Job summary
Junior Clinical Fellow posts in Hepatology and Liver Transplantation
Applications are invited for 2 junior clinical fellow posts working within the Royal Free Hospital Liver unit and Intensive Care Unit. The Royal Free provides secondary and tertiary Hepatology services, including liver transplantation, management of complex portal hypertension and management of complex pancreatic and biliary diseases.
2 Posts: Junior Clinical Fellow in Hepatology and Liver Transplantation and Intensive Care Medicine, fixed term 1 year beginning 6th August 2025
Main duties of the job
Hepatology/Liver Transplant (6 months):
The main responsibilities of these posts relate to inpatients and day patients. The inpatient case mix includes post-liver transplant patients, GI bleeding, complex portal hypertension, decompensated cirrhosis and acute liver failure. Patients attend the day case unit for day case liver transplant assessment or procedures such as abdominal paracentesis or liver biopsy.
The post includes a commitment to the out of hours rota for hepatology, liver transplant and HPB surgery inpatients.
Intensive Care Unit (6 months):
During the 6 month ICU rotation the post holder will be part of the ICU team which covers 46 Intensive Care beds (mixed level 2 and level 3). All medical and surgical specialties, with exception of neurosurgery and cardiothoracic surgery and ECMO are covered.
About us
About us
Our mission is to improve the health of the people we serve by delivering exceptional care, teaching and research every day.
What you'll love about working here
We are outstanding! The CQC rated the organisation as Outstanding for services being caring and well-led. The Trust was the first in the country to go from Requires Improvement to Outstanding in 2017, and is now the first to do this and then retain this rating. The Trust is currently one of only seven in the country to have been rated Outstanding twice, and one of only three general acute Trusts to achieve this.
A digital exemplar- Being appointed as a Global Digital Exemplar means we can realise this vision by implementing digital technologies that will help us to transform the way we work and how we relate to our colleagues, patients and partner organizations.
Sustainable healthcare - We have joined the international movement to declare a climate emergency, recognising the impact climate change is having on the world. Climate change is labelled as the greatest threat to health in the 21st century, with a range of conditions related to heat, cold, extreme weather and air pollution predicted to rise. To lead the way in healthcare the Trust has set ambitious goals to become carbon neutral by 2030.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.
Person Specification
Royal Free World Class Values
Essential
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values
Education & professional Qualifications
Essential
- Possession of MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
- GMC Registration
Desirable
- Working towards a postgraduate qualification
Experience
Essential
- Successful completion of FY2 year or equivalent
Desirable
- Experience in acute medical or surgical specialty
Skills
Essential
- oExcellent clinical skills
- oAbility to work as part of a team and willingness to be personally accountable for actions
- oStrong oral and written communications skills in English
- oAbility to build good relationships and work collaboratively with staff at all levels of the organisation
- oAbility to relate to patients from a wide range of backgrounds and to empathise with their needs and concerns
- oAbility to communicate effectively with patients, the public and colleagues and treat others with compassion, dignity and respect, taking into account any diversity issues
- oWillingness and skills to recognise and challenge unacceptable behaviour and if necessary escalate
- oAbility to organise and prioritise personal workload
- oAwareness and understanding of health, safety and security issues for self and others
Personal Qualities
Essential
- oCommitment to high standards of ethics, personal integrity and probity
- oMotivated to do an excellent job to best of ability
- oAbility to organize and prioritise personal workload
- oAwareness and understanding of health, safety and security issues for self and others
- oFlexibility, enthusiasm, resilience, positive and helpful attitude and drive needed to thrive in today's rapidly changing NHS
Person Specification
Royal Free World Class Values
Essential
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values
Education & professional Qualifications
Essential
- Possession of MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
- GMC Registration
Desirable
- Working towards a postgraduate qualification
Experience
Essential
- Successful completion of FY2 year or equivalent
Desirable
- Experience in acute medical or surgical specialty
Skills
Essential
- oExcellent clinical skills
- oAbility to work as part of a team and willingness to be personally accountable for actions
- oStrong oral and written communications skills in English
- oAbility to build good relationships and work collaboratively with staff at all levels of the organisation
- oAbility to relate to patients from a wide range of backgrounds and to empathise with their needs and concerns
- oAbility to communicate effectively with patients, the public and colleagues and treat others with compassion, dignity and respect, taking into account any diversity issues
- oWillingness and skills to recognise and challenge unacceptable behaviour and if necessary escalate
- oAbility to organise and prioritise personal workload
- oAwareness and understanding of health, safety and security issues for self and others
Personal Qualities
Essential
- oCommitment to high standards of ethics, personal integrity and probity
- oMotivated to do an excellent job to best of ability
- oAbility to organize and prioritise personal workload
- oAwareness and understanding of health, safety and security issues for self and others
- oFlexibility, enthusiasm, resilience, positive and helpful attitude and drive needed to thrive in today's rapidly changing NHS
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).
