Clinical Fellow (ST3 equiv) in Spinal Cord Medicine & Rehab Wakefield

Job summary

An exciting opportunity for a Clinical Fellow in Spinal Cord Medicine Rehabilitation at Mid Yorkshire Teaching Trust (MYTT) on a fixed term basis for 12 months, full time, although less than full time applications will be considered.

These posts are not recognised UK training posts. However, the post-holders will have a named supervisor and be supported in undertaking scheduled educational opportunities within the Trust and specialties.

An Introduction to the Division / Specialty from Dr Nigel Artis - Divisional Clinical Director

Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust (MYTT) provides acute and community services to approximately 650,000 people across Wakefield, Kirklees, and surrounding areas. The Trust operates from Pinderfields Hospital, Dewsbury and District Hospital, and Pontefract Hospital, delivering integrated, patient-centered care across hospital and community settings.

The Trust is committed to delivering high-quality, safe, and compassionate care, with a strong emphasis on multidisciplinary working, service improvement, and partnership across the West Yorkshire Integrated Care System.

The Yorkshire Regional Spinal Injuries Centre based in Wakefield at MYTT serves a catchment area of over 5 million across Yorkshire and Humberside including East Riding. There are 2 inpatient wards totalling 32 beds, an outpatient department and theatre on site. It is the first regional spinal injury centre implanting and follow-up for two distinctly different intrathecal drug delivery

Main duties of the job

• Provide specialist clinical care to spinal cord inpatients and outpatients
• Work closely with acute spinal teams to support patient flow and continuity of care, completing spinal cord rehab ward rounds
• Participate in multidisciplinary team meetings and goal-setting processes
• Contribute to clinical governance, audit, and service improvement work
• Provide advice and support to community rehabilitation services
• Multidisciplinary working to support recovery and rehabilitation
• Leadership opportunity providing supervision to junior doctors and medical students.
• Contribution to service development, governance, and quality improvement
• Contribute to undergraduate and postgraduate medical education
• Act as a clinical and/or educational supervisor where appropriate
• Engage in audit, quality improvement, and service evaluation
• Participate in research activities where aligned with service priorities

Please see the attached full job description for an example weekly timetable.

About us

We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff work in patients homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield).

We prioritise our people and values so we can deliver the best possible care to patients. Our team is friendly, passionate, and innovative, always seeking better ways to work.

We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces to share ideas and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and especially encourage members of the LGBTQ+ community, ethnic minority groups, and people with disabilities or neurodivergence to apply, as they are currently underrepresented in the Trust.

As a member of the team, you will have access to the NHS pension plan, a generous holiday allowance, employee health and wellbeing services and extensive benefits and support. These include onsite nurseries, childcare vouchers, home electronics schemes, working carers support, carer-friendly policies, and more.

If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.

Details

Date posted: 26 August 2026

Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade: Specialty registrar

Salary: £67,325 a year

Contract: Fixed term

Duration: 12 months

Working pattern: Full-time

Reference number: 001541

Job locations: Trustwide UK, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF1 4DG, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff work in patients’ homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). We prioritise our people and values so we can deliver the best possible care to patients. Our team is friendly, passionate, and innovative, always seeking better ways to work.

We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces to share ideas and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and especially encourage members of the LGBTQ+ community, ethnic minority groups, and people with disabilities or neurodivergence to apply, as they are currently underrepresented in the Trust.

If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.

Our benefits

• Access to the NHS pension plan
• Generous holiday allowance of 27 days plus bank holidays, increasing with 5 and 10 years of service
• Exceptional employee health and wellbeing services
• Extensive benefits and support, including:
• Onsite nurseries and childcare salary sacrifice scheme
• Home electronics scheme
• Cycle to work scheme - subject to eligibility criteria
• Car lease salary sacrifice scheme - subject to eligibility criteria
• Working carers support and advice, carers network and carers passport
• Flexible working options and family and carer-friendly policies
• Established staff networks, including LGBTQ+ and Race Equality
• Career progression, training and support

Skilled worker sponsorship

You can find out more about skilled worker and health and care visas on our careers site.

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 (Opens in a new tab).

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 (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name: The Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust

Address: Trustwide UK, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF1 4DG, United Kingdom

Employer's website: https://www.midyorks.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Head of clinical services for spinal

Ram Hariharan

midyorks.medicalrecruitment@nhs.net

Supporting documents

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