University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Clinical Fellow (Locally Employed Doctor)

The closing date is 07 July 2025

Job summary

The Post-COVID Service at UCLH is a nationally and internationally recognised clinicalservice that cares for patients who experience long-term effects of COVID infection or other viral infection. We are a multidisciplinary service lead by physicians with expertise in post viral illness with multispeciality input from consultant colleagues in Respiratory, Infectious Disease, Neurology, Cardiology, Endocrinology, Rheumatology and Heamatology departments. Working within the team will provide a broad medical training, extensive consultant supervision, and will position the clinical fellow strongly for applying for, for example, IMT training programmes. The therapy team are key to patient assessment and management and include senior physiotherapists and occupational therapists and psychologists to enable holistic care of multisystem illness

Main duties of the job

The clinical fellow will gain useful training in understanding integrated MDT management of complex scenarios and of working in an integrated pathway with community services and primary care who also contribute significantly to care in Long COVID and other post viral illness. Of note the service is increasingly evolving so that patients can be referred for assessment and treatment for any suspected post viral illnesses and works collaboratively with other similar services in North Central London. Digital innovation has been adopted to support triage and rehabilitation and the service has a strong focus on capture of quality clinical data to support learning and research in this new field. The post-COVID Service is actively engaged in developing and testing clinical hypotheses regarding the mechanism and treatment of post-COVID syndrome, and clinicians from the service have played an active role in the development of National Guidelines, and research programmes. It is anticipated that the clinical fellow would be able to contribute to a number of ongoing pieces of clinical research underway in the clinic.

About us

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.

We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:

University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)

National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery

Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals

University College Hospital Grafton Way Building

Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine

University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre

The Hospital for Tropical Diseases

University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street

We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women's health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.

Details

Date posted

25 June 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Doctor - other

Salary

£49,909 a year Per Annum inclusive plus London weighting (no on call)

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

309-UCLH-6485

Job locations

University College London Hospital

235 Euston Road

London

NW1 2BU


Job description

Job responsibilities

For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.

Please note, due to anticipated high volumes of applications, this vacancy may close earlier than the listed closing date. You are advised not to delay submitting your completed application

Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*

* UCLH top trust to work at in England - In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England for the third year in a row.

UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff To find out more, visit: Flexible working.

To discover more about what makes UCLH a great place to work, visit: Why Choose UCLH?

Job description

Job responsibilities

For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.

Please note, due to anticipated high volumes of applications, this vacancy may close earlier than the listed closing date. You are advised not to delay submitting your completed application

Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*

* UCLH top trust to work at in England - In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England for the third year in a row.

UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff To find out more, visit: Flexible working.

To discover more about what makes UCLH a great place to work, visit: Why Choose UCLH?

Person Specification

Knowledge and Qualifications

Essential

  • Medical qualification MBBS with full valid registration at GMC

Desirable

  • Valid ALS training certification

Experience

Essential

  • Minimum of 2 years post registration experience
  • Experience in delivering evidence based practice
  • Familiarity with principle of clinical research including Good Clinical Practice.
  • Experience of phlebotomy and cannulation
  • NHS clinical experience (at FY2 or equivalent level) and named Responsible Officer

Desirable

  • Experience of receiving consent
  • Experience in the conduct of clinical trials/observational research
  • Experience of formal/ informal teaching of patients and staff

Skills & Abilities

Essential

  • Demonstrates ability to prioritise workload
  • Demonstrates evidence of professional development
  • Demonstrates understanding of the importance of audit/quality
  • Computer literacy

Desirable

  • Experience of statistical analysis, including using programming languages such as R or Python

Personal Qualities

Essential

  • Demonstrates commitment and preparedness
  • Enthusiastic nature
  • Demonstrates honesty, integrity and appreciation of ethical dilemmas
  • Reliability - demonstrates punctuality, attendance and sense of responsibility

Other requirements

Essential

  • Able to work flexibly on occasion
Person Specification

Knowledge and Qualifications

Essential

  • Medical qualification MBBS with full valid registration at GMC

Desirable

  • Valid ALS training certification

Experience

Essential

  • Minimum of 2 years post registration experience
  • Experience in delivering evidence based practice
  • Familiarity with principle of clinical research including Good Clinical Practice.
  • Experience of phlebotomy and cannulation
  • NHS clinical experience (at FY2 or equivalent level) and named Responsible Officer

Desirable

  • Experience of receiving consent
  • Experience in the conduct of clinical trials/observational research
  • Experience of formal/ informal teaching of patients and staff

Skills & Abilities

Essential

  • Demonstrates ability to prioritise workload
  • Demonstrates evidence of professional development
  • Demonstrates understanding of the importance of audit/quality
  • Computer literacy

Desirable

  • Experience of statistical analysis, including using programming languages such as R or Python

Personal Qualities

Essential

  • Demonstrates commitment and preparedness
  • Enthusiastic nature
  • Demonstrates honesty, integrity and appreciation of ethical dilemmas
  • Reliability - demonstrates punctuality, attendance and sense of responsibility

Other requirements

Essential

  • Able to work flexibly on occasion

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

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

University College London Hospital

235 Euston Road

London

NW1 2BU


Employer's website

https://www.uclh.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

University College London Hospital

235 Euston Road

London

NW1 2BU


Employer's website

https://www.uclh.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Consultant

Melissa Heightman

melissa.heightman1@nhs.net

Details

Date posted

25 June 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Doctor - other

Salary

£49,909 a year Per Annum inclusive plus London weighting (no on call)

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

309-UCLH-6485

Job locations

University College London Hospital

235 Euston Road

London

NW1 2BU


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