Job summary
This is a great opportunity to join the growing and dynamic Obstetrics and Gynaecology team at North Bristol NHS Trust, and we are seeking a Junior Clinical Fellow to start ideally from February 2026. This post is initially fixed-term for 6 months.
This is a non-training post but the Clinical Fellows will get wide ranging clinical experience, supervised by consultant staff. This will include: Theatre lists, Early pregnancy clinic, Central Delivery Suite experience, Emergency Gynaecology, Out-patient clinics (general and specialist), Ante-natal clinics (general and specialist).
The post is funded by NBT for the post holder to participate in the ST1-2 rota to ensure compliance with junior doctors' hours.
Main duties of the job
Learning Objectives/Specialist Interests
To further develop skills in the assessment of antenatal patients, normal and abnormal labour and postnatal care.
To develop skills in instrumental and operative delivery if choses
To gain experience in gynaecology - outpatients and theatre experience
Involvement in audit and quality improvement projects
Clinical Experience
This is a non-training post but the Clinical Fellows will get wide ranging clinical experience, supervised by consultant staff. This will include: Theatre lists, Early pregnancy clinic, Central Delivery Suite experience, Emergency Gynaecology, Out-patient clinics (general and specialist), Ante-natal clinics (general and specialist).
The post is funded by NBT for the post holder to participate in the ST1-2 rota to ensure compliance with junior doctors' hours.
Teaching
You will not be expected to take on any formal teaching responsibility. Help with informal teaching of ward based medical students is encouraged. If you have a particular interest in teaching, we will support you within the constraints of your timetable.
About us
North Bristol NHS Trust is the largest Trust in the South West region, and one of the largest trusts in the country. Last year the Trust treated over 100,000 inpatients, over 350,000 outpatients, 90,000 emergency department patients and helped deliver over 6,000 babies. It employs more than 9,500 staff, has approximately 1,050 inpatient beds and income in excess of £540 million.
The Trust provides medical surgical, neonatal and maternity care for its local population of approximately a million people in Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset. The Trust also provides regional services in neurosciences, orthopaedics, pathology, plastic surgery and burns, renal medicine and transplant and urology and is the major trauma centre and thrombectomy centre for the Severn Network.
The department provides a full range of obstetric and gynaecological services. The maternity department is one of the largest in the country, with more than 6,000 deliveries per annum with a 15 bed Consultant led delivery suite, a co-located birth unit performing over 900 deliveries per year and a standalone birth centre at Cossham Hospital with 500 deliveries per year We have extensive maternal medicine services for specialist endocrine, epilepsy, haematology and renal clinics and run additional specialist antenatal clinics for women including substance misuse, mental health and blood borne viruses. We also have an active fetal medicine department and tertiary level 3 neonatal unit.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description for more information regarding the role. If you would like to speak to a current junior doctor working in obstetrics and gynaecology, or to talk more about the role please contact Naomi.Jobson@nbt.nhs.uk
Please note that unfortunately North Bristol NHS Trust is not able to offer relocation allowance/expenses for this role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description for more information regarding the role. If you would like to speak to a current junior doctor working in obstetrics and gynaecology, or to talk more about the role please contact Naomi.Jobson@nbt.nhs.uk
Please note that unfortunately North Bristol NHS Trust is not able to offer relocation allowance/expenses for this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- MBBS or equivalent
- Advanced Life support (ALS) accreditation
- Maintain Full registration with the GMC
Desirable
- Higher academic qualification (e.g. MD or MSc)
Experience
Essential
- Recent experience and familiarity of UK hospital systems and practices (or equivalent)
- Minimum of 2 years postgraduate experience in a foundation programme approved training post, or equivalent, with evidence of achieving foundation competencies
Knowledge
Essential
- Evidence of recent CME/ reasonable training progression at this stage of career
- Experience in audit project and write up
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Good written communication skills.
- Evidence of the ability to communicate with patients, colleagues and staff at all levels
Teaching
Essential
- Experience in teaching demonstrated
Desirable
- Proven track record in research
- Evidence of relevant publications in peer reviewed journals
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- MBBS or equivalent
- Advanced Life support (ALS) accreditation
- Maintain Full registration with the GMC
Desirable
- Higher academic qualification (e.g. MD or MSc)
Experience
Essential
- Recent experience and familiarity of UK hospital systems and practices (or equivalent)
- Minimum of 2 years postgraduate experience in a foundation programme approved training post, or equivalent, with evidence of achieving foundation competencies
Knowledge
Essential
- Evidence of recent CME/ reasonable training progression at this stage of career
- Experience in audit project and write up
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Good written communication skills.
- Evidence of the ability to communicate with patients, colleagues and staff at all levels
Teaching
Essential
- Experience in teaching demonstrated
Desirable
- Proven track record in research
- Evidence of relevant publications in peer reviewed journals
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.
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.
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).
