Senior Clinical Fellow in Medicine for the Elderly
| Posting date: | 26 August 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £65,048 per annum plus OOH |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 25 September 2025 |
| Location: | Burton, DE13 0RB |
| Company: | University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7297810/320-MDQ-7297810-SM |
Summary
A Vacancy at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust.
Senior Clinical Fellow in Medicine – ST4 level in Department of Medicine for the Elderly
Are you at a crossroads in your career?
Are you looking for more clinical experience before Internal Medicine stage 2 training in Medicine?
Do you need training in Geriatrics to complete the ‘Alternative Certificate’ ready for Internal Medicine stage 2 applications?
Keen to gain more experience in Medicine with a friendly team that is interested in your development as a doctor before deciding on your next career move?
Would you like to spend one day per week dedicated to training opportunities such as specialist clinics or completing Quality Improvement Projects?
University Hospital of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust is looking for dynamic, enthusiastic doctors to join their Trust at middle grade level. A busy, progressive, forward thinking hospital, rated 'Good' by the CQC in 2019, we invite you to join the medical team at Royal Derby Hospital and Queen's Hospital Burton.
We would like to offer you opportunities in bone health, falls and general DME to increase your out-patient experience, build upon the skills you already have and work in our busy yet friendly department.
Support and training will be available.
You will receive supervision, access to an Eportfolio and be encouraged to join the established teaching programmes. We can offer PACES training if needed and where possible, offer opportunities to complete the ‘alternative certificate’ ready for higher training applications.
You will have £500 and five days (pro rata) for study leave and subject to individual requirements. We will perform your annual appraisal.
The postholders will either be based at the RDH or QHB sites, or rotate across both.
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together
Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
In return we will offer:
• Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership development
• On-going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
Key Facts about our Trust:
• We see on average 4810 OP appointments per day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
Based at the Royal Derby Hospital (RDH) and working at either RDH, Queen's Hospital Burton (QHB) or rotating across both, we are appointing to our senior clinical fellow (ST4 equivalent level) posts within our Department of Medicine for the Elderly team. This will be a full-time or part time, fixed-term service appointment for 1-year fixed term with a possibility of extension.
You will be based within the Department of Medicine for the Elderly and work with consultants, advanced care practitioners (ACPs), Therapists and Discharge Support Officers to deliver a responsive service to medical patients throughout the hospital. Your speciality team will give you consistent support and further learning opportunities.
There will be an element of out of hours work, including evenings and weekends, providing registrar cover for the Medical out of hours or Renal HDUs at RDH on a 1:7 basis and QHB on a 1:9 basis. Where you are on call depends upon your placement/rotation. The 1st on call middle grade rota at QHB consists of day cover (0900 – 2130) and night cover (2100- 0930) with a handover at the start and end of the shifts. You will be responsible for managing the medical take and will lead the junior doctor on call team and resus team.
There is consultant presence on site for the take 0800-2100 seven days a week. Overnight supervision by consultants is from home. Until 2400 each night there are two middle grades in the hospital.
This advert closes on Wednesday 3 Sep 2025
Senior Clinical Fellow in Medicine – ST4 level in Department of Medicine for the Elderly
Are you at a crossroads in your career?
Are you looking for more clinical experience before Internal Medicine stage 2 training in Medicine?
Do you need training in Geriatrics to complete the ‘Alternative Certificate’ ready for Internal Medicine stage 2 applications?
Keen to gain more experience in Medicine with a friendly team that is interested in your development as a doctor before deciding on your next career move?
Would you like to spend one day per week dedicated to training opportunities such as specialist clinics or completing Quality Improvement Projects?
University Hospital of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust is looking for dynamic, enthusiastic doctors to join their Trust at middle grade level. A busy, progressive, forward thinking hospital, rated 'Good' by the CQC in 2019, we invite you to join the medical team at Royal Derby Hospital and Queen's Hospital Burton.
We would like to offer you opportunities in bone health, falls and general DME to increase your out-patient experience, build upon the skills you already have and work in our busy yet friendly department.
Support and training will be available.
You will receive supervision, access to an Eportfolio and be encouraged to join the established teaching programmes. We can offer PACES training if needed and where possible, offer opportunities to complete the ‘alternative certificate’ ready for higher training applications.
You will have £500 and five days (pro rata) for study leave and subject to individual requirements. We will perform your annual appraisal.
The postholders will either be based at the RDH or QHB sites, or rotate across both.
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together
Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
In return we will offer:
• Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership development
• On-going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
Key Facts about our Trust:
• We see on average 4810 OP appointments per day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
Based at the Royal Derby Hospital (RDH) and working at either RDH, Queen's Hospital Burton (QHB) or rotating across both, we are appointing to our senior clinical fellow (ST4 equivalent level) posts within our Department of Medicine for the Elderly team. This will be a full-time or part time, fixed-term service appointment for 1-year fixed term with a possibility of extension.
You will be based within the Department of Medicine for the Elderly and work with consultants, advanced care practitioners (ACPs), Therapists and Discharge Support Officers to deliver a responsive service to medical patients throughout the hospital. Your speciality team will give you consistent support and further learning opportunities.
There will be an element of out of hours work, including evenings and weekends, providing registrar cover for the Medical out of hours or Renal HDUs at RDH on a 1:7 basis and QHB on a 1:9 basis. Where you are on call depends upon your placement/rotation. The 1st on call middle grade rota at QHB consists of day cover (0900 – 2130) and night cover (2100- 0930) with a handover at the start and end of the shifts. You will be responsible for managing the medical take and will lead the junior doctor on call team and resus team.
There is consultant presence on site for the take 0800-2100 seven days a week. Overnight supervision by consultants is from home. Until 2400 each night there are two middle grades in the hospital.
This advert closes on Wednesday 3 Sep 2025