Job overview

We are looking to recruit a Resident Doctor Wellbeing  Fellow for 12 months from October 2025. The role willl work alongside the Consultant Lead for Resident Doctor Wellbeing. 

The role includes working 8 hours per week and is designed for a current Resident or Trust Doctor at registrar level to undertake one day a week alongside their clinical work. 

Main duties of the job

The focus is to act as an intermediary with senior staff in the hospital to facilitate and promote pastoral support initiatives for resident doctors within the trust. The candidate will have good communication skills, empathy and be able to work on their own initiative and within the wellbeing team. They will have experience of the lives of resident doctors having worked alongside them and are best placed to understand the challenges. The role will involve cohort-level interventions (including delivery of pastoral support teaching and engagement with Resident Doctor Forum), as well as 1:1 support.

The role also involves running an enhanced support program for International Medical Graduates (IMGs) including facilitating the IMG network, co-ordination of a mentoring scheme and participating in the trust working group to improve IMG induction. Work with the Consultant pastoral support lead to raise awareness of services within and externally to the hospital

Working for our organisation

Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.

We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding.

Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.

Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.

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