Clinical Fellow in Community Hospitals *INTERNAL* in Workington

Would you like to join a centre of excellence in rural and remote healthcare?

Clinical Fellow in Community Hospitals *INTERNAL*

NHS Medical & Dental: Senior Clinical Fellow

Main area Penrith GP Medical Services - 203115 Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Senior Clinical Fellow Contract Permanent: Cross-Site working requirement Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 262-A-26-8234689-C

Site Ellerbeck Ward Town Workington Salary £76,582 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 20/11/2026 23:59

Job overview

ONLY AVAILABLE TO INTERNAL APPLICANTS

If you are compassionate and motivated and have an interest in gaining further knowledge and experience in frailty, why not consider joining us in our modern hospitals on the edge of the beautiful Lake District National Park.

The post will be based on Ellerbeck Ward in Workington Community Hospital, but the post holder will be required to work at other sites within the Trust.

Main duties of the job

This is an excellent opportunity for a doctor wishing to develop their skills in community hospitals, palliative medicine and frailty. This post provides the opportunity to develop broad clinical skills in community-based medicine whilst gaining experience in delivering care closer to home as part of an integrated multispecialist team.

Working for our organisation

At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.

Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of ‘safe, high quality care every time':

• Being a clinically led organisation
• Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
• A positive patient experience every time
• A great place to work
• Managing our money well

As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.

Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

JOB DESCRIPTION :

Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.

CERTIFICATE OF SPONSORSHIP

Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment.Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligiblevacancies.

Disclosure and Barring Service:

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.

The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:

Standard Check: £21.50 + Administration cost of £6.50 = £28. Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.

Enhanced Check: £49.50 + administration cost of £6.50 = £56. Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.

NCIC can offer successful future employees the following benefits:

• 27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years
• NHS Discounts*
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work*
• Vivup is a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems
• *Subject to eligibility

Person specification

Qualifications

• Valid Registration with the General Medical Council.
• Provider status at ALS
• Courses or experience in Frailty, Palliative care or GP.

Training and Experience

• Experience in an NHS Medicine role following training
• Successful completion for of a UK based Foundation Programme or equivalent
• Excellent communication skills with patients, colleagues, managers and other staff
• Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
• A commitment to, and experience of teaching

Management/ Administrative Experience

• Ability to advise on efficient and smooth running of the service.
• Ability to organise and manage own workload efficiently
• Experience of audit management

Teaching

• Experience of and commitment to teaching undergraduate and postgraduate medical staff.
• Experience of teaching basic clinical skills to undergraduates
• Teaching of non-medical health professionals.

Research, Audit and Clinical Governance

• Experience of, and commitment to, medical audit.
• Experience of research and Clinical Governance

Communication skills and abilities

• Empathetic and sensitive approach to patient needs
• Approachable and effective Multi-disciplinary team member with excellent interpersonal skills
• Team loyalty
• Positive approach to lessons learnt
• Confident approach without being arrogant
• IT Skills
• Demonstrable evidence of lifelong learning. Reflective approach to personal development with an ability to acknowledge and effectively manage poor performance.
• articipation in appropriate peer review processes
• Continued Professional / Personal Development

Personal Attributes

• Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Participation in on call and emergency cover.
• Ability to travel to fulfil the requirements of the post

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.