Junior Clinical Fellow

NHS; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a Junior Clinical Fellow in Anaesthesia at Nottingham University Hospitals. This role offers a fixed-term position to enhance clinical skills and gain experience across multiple specialties. Applicants must have full GMC registration and at least three years of Anaesthesia training. The role includes participation in a busy 24-hour service within a supportive team, with training and development opportunities for career progression. Closing date for applications is 12 January 2026.

Benefits

GMC-accredited Educational Supervisor

Annual Medical Appraisal

Exam support and interview practice

Access to undergraduate teaching roles

Strong training and simulation links

Pay in line with trainee peers

Pastoral support and well-being programs

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years of Anaesthesia training required.
• Completion of RCoA Stage 1 training in Anaesthesia preferred.
• Signed confirmation from College Tutor for training completion acceptable.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high quality 24-hour Anaesthetic service.
• Participate in out of hours rotas covering multiple specialties.
• Maintain effective working relationships with colleagues.

Skills

Anaesthesia training

Emergency work

Obstetric experience

Intensive Care Medicine training

Communication skills

Education

MBBS or equivalent medical qualification

Full registration with the GMC

Job description

Junior Clinical Fellow

The closing date is 12 January 2026.

Join us for a career and portfolio boosting opportunity.

We are offering one Anaesthetic Junior Clinical Fellow job at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, commencing August 2025. This is a fixed term post, initially for 6 months, with the possible opportunity to extend. Applicants should have full GMC registration and a minimum of three years of experience practising Anaesthesia.

The post is ideally suited to those who are between Core and Specialty (Stage 1 and Stage 2) training in Anaesthesia, including those who have yet to pass the Primary FRCA. More broadly, any experienced Anaesthetist seeking further clinical exposure and portfolio‑boosting opportunities in preparation for entering Specialty Training at ST4+ level is encouraged to apply.

The successful applicant will join a busy, supportive department, providing anaesthesia for a broad range of specialties, and will participate in rotas covering Anaesthesia, Enhanced Perioperative Care (EPOC), Obstetrics and Critical Care (these may be undertaken in blocks).

Please note, this post is aligned to Trust specific pay scales and terms and conditions of service and is not linked to the 2016 doctors in training terms and conditions of service and pay scales.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will be expected to:

• Support the delivery of a high quality 24‑hour Anaesthetic service, including participation in out of hours rotas, covering EPOC (Enhanced Perioperative Care unit), Obstetrics and Critical Care, in addition to General (Anaesthesia) duties.
• Work flexibly when required and depending upon demand.
• To understand the role in more detail, please read the attached job description and personspecification documents.

About us

We offer:

• A named GMC‑accredited Educational Supervisor
• Annual Medical Appraisal
• Exam support, interview and viva practice
• Access to undergraduate teaching roles with further opportunities to contribute to local education and audit/QI projects
• The benefit of the department's strong training, University, Trent Simulation Centre and Royal College links
• Pay and leave in line with trainee peers
• Access to pastoral support – buddying, mentoring, nationally recognised Junior Doctor Liaison Group and Staff Wellbeing Programme

There are two campuses, situated 5 miles apart in the heart of Nottingham, with 47 theatres covering all surgical specialties.

• Queen's Medical Centre (QMC) is the acute setting and supports a substantial surgical workload including neurosurgery, spinal surgery, head and neck, hepatobiliary and colorectal surgery. It also houses the region's only Major Trauma Centre, Emergency Department, Children's Hospital, Treatment Centre, Trent Simulation Centre and Medical School.
• Nottingham City Hospital (NCH) delivers planned care and is where cardiac, thoracic, urology, the majority of cancer surgery and renal transplants are undertaken.

Job responsibilities

Clinical duties will include those normally expected of an Anaesthetic CT3+. During the daytime, this will involve theatre work; out of hours, duties will include obstetrics and/or junior emergency anaesthetic cover +/- ICM if circumstances require.

Consultant cover is provided at all times, being non‑resident overnight. At QMC, Consultant Anaesthetists are resident throughout all daytime and twilight sessions, 7 days a week, supporting the emergency workload.

The successful candidate will be responsible to a named Consultant within the senior management team, and have a named Educational Supervisor. They will be required to:

• Participate in the delivery of a high quality 24‑hour service including participation in the resident Out of Hours rota, covering a mixture of Anaesthetics, EPOC, Critical Care and Obstetric Anaesthesia. Daytime sessions will be within Anaesthetics.
• Provide internal cover for colleagues on leave, which is included in the current banding allocation of this post. In exceptional circumstances and for short periods only, Clinical Fellows may be requested to provide additional cover, for example, to cover sickness. Locums may also be employed in this instance. The rota is EWTD compliant with appropriate level of banding for anti‑social hours.
• Work flexibly, maintain a logbook and portfolio, engage with supervision, undergo medical appraisal and develop a learning plan/PDP.
• Comply with management arrangements in place, to follow the guidelines on practice laid down by the General Medical Council's Maintaining Good Medical Practice, and to be accountable to the Trust for their actions and the quality of their work.
• Comply with Trust Health and Safety policies, fulfil mandatory training requirements and maintain a safe and healthy environment for patients, visitors and staff.
• Have knowledge of and employ the basic principles of infection control practice.
• Maintain effective working relationships with anaesthetic, nursing, operating department, critical care, midwifery and surgical colleagues.

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for key duties and responsibilities.

Person Specification

Evidence

• Qualifications & Training
  • MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
  • Full registration with the GMC and Licence to Practice
  • By time of interview, either
    • Completion of RCoA Stage 1 training in Anaesthesia or equivalent – Primary FRCA is not an essential criterion.
    • Signed, written confirmation from your College Tutor that you are on track to complete RCoA Stage 1 training, or equivalent, by post‑commencement (February 2024) – Primary FRCA is not an essential criterion.
• Knowledge/Skills/Experience By the time of post commencement:
  • Minimum of 3 years of Anaesthesia training
  • Experience and competence requisite to meeting all aspects of the job plan including emergency work.
  • Evidence of relevant technical skills/competences for all aspects of the job plan, including:
    • 3 months of Obstetric on‑call experience
    • 6 months of Intensive Care Medicine training
    • Evidence of continuous career development

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 for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.