Job summary
- Main area
- Medical Specialties
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Local Appointment nodal point 3 (MT03)
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (Standard duration of fellowship for training purposes)
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week (There is no out-of-hours commitment with this role.)
- Job ref
- 309-UCLH-8040
- Employer
- University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- University College London Hospitals
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £54,499 per annum + London Weighting
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 29/06/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Fellow (Locally Employed Doctor)
NHS Medical & Dental: Local Appointment nodal point 3 (MT03)
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Job overview
The Post-COVID Service at UCLH is a nationally and internationally recognised clinical service that cares for patients who experience long-term effects of COVID infection or other viral infection.
We are a multidisciplinary service lead by physicians with expertise in post viral illness with multispeciality input from consultant colleagues in Respiratory, Infectious Disease, Neurology, Cardiology, Endocrinology, Rheumatology and Heamatology departments. Working within the team will provide a broad medical training, extensive consultant supervision, and will position the clinical fellow strongly for applying for, for example, IMT training programmes.
The therapy team are key to patient assessment and management and include senior physiotherapists and occupational therapists and psychologists to enable holistic care of multisystem illness.
Main duties of the job
The clinical fellow will gain useful training in understanding integrated MDT management of complex scenarios and of working in an integrated pathway with community services and primary care who also contribute significantly to care in Long COVID and other post viral illness. Of note the service is increasingly evolving so that patients can be referred for assessment and treatment for any suspected post viral illnesses and works collaboratively with other similar services in North Central London.
Digital innovation has been adopted to support triage and rehabilitation and the service has a strong focus on capture of quality clinical data to support learning and research in this new field.
The post-COVID Service is actively engaged in developing and testing clinical hypotheses regarding the mechanism and treatment of post-COVID syndrome, and clinicians from the service have played an active role in the development of National Guidelines, and research programmes.
It is anticipated that the clinical fellow would be able to contribute to a number of ongoing pieces of clinical research underway in the clinic.
Working for our organisation
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.
We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:
• University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
• National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
• Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
• University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
• Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
• University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
• The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
• University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street
We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.
We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*
* UCLH top trust to work at in England - In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England – for the third year in a row.
UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff – To find out more, visit: Flexible working.
To discover more about what makes UCLH a great place to work, visit: Why Choose UCLH?
Person specification
Knowledge and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Medical qualification MBBS and Eligible for full registration with the GMC at time of appointment and hold a current licence to practise
Desirable criteria
- Valid ALS training certification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Minimum of 2 years post registration experience (completed FY2 training).
- Familiarity with principle of clinical research including Good Clinical Practice.
- Experience of phlebotomy and cannulation
- NHS clinical experience – completed FY2 level- and named Responsible Officer
Desirable criteria
- Experience of receiving consent
- Experience in the conduct of clinical trials/observational research
- Experience of formal/ informal teaching of patients and staff
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates ability to prioritise workload
- Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills; able to speak English to level required to fulfil job requirements
- Demonstrates understanding of the importance of audit/quality
- Computer literacy
Desirable criteria
- Experience of statistical analysis, including using programming languages such as R or Python
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates commitment and preparedness
- Enthusiastic nature
- Demonstrates honesty, integrity and appreciation of ethical dilemmas
- Reliability – demonstrates punctuality, attendance and sense of responsibility
Other requirements
Essential criteria
- Able to work flexibly on occasion
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Mel Heightman
- Job title
- Consultant
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
You may also contact:
Sarah Evans, DDM, [email protected]
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