Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust

Junior Clinical Fellow in Acute Medicine
The closing date is 24 November 2026

Job summary
We don't believe in long job adverts: instead, we offer the following:

• An opportunity for a post of Acute Medicine Specialty Junior Clinical Fellow to join a rapidly expanding, dynamic team of Acute physicians, Nurses and Managers
• All doctors receive a Trust and local induction and are offered a 4-week shadowing period
• Annual and study leave allowance
• The Trust is investing in an mSDEC service with an exciting new expansion to the Acute Medicine department
• We can support candidates who are looking to go into a HEE training programme

In return we are looking for candidates who have:

• Full registration with the General Medical Council
• MRCP part 1 and significant experience in Acute Medicine
• Up to date Advanced Life Support (ALS)

Main duties of the job
Junior Clinical Fellow in Acute Medicine
The Acute Medicine team at Barking, Havering and Redbridge Hospitals Trust (BHRUT) spans across both Queen's (QH) and King George Hospital (KGH).
KGH has a separate Medical Receiving unit (MRU) which is 28 bedded and an mSDEC unit. QH has an mSDEC which has a bedded area within it. Both mSDEC units receive patients directly from the Emergency Department (ED) via medical on call. Consultants and Trust Clinical Fellows cross covers both sites. Queen's hospital has a short stay ward, Sky A, which is a 29 bedded ward, which is also under acute medicine.
The post holder will join our dynamic acute assessment team across both sites. The Acute medical team is continuously expanding with a wonderful vision of excellent patient care, quick turnover, improving patient flow as well as amazing training facility for our trainees and junior doctors. Acute Medicine team are looking to recruit Clinical Fellows, all posts are as part of the recent vacancy and expansion of our service.
After successful recruitment the postholder will have an extensive induction by the Trust and Department and a period of shadowing to understand the activities of the department as well as our hospitals. An electronic induction pack will be supplied prior to formal induction. Post holder will be encouraged to complete online mandatory training after successful recruitment.

About us
We're an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and our patients are happy with.
They are benefitting from a new electronic patient record (we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have been rated good by the Care Quality Commission.
We operate from two main sites - KGH in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 346,000 people visiting them last year. We're campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen's and get rid of corridor care.
We're proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. We're also part of the North East London Cancer Alliance.
We run a Women's Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.
The majority of our 8,400 staff - who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We're proud to be a London Living Wage employer.

Details
Date posted: 10 November 2026
Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade: Doctor - other
Salary: £55,355 a year Per Annum
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 162-0745-GT

Person Specification
Essential

• Full GMC registration with licence to practice
• Experience in the UK health system or minimum 2 years GIM experience in a training post or equivalent if working abroad
• Good interpersonal skills and ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team setting

Desirable

• ALS
• MRCP 1/11
• Previous acute medicine experience

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had 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) are also subject to this requirement.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see the NHS Careers website.

Employer details
Employer name: Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust
Address: Acute Assessment Med. Staff, Romford, RM7 0AG, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.bhrhospitals.nhs.uk/

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Service Manager, Maria Pickering, maria.pickering@nhs.net, 01708435000

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