Job overview
Buckinghamshire Healthcare has a Junior Clinical Fellow post available for 12 months Fixed Term starting 05/08/2026 until 03/08/2027, based at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire.
This post is designed to support post FY2 grade Resident Doctors who wish to continue clinical work alongside non-clinical paid time, enabling flexibility, job stability and satisfaction.
Applicants ideally would have completed up to their FY2 training and have decided on Medicine as their preferred career direction. This is suitable for applicants who may be looking to explore a particular speciality further.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will work flexibly to provide patient care across the medical wards and medical take, including evening and weekend work where required. Flexibility from both the post-holder and the Trust will be required, with a rota being provided at a minimum 6 weeks in advance.
The post is designed to support the medical team, ensuring the Division can provide safe staffing ratios on all its wards. This may include both the acute medical take and our inpatient medical wards.
For more details on this role, please review the attached job description and person specification attached to this role.
Working for our organisation
What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
1. As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
2. We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
3. We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
Why work for us?
4. We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
5. As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
6. Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
What do we stand for?
7. Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
8. Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
9. Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.
Person specification
CARE Values
Essential criteria
10. Communicates openly, honestly and professionally, and actively promotes team working and building strong working relationships
11. Patients are always first.
12. Treats all with compassion and kindness.
13. Consults others and listens to their views/opinions.
Education, Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
14. MBBS or Equivalent
15. Registration with the GMC & Licence to practice
16. Completed Foundation Programme Year One & Two
Desirable criteria
17. ALS certificate
18. MRCP Part 1 or FRCEM Primary
Experience
Essential criteria
19. Demonstrate an understanding of the importance of the patient as a central focus of care
20. Demonstrate broad clinical skills in the management of acute medical patients
21. Familiar with working practices in the UK
22. 12 month general professional experience at SHO level in UK
23. Understanding of the principles of patient confidentiality and data protection
24. Competence in basic clinical procedures Ability to prioritise clinical need
Communication and Interpersonal Skills
Essential criteria
25. Able to communicate effectively in written English
26. Able to discuss treatment options with patients and carers in a way they understand
27. Able to work on own initiative
28. Able to communicate effectively in spoken English
29. Well organised
30. Willing to take on responsibility
31. Ability to work as part of a team
Maintaining Clinical Competence
Essential criteria
32. Maintenance of clinical and non-clinical skills
33. Understand the basic principles of Audit
Desirable criteria
34. Evidence of participation in audit
Other Requirements
Essential criteria
35. Prepared to take part in all aspects of the post
36. Ability to travel between hospital sites
PPE requirements: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.
COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.
Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight, however if we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before the advertised date.
Application information: If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records (ESR) system.
Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.
Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interviews will not be reimbursed.
Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.
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