Clinical Fellow ST3+ - Acute Medicine | Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Day to day responsibility for patients on the assessment wards/Medical SDEC.

Take part in consultant ward rounds.

Ensure that patient medical case notes are properly completed, drug prescriptions are regularly reviewed, appropriate investigates are carried out and the results acted upon – and made available for consultant ward rounds.

Ensure that GP electronic discharge letters containing all relevant information are completed and sent in a timely manner.

Support the teaching of medical students.

Attend >60% of the formal education events including audit meetings.

Attendance at basic life support training

Comply with contracted hours.

The post holder will be allocated an educational supervisor who will provide regular appraisals.

Adhere to Trust and Directorate policies and protocol.

The job description of intended as an outline only and may be subject to change according to the need of the service and in consultation with the post-holder.

The main service commitments of the Senior Clinical Fellow will be, under the supervision of the Consultants, to supervise the FY2s/CT1s and Junior Clinical Fellows, while maintaining a 'hands on' approach with patients to include:

Take a history and examine a patient

Identify and synthesize problems

Prescribe

Keep an accurate and relevant medical record

Manage time and appropriately prioritize tasks

Use evidence, guidelines and audit to benefit patient care

Act in a professional manner at all times

Work in a multi-disciplinary team

Manage acutely unwell patients

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust

Are you looking for an exciting role using your unique qualities? Then we want to hear from you.

For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description.

We look forward to your application.

Please be aware that we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a suitable number of applications.

This advert closes on Sunday 19 Jul 2026