Title: Junior Clinical Fellow In Emergency Medicine
Advert location: Leeds
Country: GB
Advertised salary: ST1-2 - £54,499
Contract: Fixed term
Job reference: 002032
Department: Medical Staff - Accident and Emergency
Location: Cross Site
Division: Urgent Care CSU
Hours Per Week: 40

For questions about this job, contact:
Name Dr Manou
Position Consultant in Emergency Medicine Lead Clinician
Email sundararaj.manou@nhs.net

Shortlisting Date: 24/09/26
Interview Date: 16/10/26

Junior Clinical Fellow in the department of Emergency Medicine
We are inviting applications to fill our Junior Clinical Fellow (Pre Hospital) vacancy at The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust in Department of Emergency Medicine This post will commence 02/12/26 2026 and end on 30th September 2027 is fixed term for one years.

Candidates must be fully registered with the General Medical Council and hold a license to practice by the intended start date.

Job Summary
The post holders will be working at 80/20 clinical to non-clinical split of total contracted time. There will be funding available for attending relevant external courses or Post graduation Certification.

The posts are offered on a fixed term contract for 12 months in the first instance. The post holder must be registered with GMC and hold a license to practice.

The post holder will be responsible for delivering care to patients within the Emergency Department’s at the Leeds General Infirmary and St James University Hospital.

The posts are adaptable to suit the level of experience of the candidate - Candidates must have a minimum of 4 months Emergency Medicine or Acute Medicine Experience. The post will help the doctor develop skills in areas of education/ Simulation/ AI/Ultrasound. There will be an expectation the post holder will support other educational and QI activity in the department.

Why you should join our Team
With the support of a very supportive team, you would commit yourself to a clinical role in our busy, rewarding and innovative department, 20% of this post is dedicated to non-clinical activities.

The Leeds Emergency Medicine Departments offer 12-month Clinical Fellowships designed to provide individually tailored experience and training for those who want to develop a special interest in specific areas of Emergency Medicine

Fellowship posts are available from December 2026 onwards. We have been running a very successful programme with non- clinical roles already in ultrasound, research and quality improvement, ambulatory care medicine, post-graduate and undergraduate education, simulation and emergency care with elderly medicine.

We have over 50 consultants in the Emergency Department with a wide range of clinical, educational, and managerial interests. These include

• Dr Anin Dasgupta (Clinical Director UC)
• Dr Clare Thompson (Clinical Lead Paediatric Emergency Department)
• Dr Sundararaj Manou (Clinical Lead and Recruitment Lead)
• Dr Catherine Holmes (Specialty Tutor)
• Dr Andrew Davies (Emergency Medicine Head of School Yorkshire)
• Dr Sarah Higgins (TPD ST3 Emergency Medicine)
• Dr D Hammond- Jones (TPD HST Emergency Medicine)
• Dr Mohit Arora (TPD for Ultrasound)
• Dr Peter Cutting (Risk and Learning Lead)
• Dr Tajek Hassan (Past RCEM President)
• Dr Jonathan Jones (West Yorkshire Major Trauma Network Lead)
• Dr Najeeb Rahaman (Global EM interest)

What you will bring to the role
MBBS or equivalent medical qualification

Be eligible for full registration with, and hold a current licence to practise from, the GMC at intended start date

Eligibility to work in the UK.

Advanced Life Support Certificate from the Resuscitation Council UK or equivalent (as required to complete Foundation competences) by intended start date

Is up to date and fit to practise safely and is aware of own training needs.

All applicants to have demonstrable skills in written and spoken English adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues demonstrated by one of the following:

• That applicants have undertaken undergraduate medical training in English; or
• academic International English Language Testing System (IELTS) results showing a score of at least 7.5 in each domain (speaking, listening, reading, writing),with an overall score of at least 7.5, to be achieved in a single sitting and within 24 months of the time of application.

Please see the attached job description for further information about this vacancy.

About Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust
Our Trust values
The Leeds Way is working together to support each other and deliver the best possible care to patients.

We are….

• Responsible
• Open and Honest
• One Team
• Kind

Our Trust priorities
Our purpose: Excellent, safe and sustainable care for every patient every time

Our priorities:

• People
• Improvement and Innovation
• Partnerships
• Outcomes

Sponsorship Eligibility
To comply with UK Government regulations on Skilled Worker sponsorship, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust is unable to provide sponsorship to applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria or the salary threshold concessions set out under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please take this into consideration before submitting your application. Full guidance on these concessions, including details of who may qualify, can be found here.

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high number of suitable applications.