Junior Clinical Fellow in Neuro ICU

Transformation Unit; Oxford; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 67,000; Full time

Job summary

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Junior Clinical Fellow in Neuro ICU at the John Radcliffe site in Oxford. This 1-year fixed-term post offers hands-on learning in a busy Neurocritical Care unit with on-call duties and nightly shifts, designed for F3 or core trainee level applicants.

The role encompasses participation in ward rounds, daily reviews, and delivery of safe patient care within a multidisciplinary team, under consultant supervision, with opportunities to

Qualifications

• Full GMC registration and licence to practice.
• Satisfactory completion of the UK Foundation Programme or equivalent.
• At least 24 months of postgraduate clinical experience.
• Recent UK-based clinical practice with direct responsibility for acutely unwell adults.
• Effective MDT working, structured handover, and timely escalation to senior consultants.

Responsibilities

• Participate in twice-daily consultant-led ICU ward rounds.
• Conduct daily clinical reviews of critically ill patients.
• Be involved in all aspects of daily medical care with strong team communication.

Skills

MDT teamwork

Structured handover

Escalation

Communication

Teaching

CPD

Education

Foundation Programme completed

UK medical training recognition

Job description

Main area Neuro Intensive Care Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Junior Clinical Fellow Contract 1 year (Fixed term from 3rd February 2027 to Tuesday 1st February 2028 inclusive) Hours Full time - 40 hours per week (1:8 on-call including nights) Job ref 321-NOTSSCaN-8285731-JCF

Employer Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site West Wing, John Radcliffe Hospital Town Oxford Salary £55,355 - £67,325 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 19/11/2026 23:59

Junior Clinical Fellow in Neuro ICU

NHS Medical & Dental: Junior Clinical Fellow

The Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.

The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.

Many of our recruitment programmes use values-based interviewing to identify those who have the skills we seek, who share our values and who are able to deliver compassionate excellence from the outset. We know that this makes a significance difference to your job satisfaction and above all the outcomes and experience of our patients and their families.

This Junior Clinical Fellowship in Neurocritical Care offers a fantastic opportunity to gain knowledge, skills, and experience of working in a tertiary multidisciplinary team. It would be an ideal post for those at F3 level or Core Training who wish to strengthen an application for speciality training in the fields of Anaesthesia, ICM, Neurology, Neurosurgery, ACCS, or Emergency Medicine.

This 1 year fixed-term post offers plenty of supervised hands‑on learning and teaching in Neurocritical care, with many opportunities to learn airway skills, central venous and arterial cannulation, and all other practical and theoretical facets on this busy but vibrant ICU.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicants will participate in twice-daily consultant-led ICU ward rounds, conduct daily clinical reviews of critically unwell patients, and be involved in all aspects of their daily medical care. Excellent teamworking, communication and documentation skills are required. There is plenty of opportunity for leaning and development of skills under expert supervision. The JCF will be part of the on-call team for the Neurosciences ICU, supervised at all times by the resident Airway doctor tier.

Working for our organisation

The Neurosciences Intensive Care Unit is a specialist tertiary-referral ICU within the West Wing, a wing of the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK. The John Radcliffe Hospital is a world-renowned teaching hospital integrating acute and elective services with clinical research and education. The Neuro-ICU works closed with Oxford Critical Care, the Major Trauma Centre, and the Neurosurgery, Neurology, and Specialist Surgery departments to provide both emergency and elective care to patients with intracranial or head and neck diseases.

The Neuro-ICU is a busy ICU but with a strong ethos of learning, equality, and multidisciplinary engagement. The Junior Clinical Fellows are genuinely welcomed and are an essential part of this Consultant-led team.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Clinical

The post-holder’s duties will be primarily at the West Wing of the John Radcliffe

Hospital site but the opportunity to work in theatre can be explored once appointed.

Junior Clinical Fellowship in Neurocritical Care Job Plan

Post Duration -fixed term 12 months

This job is based in the tertiary referral Neurosciences Intensive Care Unit in Oxford. The job entails providing cover of the 15 level 3 bed tertiary referral Neuro ICU as a shift pattern involving on‑call and weekend working. It is suitable for both F3 and Core Trainee levels of experience. There are two tiers of on‑call and the applicant will be assigned to the appropriate tier reflecting their experience.

There will be the opportunity to take part in anaesthesia sessions or areas relevant to the applicants’ experience and also to further enhance ones’ CV.

The Fellow will also be part of the Cardiac Arrest Team in the West Wing of the John Radcliffe Hospital and therefore should have ALS. Advanced airway skills are also desirable but there is flexibility depending on experience.

All on‑call is closely supervised at consultant level, with the consultant assuming overall responsibility.

Annual and study leave arrangements must be coordinated to ensure there is an acceptable level of clinical cover.

The John Radcliffe Hospital is the main emergency site and is designated as a Major Trauma Centre. It provides Acute Medical and Surgical services, Trauma, Neurosciences (Neurology and Neurosurgery), Cardiac, Specialist Surgery (Ophthalmology; Ear, Nose and Throat; Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery), Women’s Services and Children’s Services (based in the Children’s Hospital on the site). Critical Care facilities include an adult general intensive care unit (Oxford Critical Care), Paediatric and Neonatal intensive care and two specialist critical care units (Neurosciences and Cardiothoracics).

The West Wing of the John Radcliffe Hospital opened in January 2007 along with the Children’s Hospital, Oxford. The West Wing houses services were previously based in the Radcliffe Infirmary in the centre of Oxford. The West Wing offers state of the art facilities for patients and for staff, with services including neurosciences, specialist surgery and the Oxford Eye Hospital. In addition to clinical space, it provides a base for University teaching and research. The Radcliffe Infirmary building, which has housed medical services, teaching and research, since the 18th century, has been passed to the University of Oxford.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Full GMC registration with licence to practice
• Satisfactory completion of the UK Foundation Programme, or documented evidence of equivalent

Experience

• At least 24 months' whole-time equivalent postgraduate clinical experience
• Competence in assessing and initiating management of acutely unwell adults, including recognition of deterioration, immediate treatment, safe prescribing, escalation, handover and clinical documentation
• Ability to work safely on a CT1-equivalent junior clinical fellow rota, under appropriate supervision, and within personal limits of competence
• Recent UK-based clinical practice involving direct responsibility for acutely unwell adult patients
• Effective multidisciplinary working, structured handover and timely referral or escalation to senior clinicians

Skills, and Knowledge

• Recent UK-based practice involving direct responsibility for unwell adult patients
• Demonstration of effective MDT working, structured handover, and timely escalation to senior Consultants
• Demonstration of effective teamworking and leadership, appropriate to JCF level
• Commitment to Good Medical Practice and Continuing Professional Development
• Demonstration of clear spoken and written Communication Skills with patients, relatives, and colleagues
• Engagement in contributing teaching to undergraduates, peers, and MDT members
• Clear understanding of the purpose of the post, with realistic expectations of application to Speciality Training

COVID-19: The COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment at this time, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. We will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters so that we can manage individual and environmental risks and so that we can support those who may be undecided about vaccination. If you are unvaccinated there is helpful advice and information at Oxfordshire County Council Website where you can also find out more about how to access vaccination. There is a current Government consultation underway which will determine whether some new starters may need to be vaccinated.

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You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Dr Martin Birch Job title Clinical Lead, Neurosciences Intensive Care Unit Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 01865 234918