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NHS Clinical Fellow & Trust Grade

Match your experience and examples to the person specification for your post.

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Before you begin

Build your preparation around the actual vacancy

Clinical Fellow and Trust Grade posts have employer-specific requirements. Use this checklist with the job description and person specification beside you. There is no single national scoring scheme for every post.

  1. Read the complete job pack and separate essential from desirable criteria.
  2. Match each requirement to truthful evidence of your experience and competence.
  3. Prepare examples and questions about the clinical role, supervision and development offered.
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1. Application and person specification

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Application and person specification

What to prepare

  • Confirm registration, qualifications, employment history and requested documents against this advert.
  • Use the employer's application and interview deadlines, not a national specialty-training calendar.

The employer decides eligibility and shortlisting. Completing this checklist is not that decision.

Evidence and application notes

Check the exact advert, registration, competence documents, employment history and deadlines. Keep identifiers and evidence in the official portal.

Choose ready after checking the requirements and preparing the relevant documents or examples. This records your progress; the recruitment team decides eligibility and assessment marks.

Your preparation status

Mark this section ready when you have worked through the requirements above.

2. Fit for the post

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Fit for the post

What to prepare

  • Identify the clinical duties, on-call responsibilities and level of independence expected.
  • Prepare evidence of meeting each essential criterion and identify where supervision or further development is needed.
Evidence and application notes

Map qualifications, scope of practice, supervision needs and experience to every essential and desirable criterion in the actual advert.

Choose ready after checking the requirements and preparing the relevant documents or examples. This records your progress; the recruitment team decides eligibility and assessment marks.

Your preparation status

Mark this section ready when you have worked through the requirements above.

3. Your contribution and reflection

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Your contribution and reflection

What to prepare

  • Choose examples relevant to this job, including safe clinical practice, teamwork and improvement.
  • For each, state what you did, the outcome and what you learned. Keep identifiable patient details out of your preparation notes.
Evidence and application notes

Prepare anonymised examples showing your role, outcome and learning; follow the specialty's published interview/application domains.

Choose ready after checking the requirements and preparing the relevant documents or examples. This records your progress; the recruitment team decides eligibility and assessment marks.

Your preparation status

Mark this section ready when you have worked through the requirements above.

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Official sources

Checked 2026-10-30. Cycle: Role-specific. Check for updates before submitting.

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