Job overview

Applications are invited for the posts of Clinical Fellow Higher (ST3-5) in Paediatrics at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. 

This post is available from 07 September 2026 until 05 September 2027, with the possibility of extension.

Main duties of the job

In order to be considered applicants must have a current APLS provider certificate (or equivalent) and at least 24 months clinical experience in Acute and General Paediatrics. MRCPCH is desirable but not essential. 

Please note that these posts do not carry Postgraduate Dean’s approval or training recognition.

Full Registration and a Licence to Practice with the General Medical Council at point of application is required. 

You will be allocated an Educational Supervisor and will be encouraged to undertake work-place based assessments. Many of our Clinical Fellows are successful in gaining paediatric training numbers.

Working for our organisation

The applicant must have demonstrable skills in listening, reading, writing and speaking in English that enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues, as set out in the GMC’s Good Medical Practice (2013). Non-UK applicants must possess the IELTS/OET exam before obtaining a GMC licence to practice.

Applications from job seekers who require skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information please visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

It is a requirement for skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) will also be subject to this requirement.

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer.