Junior Clinical Fellow in General Surgery; F2 equivalent

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The closing date is 17 March 2026

Applications are invited for a Junior Clinical Fellow position commencing on 1 April 2026. This is a fixed-term post for four months, ending on 4 August 2026

This is a fantastic opportunity within East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust for the successful candidate to gain experience of working within General Surgery. The post is based at Lister Hospital in Stevenage and is full time.

The Junior Clinical Fellow will have the opportunity to further their knowledge through exposure to clinics, operating lists (elective and emergency), ward rounds, multidisciplinary team meetings and formal teaching. The post holder will be encouraged to participate in audits, presentations and teachings. Although, this post is not recognised for training the appointee will be encouraged in their training and development within the role.

Applicants must hold full GMC registration and licence to practice. Applications from those wishing to work part-time or job share are welcomed

• Initial resuscitation and management of all emergency patients presenting to the department
• Initiation of the necessary investigation of patients and referral to the relevant on‑call specialist team when indicated
• Daily ward rounds, inpatient and outpatient management of patients, outpatients and endoscopy

At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient‑led Trust where dedicated staff provide high‑quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

In the paragraphs above you have read an overview about the role we would like to offer and general information about main duties of the post holder. Please see attached job description which describes in full details the duties, responsibilities and reporting relationships of the advertising role.

• Hold a current licence to practice from the General Medical Council

• Recognition of and ability to undertake the initial management of, an acutely ill patient
• Experience of working in General Surgery
• NHS experience

• Experience of audit

• Evidence of engagement with appraisal and revalidation

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.

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust