Junior Clinical Fellow in Critical Care

Whittington Health NHS Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a Junior Clinical Fellow in Critical Care. This role provides excellent exposure to critical care and includes responsibilities like day-to-day management of critically ill patients. The successful candidate will have teaching opportunities and a supportive Clinical Supervisor. Essential qualifications include MBBS and full GMC registration, along with strong communication skills. The role is a fixed-term contract starting February 2026.

Benefits

Teaching and training opportunities

Career advice and support

Qualifications

• Completed a recognised 2-year foundation training programme in the UK.
• Experience in audit projects.

Responsibilities

• Assessment and clinical management of critically ill patients.
• Updating clinical records and communication with families.

Skills

Good communicator with excellent spoken English

Ability to work as part of a team

Education

MBBS or Equivalent

Full registration with a licence to practice with the GMC

ALS

Job description

Job overview

The Whittington Hospital NHS Trust is seeking to appoint a Junior Clinical Fellow in critical care. They would commence 4th February 2026 (Subject to pre-employment checks being completed) and finish on 4th August 2026. This post is not recognised for training by the Postgraduate Dean; however the successful candidate will have teaching and training equivalent to those in training posts. This post is a fixed-term contract, but extension may be agreed.

For the successful candidate this job will provide excellent exposure to Critical Care. The successful applicant will have a named Clinical Supervisor who will also provide career advice and support for onward career progression. There is a weekly ITU teaching program and other training opportunities are available within the Trust, which you will be encouraged to attend. Doctors not in training are also able to apply for study leave and associated expenses.

Duties involve day-to-day clinical management of patients on the 11‑12 bedded adult Critical Care Unit which has 700 admissions a year, as well as supporting the Critical Care Outreach service. These appointments are to enable us to continue running a 9‑person rota, with 7 of these posts in recognised training programmes. The Unit is fully covered by Consultant Intensivists in a dedicated Critical Care rota.

This post may close early if enough applications are received.

Main duties of the job

DUTIES OF POST

• Assessment and clinical management of critically ill patients both within the ICU and across the wider hospital who are referred for assessment, admission and on‑going care.
• Prompt review of referrals from ED or the ward teams at night as the Critical Care Outreach nurse service only operates 8 am‑8 pm 7 days a week.
• Timely discussion with senior supervising colleagues regarding appropriateness of admission, unexpected deterioration and suitability for discharge.
• Familiarity and competence at common procedures is expected (vascular access, chest drain insertion etc) but supervised training is also given for other procedures eg arteria line, central venous access, percutaneous tracheostomy. Airway support is provided by the on‑call Anaesthetics team for ICU doctors without anaesthesia or airway skills.
• Direction, guidance, supervision & teaching of more junior ICU trainees including for practical procedures.
• Organisation of appropriately detailed patient hand‑over both at shift changes including current clinical condition of patients under review outside of the ICU.
• Written and verbal handover to ward team for patients stepping down to ward care.
• Updating of clinical records, electronic & paper data & audit systems including the ICU activity database.
• Communication with families & relatives of patients to update them on patient progress.

Working for our organisation

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

Person specification

Education

Essential criteria

• Full registration with a licence to practice with the GMC at the time of appointment.
• MBBS or Equivalent.
• ALS.

Desirable criteria

• Primary FRCA and/or part 1 MRCP or equivalent (2) APLS or ATLS (2).

Skills and Abilities

Essential criteria

• Good communicator with excellent spoken English.
• Have completed a recognised 2‑year foundation training programme in the UK or have a completed CREST form (Certificate of Readiness to Enter Specialty Training).

Knowledge and Experience

Desirable criteria

• Previous anaesthetic or critical care experience.

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria

• Enthusiastic.
• Good communicator with excellent written English.
• Display ability to work as part of a team.

Audit and Research

Essential criteria

• Experience of Audit projects.
• Understanding of research principles.

SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN AND ADULTS

To comply with the Trust’s Safeguarding Children and Adults policies, procedures and protocols. All individual members of staff (paid or unpaid) have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This will require you to :

• Ensure you are familiar with and comply with the London Child Protection Procedures and protocols for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people.
• Ensure you are familiar and comply with the London Multi Agency Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Pan London Procedures.
• Ensure you are familiar and comply with local protocols and systems for information sharing.
• Know the appropriate contact numbers and required reporting lines.
• Participate in required training and supervision.
• Comply with required professional boundaries and codes of conduct.

Whittington Health is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.