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How to Add a New Role in FourteenFish

Your step-by-step visual guide.

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Step 1. Start a new role

Step 1. Start a new role — visual example 1

Go to “Add a new role”.

Click “This is a completely new role”.

Use this option when entering a separate job or post.

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Step 2. Add the role name

Step 2. Add the role name — visual example 2

Enter a clear role title, for example: “SHO – Cardiology”.

Use a simple name that clearly identifies the post.

Then click “Next”.

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Step 3. Choose the role type

Step 3. Choose the role type — visual example 3

Select the most appropriate role type.

For most doctor posts, choose “Clinical”.

Then continue to the next screen.

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Step 4. Add sessions and start date

Step 4. Add sessions and start date — visual example 4

Enter the number of sessions worked.

As a rough guide, one half day is approximately one session.

A full-time Monday to Friday 9–5 clinical post is usually around 10 sessions.

Then enter the date the role began.

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Step 5. Confirm whether the role is ongoing

Step 5. Confirm whether the role is ongoing — visual example 5

Select “Yes” if you are still working in the role.

Select “No” if the role has finished.

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Step 6. Add employer details

Step 6. Add employer details — visual example 6

Enter the organisation or employer name.

Add the address and any other requested details.

This will usually be the Trust, hospital, practice, or employer.

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Step 7. Add a brief role description

Step 7. Add a brief role description — visual example 7

Summarise what the role involves.

Include your grade, specialty, patient group, and key responsibilities.

A concise but meaningful description is usually enough.

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Example role description

Consultant Physician – 22-Bed Mixed Medical Ward

Senior consultant overseeing the care of adult inpatients across a mixed acute, general, and geriatric caseload.

Leads daily consultant ward rounds to support safe, evidence-based, patient-centred care.

Develops plans from urgent treatment through to rehabilitation and discharge.

Supervises junior doctors and contributes to teaching and workplace-based assessments such as CBDs, Mini-CEX and DOPS.

Contributes to family discussions, advance care planning, DNACPR decisions, board rounds, and MDT meetings.

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What the finished entry looks like

What the finished entry looks like — visual example 8

Once saved, the role will appear in your Scope of Work section like the example below.

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