Job summary
This post is for one Senior Clinical Fellow in General Medicine based at Northampton General Hospital.

The appointees will rotate around GIM wards and may also take part in the SpR on call rota for acute medicine.

This post is suitable for doctors wishing to pursue a career in GIM or who wish to gain further experience of the speciality either before starting Higher Specialist Training.

Northampton General has an excellent reputation for training doctors and a long tradition of those doctors taking up Consultant posts with us. We currently have six senior doctors completing their CESR with us within Medicine.

Main duties of the job

• To participate in the future development of the Medical Services for the Trust.
• To provide strong leadership for the junior medical staff
• To support and provide teaching and training of junior medical staff, medical and physician associate students, post graduate training and nurse training on the unit
• To ensure good practice by regular audit and review of incidents with clinical team and take forward the lessons learnt
• To link in with the directorate clinical governance meetings and contribute to lessons learnt from incidents and complaints

About us
Northampton General Hospital is one of the largest employers in the area and we are on an exciting journey. All of our divisions are committed to doing things better, with more efficiency as we update, modernise, and advance. We have also entered into a Group Model with neighbouring Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire.

Our Excellence Values

• Compassion
• Accountability
• Respect
• Integrity
• Courage

We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone's full potential. As an organisation, we value how we communicate and promote our vacancies to all communities.

We are a Defence positive trust, supporting our reservists, veterans, spouses and partners.

The Hospital Group encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups, especially those from BAME, Disabled and LGBTQ+ backgrounds as these are underrepresented in our hospitals.

We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative.

We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds. This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals.

Details
Date posted: 15 October 2026
Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade: Doctor - other
Salary: £76,582 a year per annum
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 9 months
Working pattern: Full-time, Job share, Flexible working
Reference number: 265-8326914-MED

Job responsibilities
This post will be based at Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust and work within General Medical directorate, Urgent Care Medicine on SDEC, the Nye Bevan and ED overtime according to service needs and the career aspirations of the successful applicants.

Current vacancy at IMT3 level are in Respiratory /Diabetes & Endocrinology/ Acute Medicine.

Please note these posts are not for MTI status and NGH cannot offer this within Medicine. The post holder will work alongside their ward team of Consultants, SpRs, SCF and other junior medical staff along with all other multidisciplinary health care professionals.

The successful candidate will be allocated an educational and clinical supervisor and encouraged to complete training assessments in line with other trainees at the same level. This includes access to our highly successful Simulation Suite and to JCF-specific training in the Nye Bevan. The training programme is based on the JRCPTB IMT core curriculum.

We wish to appoint candidates with a good foundation in Medicine who are looking towards applying for HST in Acute or General Medicine or a Speciality. Most of the training will be on-the-job with close involvement of the consultants. The department has a weekly lunchtime teaching session and there will be opportunity to develop as an educator through support and training of junior colleagues.

The Directorate of Medicine has Internal Medicine Core Training on Wednesday afternoon with an extensive program of specialty interests and topics across the whole range of general medicine; Junior Doctors are encouraged and supported to take part in clinical case presentations.

In addition, we offer dedicated patient safety lectures and practical training on procedures such as ultrasound guided CVP insertion. We have a state-of-the-art Simulation department who provide sessions both to doctors in training and those in Clinical Fellowships. The full programme provides junior doctors with a comprehensive training package.

Person Specification
Qualification and Training
Essential

• MBBS
• A minimum of 2 years General Medicine Experience at CMT/IMT level
• Primary Medical Qualification
• Full MRCP (inc PACES)

Desirable

• MD, PhD or other higher degree
• MRCP2 or Full MRCP

Knowledge and Experience
Essential

• Experience of managing unselected medical take

Desirable

• Experience of audit in General Medicine
• Teaching Junior staff

Skills
Essential

• Valid ALS (2)
• Able to perform independently the required practical procedures: LP, pleural tap/drain, ascitic tap/drain

Desirable

• Able to work well in MDT

Key Competencies / Personal Qualities and Attributes
Essential

• Career Interest in CEM

Desirable

• Publications in Recognised Medicine Journals
• Completion of mandatory training

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. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

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

Employer details
Employer name: Northampton General Hospital
Address: University Hospitals of Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, Northampton, NN1 5BD, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.northamptongeneral.nhs.uk/Home.aspx

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Dr Nihad Jaleel, n.jaleel@nhs.net

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