Northampton General Hospital

Senior Clinical Fellow General Medicine

The closing date is 21 October 2025

Job summary

This post is for one Senior Clinical Fellow in General Medicine based at Northampton General Hospital.

The appointees will rotate around GIM wards and may also take part in the SpR on call rota for acute medicine.

This post is suitable for doctors wishing to pursue a career in GIM or who wish to gain further experience of the speciality either before starting Higher Specialist Training.

Northampton General has an excellent reputation for training doctors and a long tradition of those doctors taking up Consultant posts with us. We currently have six senior doctors completing their CESR with us within Medicine.

Main duties of the job

  • To participate in the future development of the Medical Services for the Trust.
  • To provide strong leadership for the junior medical staff
  • To support and provide teaching and training of junior medical staff, medical and physician associate students, post graduate training and nurse training on the unit
  • To ensure good practice by regular audit and review of incidents with clinical team and take forward the lessons learnt
  • To link in with the directorate clinical governance meetings and contribute to lessons learnt from incidents and complaints

About us

Northampton General Hospital is one of the largest employers in the area and we are on an exciting journey. All of our divisions are committed to doing things better, with more efficiency as we update, modernise, and advance. We have also entered into a Group Model with neighbouring Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire.

Our Excellence Values

Compassion

Accountability

Respect

Integrity

Courage

We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone's full potential. As an organisation, we value how we communicate and promote our vacancies to all communities.

We are a Defence positive trust, supporting our reservists, veterans, spouses and partners.

The Hospital Group encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups, especially those from BAME, Disabled and LGBTQ+ backgrounds as these are underrepresented in our hospitals.

We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative.

We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds.This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals.

Details

Date posted

10 October 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Doctor - other

Salary

£65,048 to £73,992 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

265-7484890-MED

Job locations

Northampton General Hospital

Northampton General Hospital

Northampton

NN1 5BD


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details on the main responsibilities.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details on the main responsibilities.

Person Specification

Qualification and Training

Essential

  • MBBS
  • A minimum of 2 years General Medicine Experience at CMT/IMT level
  • Primary Medical Qualification
  • Full MRCP (inc PACES)

Desirable

  • MD, PhD or other higher degree

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

  • Experience of managing unselected medical take

Desirable

  • Experience of audit in General Medicine
  • Teaching Junior staff

Skills

Essential

  • Able to perform a comprehensive geriatric assessment
  • Able to work well in MDT
  • Able to perform independently the required practical procedures: LP, pleural tap/drain, ascitic tap/ drain

Desirable

  • Valid ALS

Key Competencies/ Personal Qualities & Attributes

Essential

  • Career Interest in CEM

Desirable

  • Publications in Recognised Medicine Journals
  • Research Projects relating to specialty
Person Specification

Qualification and Training

Essential

  • MBBS
  • A minimum of 2 years General Medicine Experience at CMT/IMT level
  • Primary Medical Qualification
  • Full MRCP (inc PACES)

Desirable

  • MD, PhD or other higher degree

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

  • Experience of managing unselected medical take

Desirable

  • Experience of audit in General Medicine
  • Teaching Junior staff

Skills

Essential

  • Able to perform a comprehensive geriatric assessment
  • Able to work well in MDT
  • Able to perform independently the required practical procedures: LP, pleural tap/drain, ascitic tap/ drain

Desirable

  • Valid ALS

Key Competencies/ Personal Qualities & Attributes

Essential

  • Career Interest in CEM

Desirable

  • Publications in Recognised Medicine Journals
  • Research Projects relating to specialty

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

Northampton General Hospital

Address

Northampton General Hospital

Northampton General Hospital

Northampton

NN1 5BD


Employer's website

https://www.northamptongeneral.nhs.uk/Home.aspx (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Northampton General Hospital

Address

Northampton General Hospital

Northampton General Hospital

Northampton

NN1 5BD


Employer's website

https://www.northamptongeneral.nhs.uk/Home.aspx (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

consultant

Dr Nihad jaleel

n.jaleel@nhs.net

Details

Date posted

10 October 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Doctor - other

Salary

£65,048 to £73,992 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

265-7484890-MED

Job locations

Northampton General Hospital

Northampton General Hospital

Northampton

NN1 5BD


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