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Junior Clinical Fellow in MAU (RPH)

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Preston, PR2 9HT £54,499 a year Fixed-Term Posted 27 August 2026 Apply by 10 September 2026

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Role description

Job summary

In this role you will be working withina supportive andeducationally focused environment andwill be providingjuniorlevel experience(equivalent to FY2/ST1-2)in a teaching hospital withinall the main medical sub-specialities.

This post is based at Royal PrestonHospital,andyou will be an integral part of our team and will be involved directly with the day-to-day functioning ofMedical Assessment Unit(MAU), Emergency department (ED)andSame day emergency care (SDEC).There may be some cross site working as and whenrequired.

This post will be until 31st March 2027.

Main duties of the job

You willbe requiredto work closely with GP and Emergency Department colleagues while accepting patients for assessment inSDEC.

Our SDEC accepts ED ambulatory patients and GP referrals, who are assessed by ACPs and junior doctors in the unit. These patients are reviewed by senior decision makers and then a final management plan is made. The majority ofthe patients are discharged with follow up plans asrequired.

Working on the SDEC providesgood learning opportunities with one-to-one interactions with consultants and registrars.

About us

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust forms one of the major acute trusts in the Northwest of England with all of the usual specialties on site, as well as being a Tertiary Centre for Lancashire and South Cumbria in the Departments of Neurosciences, Nephrology, Oncology, Plastic Surgery and Burns. Undergraduate medical student teaching commenced in 2003.

We offer the full range of acute outpatient and inpatient services to the 380,000 people living in Central Lancashire.

Services are provided across two sites: Royal Preston Hospital and Chorley & South Ribble District General Hospital.

The Medical Directorate is responsible for the provision of a full range of medical services across the Preston and Chorley hospital sites. This includes the following

- Acute Medicine

- Emergency Medicine

- Diabetes and Endocrinology

- Gastroenterology

- Medicine for the Elderly

- Stroke Medicine

- Respiratory Medicine

- Renal Medicine

- Neurology

- Cardiology

Date posted

27 August 2026

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Doctor - other

Salary

£54,499 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

7 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

438-MS3289

Job locations

Royal Preston Hospital

Sharoe Green Lane

Preston

PR2 9HT

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job description, Person specification and Specialty/ Trust Brochure for further details on:

What we can offer

Job Plan/On-call Requirements

The Team

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Full GMC Registration and Licence to Practice
Licence to Practice MBBS or equivalent
ALS certified

Desirable

MRCP Part 1

Experience

Essential

Previous experience on resuscitation team.
A minimum of 3 months working in the NHS as a junior doctor in a medical specialty.

Desirable

Audit knowledge
Computer literacy
Audit project
Practical procedure skills

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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Certificate of Sponsorship

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