Senior Clinical Fellow in General Medicine

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Job summary

A regional health authority is seeking a Senior Clinical Fellow in General Medicine to work primarily in Swansea. This fixed-term post offers competitive salary from £46,324 to £71,814 annually. Responsibilities include covering medical on-call rotas and providing training to undergraduates and postgraduates. Ideal candidates will have GMC registration and experience in General Internal Medicine. This role is vital for enhancing patient care and supporting clinical governance initiatives.

Qualifications

• At least 2 years of full-time postgraduate training in General Internal Medicine is required.
• Experience in handling medical emergency admissions is needed.
• Evidence of participation in clinical audits is expected.

Responsibilities

• Participate in 1:10 medical on-call rota within assigned hospital.
• Provide medical cover for your base specialty during non-on-call times.
• Engage in teaching and training of medical students and junior doctors.

Skills

Clinical skills for middle grade doctor

CPD participation

Knowledge of UK hospital systems

Research knowledge and experience

Teaching willingness

Education

Full GMC Registration and Licence to Practise

MRCP or equivalent

Job description

Main area General Medicine Grade Senior Clinical Fellow Contract 7 months (Fixed term post for 7 months until 4th August 2026) Hours Full time - 40 hours per week (Full shift Basic contract 40 hours plus additional hours for on call rota (Average 48 hours per week)) Job ref 130-30589022-210126

Employer Swansea Bay University Health Board Employer type NHS Site Morriston and Singleton Hospitals Town Swansea Salary £46,324 - £71,814 pro rata, per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 04/02/2026 23:59

Senior Clinical Fellow in General Medicine

Senior Clinical Fellow

OUR VALUES AND BEHAVIOURS

We expect everyone that works for the Health Board, regardless of their role, to share and uphold our values in all that they do:

Caring for each other - in every human contact in all of our communities and each of our hospitals.

Working together - as patients, families, carers, staff and communities so that we always put patients first

Always improving - so that we are at our best for every patient and for each other.

Job overview

Do you share our health board values; Caring for each other; working together; always improving? If so we would love for you to come and work for Swansea Bay University HB.

Applications are invited for the post of Senior Clinical Fellow in General from 21st January 2026 - 4th August 2026.

The posts will be based in Singleton or Morriston hospital and will cover the 1:10 medical on-call rota at Singleton Hospital, and are aimed at those who have either completed the internal medicine training programme or are hoping to apply for an out of programme year to undertake and complete one of the following:

• A QIP (to be proposed and agreed with SBUHB in advance)
• An educational programme at SBUHB (to be agreed in advance)
• To undertake an advanced training or educational programme (to be agreed with SBUHB in advance)

When not on-call or working on your project, you will provide medical cover to your base specialty for the remaining sessions every week. This will be developed and agreed with the appropriate specialty lead. The candidate will also participate in the Singleton registrar on-call rota which will be a 1:10 rota providing overnight medical cover to Singleton hospital, and some cover to Morriston hospital.

Main duties of the job

The department of Medicine at Swansea Bay UHB are looking to recruit a Senior Clinical Fellow with training in one of the following sub-specialties:

Cardiology, Respiratory Medicine, Diabetes and Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Acute Medicine, Care of the Elderly, Stroke Medicine, Renal, Haematology, Palliative Care, Rheumatology, Infectious Diseases and Neurology.

These posts are on a fixed term basis due to funding

You will, participate in general medical on-calls on the appropriate on call rota in Singleton/ Morriston hospital. Further details can be provided at interview or on request.

You will be required to participate in a full shift pattern with prospective cover.

Working for our organisation

Swansea Bay University Health Board has responsibility for the health of around 390,000 people in the Neath Port Talbot and Swansea areas, with a budget of around £1 billion and employing 12,500 people. We are a University Health Board working in partnership with Swansea University, Swansea School of Medicine, the School of Health Science and the Institute of Life Science. The HB has three major hospitals providing a range of services: Morriston and Singleton hospitals in Swansea and Neath Port Talbot hospital in Baglan, Port Talbot.

We also have community hospital and primary care resource centres providing clinical services outside the main hospitals.

Swansea is Wales' second-largest city, and sits on the five-mile sweep of Swansea Bay. An ideal base for exploring South-West Wales, there is also much on offer for visitors in Swansea itself. Swansea has a range of shops, cozy cafes, great restaurants, art galleries as well as being able to offer good outdoor lifestyle with its beautiful coastline and beaches on the Gower Peninsula. Swansea also has excellent sporting facilities including the Wales National pool and liberty stadium home to the Ospreys and Swansea City football club.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more details in relation to this post, please click on the supporting documents section to find the full job description and person specification. These are available bilingually, in both English and Welsh.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Full GMC Registration and Licence to Practise
• MRCP or equivalent

Clinical Experience

• At least 2 years full-time postgraduate training (or part-time equivalent) in General Internal Medicine
• Knowledge and participation in CPD
• Clinical skills required of a middle grade doctor
• Experience of dealing with unselected medical emergency admissions
• Knowledge of UK hospital systems (or equivalent)

Clinical Governance

• Evidence of participation in clinical audit and understanding role of audit in improving medical practice
• Comprehension of core philosophy and building blocks of Clinical Governance
• Knowledge of risk management

Research & Training

• Research - Experience and knowledge of critical appraisal of evidence
• Teaching- Willingness to teach medical undergraduates and postgraduates
• Research - Evidence of initiating, progressing and concluding research projects with publication
• Teaching- Organisation of further teaching Programmes in medical education
• Evidence of organising Programmes and teaching medical students and junior doctors
• Training the Trainers experience

Swansea Bay University Health Board reserve the right to close vacancies if a large number of suitable applications are received. We encourage early applications to ensure consideration for a post.

Swansea Bay University Health Board is committed to supporting its staff and processes to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing service users experience. In our commitment to increase the number of staff able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we would particularly welcome applications from Welsh speakers.

Equality remains at the centre of the Health Boards policy-making, service delivery and employment practices, and we are committed to ensuring that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of race, colour, ethnic origin, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, disability, marital status or age. The Health Board is a Two Tick Disability Symbol user and is committed to fulfilling the requirements of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. Applications are welcomed from Disabled persons and a disability will not prejudice your application. If you are unable to submit your application in the requested format because of a disability as defined by the DDA please contact the Recruitment Team, who will agree a more suitable way for you to apply. All disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria for a position will be invited to interview.

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If you are successfully appointed, by completing the application form you authorise the UHB to obtain any previous NHS service details including all electronically held sickness information, via the Inter Authority Transfer process on the national Electronic Staff Record (ESR).

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.