Clinical Fellow with Special Interest in Medical Education - Acute Med
| Posting date: | 02 March 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £44,170 - £67,610 on call commitments |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 01 April 2026 |
| Location: | E9 6SR, E9 6SR |
| Company: | Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7764448/293-EMRS-MED-0095 |
Summary
August 2026 start date
12-month post for afull-time Clinical Fellow within theAcute Medicine Department
Successful candidates will work alongside General Medicine Physicians working within the acute care team. Within the Acute Care Team Successful Candidates will work a range of roles including the ‘Deteriorating Patient SHO Role’
Working at the Homerton Hospital allows successful candidates to work within one of the most ethnically diverse Boroughs in the UK. This will offer the Clinical Fellows a wide range of experience in the detailed interpretation of microbiology laboratory results, management a range of conditions in both inpatients & ambulatory medicine patients.
Successful Candidates will be given dedicated time to develop Skills in Medical Education including dedicated time to attend courses and run training programmes including facilitating in situ Simulation courses.
We invite applications from post‑FY2 doctors aspiring to develop their careers, for a distinguished Clinical Fellow post within a respected London teaching hospital.
The postholder will also be given dedicated time to work within the Medical Education team. They will be given formal training (via train the trainer course) to develop your skills as a clinical teacher and facilitator. The postholder will then lead on implementing and developing the in-situ-simulation teaching across the Acute Medicine Department. You will be supported to do so but the Medical Education team and given at least 2 clinical sessions to do so. You will also be given the opportunity to develop a teaching program across the acute care unit.
The post-holder is also encouraged to pursue other, non-clinical, activities. Opportunities include development of procedural competencies, specialty clinics/theatre and critical care experience. Previous post holders have also led large quality improvement projects and clinical informatics improvements. A study budget is available to facilitate external learning opportunities and in house teaching can also be provided. Dedicated teaching is available those sitting clinical examinations (such as PACES) can also be provided. The nature of this work is flexible and will be tailored to the individual’s requirements.
Please refer to the job description for Acute Medicine (Deteriorating patient) SHO with special interest in Medical Education for an overview of the organisation and unit.
The template shift patterns will include twilight medical take/admission shifts, night shifts - taking handover from critical care outreach, with responsibility for covering unwell and deteriorating medical and surgical patients on the wards.
The key responsibilities of the post holder are to provide SHO level care of patients admitted to hospital in an emergency during the first period of their stay, to support the running of the Acute Care Unit with support from the ACU registrar and Consultant and to contribute to the hospital at night team in the role of ‘Deteriorating Patient SHO’.
This advert closes on Monday 23 Mar 2026
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