Last updated August 2024
If you are considering an Out Of Program Pause there are many specialist and generalist job opportunities accessible within the region. These posts can help guide career choices, give you specialist clinical experience not available in training, or give more flexible working patterns. The posts can be paired with non-clinical duties to help build your CV and give management and teaching experience.
Funding is always changing therefore, what is available this year may not necessarily be available next year. Likewise, often the job you want may not already exist but if you have something in mind it is worth speaking the college tutor at that site to see what opportunities can be created.
Below is a list of each training site and examples of fellowships they have offered in past. If these are of interest you, please discuss with the college tutors as early as possible. In addition, some adverts will be posted on NHS jobs.
| Site | Examples | Contact |
| Severn | ||
| Gloucester | – Current funding application for education fellowship with clinical duties (50:50) | l.walker21@nhs.net cparfitt@nhs.net |
| Swindon | – Undergraduate education fellow with clinical duties (50:50 & 80:20) – Post graduate education fellow with clinical duties (50:50) – Trust wide support fellow with clinical duties | nicol.west1@nhs.net |
| Bath | – 6 month post CCT fellowship in research/ safeguarding/ teaching – Possible community post being created | dan.jolley@nhs.net tariqsyed@nhs.net Gemma.gough@nhs.net |
| Taunton | – Education fellowship – Darcy project (management and leadership fellowship) Both include clinical duties | Ann.Ratcliffe@SomersetFT.nhs.uk |
| Yeovil | – Generalist clinical fellowship posts | Siba.Paul@SomersetFT.nhs.uk |
| UHBW | – Multiple subspeciality posts available. Please contact Dr Roderick or departmental leads. | Marion.roderick@uhbw.nhs.uk List of departmental leads: https://paedshub.co.uk/post/contact-details/ |
| NICU St Michael’s Hospital | – 2x post CCT fellowships with specialist interest (USS/Research/education/ QI) and clinical duties | Liam.Mahoney@uhbw.nhs.uk Asha.Persaud@uhbw.nhs.uk |
| NICU Southmead hospital | – Options to create a post if interested, possibility to dedicate time to QI/ education/ research | Amiel.Billetop@nbt.nhs.uk |
| Bristol community Sirona | – 2x community child health fellowships available each year – Possible public health fellowship | tamsin.woodbridge@nhs.net |
| Peninsular | ||
| Plymouth | – Education and simulation fellowship with clinical duties – Option of tertiary NICU if interested. | catherine.derry@nhs.net |
| Exeter | – Simulation with clinical post (trust wide post) spending clinical time working paediatrics – Public health fellowship | nicola.oshea@nhs.net |
| Torbay | – Options to create a post if interested – Possibility for paediatric mental health post | james.dearden@nhs.net |
| Cornwall Truro | – Eating disorder fellowship – clinical & Trust wide fellowships in QIP and management/ education and simulation where clinical time can be spent in paediatrics | a.mullett@nhs.net |
| Barnstaple | – Generalist clinical fellowship posts | azar.mohamed-ansar-ali@nhs.net |
Public health
The Southwest school of public health is happy to help arrange fellowships with a focus on child health initiatives. These will usually compose of 1-2 days a week working with the public health team, the rest of the week can be used for clinical work or other activities of the candidate’s choice. There are opportunities available all across the south west. If interested contact Maggie Rae (head of school, maggie.rae@england.nhs.uk) or Diane Lloyd (program manager, diane.lloyd7@nhs.net ) to discuss further.
This can be included as part of the population health fellowship ran by NHS England
Regional trainee leadership fellowships (not exclusive to paediatric trainees):
PGME Southwest & National EWS Team (ST3+)
The Postgraduate Medical Education Office (Southwest) is delighted to announce a training secondment fellowship opportunity to work with our senior staff within the Southwest and national teams.
The following fellowships offer fellows a unique opportunity to improve Postgraduate Doctors in Training experience and develop the capability necessary for their future roles as clinical leaders in supporting our future doctors.
- PSW fellow – 1 post
- ED&I fellow – 1 post
- RTT fellow – 1 post
- EWS fellow (national – please see job description for details) – 1 post
National leadership fellowships (not exclusive to paediatric trainees):
Sponsored by the National Medical Director of NHS England and managed by FMLM, the scheme is designed to identify and support doctors in training who present with the clearest potential to develop as clinical leaders of the future. Established in 2011, the scheme provides doctors in training with a unique opportunity to spend 12 months in healthcare-affiliated organisations outside of clinical practice to develop their skills in leadership, management, strategy, project management and health policy.