Senior Clinical Fellow

Senior Clinical Fellow posts offer previous FMLM National/Regional Clinical Fellows the opportunity to develop their skills in leadership, management, strategy and project management outside of their normal clinical practice and to develop understanding of systems working.

During the Fellowship you will have the opportunity to acquire, develop and share knowledge and skills in leadership and will be challenged to think and behave differently in your leadership roles. You will work closely with the executive team to work on and lead projects across various areas and disciplines that aim to deliver on the MSE ICS strategy.

With support from senior colleagues, you will:

• Lead projects ensuring appropriate planning, engagement and communication.


• Work collaboratively with a range of stakeholders and within multi professional teams.


• Appraise complex information and produce reports of high quality


Whilst some projects will have long timelines some projects may require a rapid turnaround.

Examples of previous Clinical Fellow projects can be found on the Job description.

Each fellow will have a named Executive Mentor, depending on their specific requirements and areas of work.

Fellows will join the Leading Better Together: System Clinical Leaders development programme which is a multi-professional leadership development programme which runs throughout the year and provides education, networking, and a collaborative sharing and learning forum.


• Ability to appraise new information quickly.


• Excellent written and oral communication skills, with the ability to express your perspective and opinions whilst providing critical challenge clearly and respectfully.


• Ability to work within a wide range of environments, quickly building rapport and establishing good working relationships with colleagues from different professional and personal backgrounds.


• Ability to think creatively about different solutions to problems, using healthcare literature to provide an evidence base, and to write formal reports.


You must be able to travel across various sites in Mid and South Essex where applicable.

Applications are open from doctors, pharmacists, dentists (any of whom must have completed foundation training or equivalent), nurses, midwives, healthcare scientists or allied health care professionals. Public health specialty trainees from a background other than medicine must be on the UK public health specialty training scheme and enrolled with the Faculty of Public Health. At the time of starting the post you must have completed one of the FMLM Clinical Fellow schemes

The ICS has a bold ambition to deliver improved outcomes for our 1.2m population through our four Alliances, and we are placing clinical and professional leadership and the voice of our residents at the heart of realizing this ambition., Mid and South Essex ICB is a statutory organisation responsible for the planning and delivery of local health and care services, across Mid and South Essex and is part of the wider integrated care system. Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) are partnerships of health and care organisations that come together to plan and deliver joined up services and to improve the health of people who live and work in their area. The headquarters for the organisation is Phoenix Court, Basildon, but there is a hybrid model of working, which includes working across Mid and South Essex and home working.