Senior Clinical Fellow in Paediatric Inherited Metabolic Disease
| Posting date: | 13 November 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £73,992 p.a. (excl London weighting) |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 20 December 2025 |
| Location: | London, SE1 7EH |
| Company: | Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7611055/196-MED4999 |
Summary
A Vacancy at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust.
Applications are invited for a Clinical Fellow post in Paediatric Inherited Metabolic Diseases (IMD) based at Evelina London Children’s Hospital (ECH). This post offers an excellent opportunity to gain experience in the management of both inpatients and outpatients with a wide spectrum of inherited metabolic disorders. The successful candidate will join a highly experienced multidisciplinary IMD team, working closely with consultants, specialist nurses, dietitians, and therapists. The post is available to start on 02/03/2026.
• Provide care and management for children and young people with inherited metabolic disorders on the specialist inpatient ward and in outpatient clinics.
• Work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team including medical, dietetic, nursing, and therapy staff.
• Offer consultation and specialist advice to other paediatric services across Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust (GSTT) when an IMD opinion is requested.
• Take telephone referrals from the regional IMD Network, supported by the consultant team.
• Participate in clinical and service activities to ensure a high standard of patient care.
• Contribute to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training within the department.
• Engage in research and audit activities, and take part in the department’s clinical governance programme, including guideline development and risk management.
• The post includes an on-call commitment as part of the paediatric medical middle-grade rota, covering general paediatrics, metabolic medicine, neurology, and renal specialties. Annual and study leave will be coordinated within the metabolic middle-grade team and the wider metabolic service.
Evelina London is part of Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, and we are responsible for providing services for women and children. With over 3,000 dedicated staff, and led by an Executive Team and Board, we have significant devolved autonomy to focus operationally and strategically upon the needs of our patients. We also benefit from being part of a large and successful NHS foundation trust, whose values we share. We have an ambitious strategic development programme, with backing from Guy’s and St Thomas’.
The Evelina Children’s Hospital is the first Children’s Hospital to be built in London for over a hundred years.
Our comprehensive health services care for children from before birth, throughout childhood and into adult life.
We provide hospital care and treatment at both our purpose-built children’s hospital on the St Thomas’ Hospital site and at Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals. We care for families in our local areas and provide an extensive range of specialist services for children with rare and complex conditions from across south London, Kent, Surrey and Sussex.
Our community services care for children and families in Lambeth and Southwark. Our vision is to be a world leading centre of life-changing care for children, young people and their families.
As part of a larger clinical group, we also provide maternity, assisted conception and gynaecology services.
Please consult the attached documents for a detailed description of the role and its main responsibilities.
This advert closes on Sunday 7 Dec 2025
Applications are invited for a Clinical Fellow post in Paediatric Inherited Metabolic Diseases (IMD) based at Evelina London Children’s Hospital (ECH). This post offers an excellent opportunity to gain experience in the management of both inpatients and outpatients with a wide spectrum of inherited metabolic disorders. The successful candidate will join a highly experienced multidisciplinary IMD team, working closely with consultants, specialist nurses, dietitians, and therapists. The post is available to start on 02/03/2026.
• Provide care and management for children and young people with inherited metabolic disorders on the specialist inpatient ward and in outpatient clinics.
• Work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team including medical, dietetic, nursing, and therapy staff.
• Offer consultation and specialist advice to other paediatric services across Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust (GSTT) when an IMD opinion is requested.
• Take telephone referrals from the regional IMD Network, supported by the consultant team.
• Participate in clinical and service activities to ensure a high standard of patient care.
• Contribute to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training within the department.
• Engage in research and audit activities, and take part in the department’s clinical governance programme, including guideline development and risk management.
• The post includes an on-call commitment as part of the paediatric medical middle-grade rota, covering general paediatrics, metabolic medicine, neurology, and renal specialties. Annual and study leave will be coordinated within the metabolic middle-grade team and the wider metabolic service.
Evelina London is part of Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, and we are responsible for providing services for women and children. With over 3,000 dedicated staff, and led by an Executive Team and Board, we have significant devolved autonomy to focus operationally and strategically upon the needs of our patients. We also benefit from being part of a large and successful NHS foundation trust, whose values we share. We have an ambitious strategic development programme, with backing from Guy’s and St Thomas’.
The Evelina Children’s Hospital is the first Children’s Hospital to be built in London for over a hundred years.
Our comprehensive health services care for children from before birth, throughout childhood and into adult life.
We provide hospital care and treatment at both our purpose-built children’s hospital on the St Thomas’ Hospital site and at Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals. We care for families in our local areas and provide an extensive range of specialist services for children with rare and complex conditions from across south London, Kent, Surrey and Sussex.
Our community services care for children and families in Lambeth and Southwark. Our vision is to be a world leading centre of life-changing care for children, young people and their families.
As part of a larger clinical group, we also provide maternity, assisted conception and gynaecology services.
Please consult the attached documents for a detailed description of the role and its main responsibilities.
This advert closes on Sunday 7 Dec 2025