • Tactful and diplomatic

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

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

Additional information

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

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

Employer details

Employer name

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Newark Hospital

Boundary Road

Newark

NG24 4DE


Employer's website

https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Newark Hospital

Boundary Road

Newark

NG24 4DE


Employer's website

https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Geriatrics Lead at Newark Hospital

Dr Nishantha Silva

nishantha.silva@nhs.net

01623622515

Details

Date posted

02 February 2026

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Doctor - other

Salary

£65,048 a year pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

18 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

214-MED26-7731037

Job locations

Newark Hospital

Boundary Road

Newark

NG24 4DE


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