ICU Clinical Fellow

Croydon Health Services NHS Trust; Croydon; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in Croydon is seeking a full-time Clinical Fellow in ITU for a 12-month post starting February 2026. The role involves supporting critical care and anaesthetic departments, offering opportunities for training and exams. Candidates should have an MB BS or equivalent and a primary FRCA. Salary is approximately £52,656 per annum plus London weighting.

Qualifications

• Eligible candidates must hold a valid GMC registration and preferably a primary FRCA.
• Clinical experience in anaesthetics or critical care is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Support day-to-day activities in Anaesthesia and ITU.
• Provide care under supervision of critical care consultants.
• Assist with stabilisation and transfer of new patients.

Education

MB BS or equivalent

Primary FRCA or equivalent

Job description

Main duties of the job

The intensive care unit provides high quality care for 15 level 3 and level 2 beds. The Fellow would be expected to spend his clinical service commitment in the Intensive care unit and an additional 1 in 8 on-call commitment with internal cover in ITU (EWTD compliant shift system). If the Fellow has anaesthetic experience and would like to improve it, we will try to incorporate theatre sessions as well.

There is daily clinical teaching on the ward rounds and once weekly intensive care teaching held on the unit, organised and supervised by the Consultants.

Involvement in high quality research & development is strongly encouraged at Croydon Health Services NHS Trust, as this supports both the delivery of high-quality clinical care.

About us

Croydon Health Services NHS Trust provide hospital and community services from a number of community and specialist clinics throughout Croydon.

These include:

• Croydon University Hospital
• Purley Hospital
• The Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Centre in Thornton Heath
• Community bases at Purley, Sanderstead, New Addington, Broad Green, Woodside
• A minor injuries unit in New Addington

The Trust was formed on 1st August 2010 through the integration of Croydon Community Health Services and Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust. Around 3,500 staff provide services for a population of over 360,000 people who are relatively young with a high level of ethnic diversity.

Our Vision: "Excellent integrated care for you and your family, when and where you need it"
Our 5 key 'Here for you' promises to the people of Croydon are:

• You feel cared for by helpful and welcoming staff
• You feel in safe hands with highly professional staff
• You feel confident in your treatment from skilled teams of compassionate clinicians
• You feel we value your time with convenient appointments, minimal waiting and care closer to home
• You feel it's getting better all the time as we continue to improve our services

As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID19.

Job responsibilities

Job Title: Clinical Fellow in ITU (CT1/CT2 or CT3+)

Post: One full-time post for a period of 12 months starting in Feb 2026.

Grade: Medical & Dental

Hours: 40 (including 1:8 on call commitments in either critical care unit or theatres commensurate with experience).

Department: Anaesthetics & critical care

Reports To: Anaesthetic lead and divisional lead

Accountable To: Anaesthesia divisional lead

GENERAL

The remit of the postholder will be to support the departments of Anaesthesia and ITU in day to day activities. In addition, the individual will be required to play an active role in the general workload of the department.

This is a post in critical care medicine. Duties will be undertaken under the supervision of the critical care consultants. If the post holder has anaesthetic experience, we will be able to accommodate sessions in anaesthesia. The post helps to improve the CV for the application for anaesthesia and critical care training.

The Critical Care Unit consists of fifteen beds, eight level three and seven level two, used flexibly. It provides full critical care facilities for adult patients. There is an outreach service as well. The on‑call commitment will be an EWTD compliant rota of 12‑hour shifts. Eight trainees share the duty rota for critical care, with one person on duty at nights and weekends, and two or three on weekdays. Duties will include all aspects of care of the patients in the critical care unit, and on occasions assistance with the stabilisation and transfer of new patients referred from other areas of the hospital.

The post holder will be actively encouraged to take exams and attend/contribute to in‑house teaching.

Person Specification

Qualification

• MB BS or equivalent
• Primary FRCA or equivalent

Registration

• Full/Limited/Provisional GMC Registration

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary to submit a Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Depending on experience £52,656 per annum + London weighting