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Job summary

Main area
General Medicine
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Senior Clinical Fellow
Contract
Secondment: 1 year (until 31 October 2026)
Hours
Part time - 4 sessions per week (Hours worked to be agreed with recruited candidate)
Job ref
990-SE-15411-E
Employer
NHS England
Employer type
NHS
Site
Premier House
Town
Reading
Salary
Salary in line with your current rate of pay
Closing
03/08/2025 23:59

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Trainee Improvement Fellow

NHS Medical & Dental: Senior Clinical Fellow

Our Organisation

The NHS is building a culture that is positive, compassionate and inclusive – and we all have our part to play.

As employers we are committed to protecting and promoting the physical and mental health and wellbeing of all our colleagues. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution and supports us to be an Employer of Choice, while helping our colleagues to deliver high quality services for our patients and communities.

As a flexible employer, we want to support you to work in a way that is best for the NHS, our patients and you. Talk to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time, hybrid working or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

We are an accredited Living Wage Employer which means that every colleague working for our organisation and third-party contractors will earn a real Living Wage.  We are one of over 15,000 organisations, who voluntarily chose to pay the real Living Wage.

Job overview

We are looking to recruit 4 Trainee Improvement Fellows who reside in the Thames Valley trusts.   These posts are for 1 year fixed term and are for ST3 and above trainees. 

Before applying for this post please ensure you have agreed this with your Training Programme Director. 

The Trainee Improvement Fellowship is an innovative position for trainees with an interest in educational delivery, quality improvement and NHS leadership.

The Trainee Improvement Fellowship will have an emphasis on projects which might improve the conditions of medical training.

Main duties of the job

The trainees will work with the Senior Leadership team within NHS England Thames Valley to identify and lead on Quality Improvement work targeted at the broad area of training recovery within the region. The trainee will play an important role in enhancing links and improving engagement between trainees and senior clinical leaders within NHS England (TV)

Working for our organisation

The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:

  • Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
  • Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
  • Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
  • Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
  • Delivering value for money.

If you would like to know more or require further information, please visit https://www.england.nhs.uk/.

Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.

If you are successful at interview, we will run an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) in the Electronic Staff Record system (ESR). This transfer gathers valuable information from a previous or current NHS employer to support the onboarding process, including; statutory and mandatory competency status, Continuous Service Dates (CSD), and annual leave entitlement.  You will have the opportunity throughout the recruitment process to inform us if you do not consent.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Reporting, mentoring and educational supervision:

  • The successful candidates will retain an educational and clinical supervisor from their parent speciality who will be responsible for the trainee’s development with respect to their clinical work.
  • In the fellowship role, the trainee will be mentored by, Garyfallia Fountoulaki, NHS England Thames Valley Associate Dean. Depending upon the final mutually agreed project and the specialty school the successful candidates reside in, there will be
  • additional supervision and support. In addition, the trainee will report quarterly on their activity to the Trainee Advisory Committee and will work with the incumbent Chair to identify and develop work of benefit to the wider trainee body.

You can find further details about the role, including key responsibilities and accountabilities, alongside the organisational structure and person specification in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.

Secondments

Applicants from within the NHS will be offered on a secondment basis only, agreement should be obtained from their employer prior to submitting the application.

Person specification

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrable leadership skills and an ability to influence and motivate others.
  • Strong interpersonal, communication, written and presentation skills.

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrable leadership skills and an ability to influence and motivate others
  • A strong sense of vision and ability to innovate
  • Committed to own personal development and an ability to support others to develop and progress

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Full registration with General Medical Council
  • Hold a national training number within NHS England TV
  • Should be ST3 or above
  • Should not hold CCT or be within 12 months of completion of training on intended start date
  • Should have Approval of TPD to apply

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident committedStep into healthAccredited Living Wage Employer

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Asif Ali
Job title
Associate Dean
Email address
[email protected]
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