Senior Clinical Fellow Anaesthetics

NHS; Hereford; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a Senior Clinical Fellow in Anaesthetics to join their well-respected department at Hereford County Hospital. The role involves patient care, participation in on-call rosters, and direct engagement with clinical governance, offering a supportive environment in a beautiful rural setting.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Great work-life balance

Supportive training environment

Qualifications

• Essential: MBChB, Full GMC Registration.
• Desirable: Primary FRCA or equivalent.
• Desirable: ALS/ATLS/EPLS/APLS certification.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to daytime activity and resident on-call duties.
• Supervise elective lists and engage in quality improvement projects.
• Participate in the medical emergencies team and conduct critical care transfers.

Skills

Commitment to Anaesthesia

Communication Skills

Teamwork

Education

MBChB or equivalent

Full GMC Registration with Licence to practice

Job description

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Clinical Fellow in the department of Anaesthetics. Our department has a diverse blend of 25 consultants with a wealth of experience that lends itself to providing first class care and a unique training experience. We pride ourselves on being a very approachable, flexible and proactive.

Feedback from trainees is always excellent and many are drawn back by the lure of the healthy work - life balance that Hereford offers.

Please note this vacancy may close early if we receive a high volume of applications.

Main duties of the job

• You will contribute to regular day time activity across specialties and to resident on call duties.
• Resident on-call duties are on a 1:8 rota with prospective cover and will cover either general or obstetric anaesthesia services, or ICU. These hours are 08:00-18:00, 08:00-20:30 and 20:00-08:30. There are three tiers of resident anaesthetic and intensive care cover within the hospital who work as a team to provide out of hour cover with non-resident consultant support.
• Elective activity will include supervised elective lists and/or ICU.
• You will be an active member of the hospital medical emergencies team.
• You will undertake intra- and inter-hospital critical care transfers.
• It is expected that you will engage with clinical governance by taking part in regular departmental meetings, and proactively undertaking audit and quality improvement projects.
• It is expected that you will familiarise yourself with and adhere to the Trust's policies on Clinical Governance, Confidentiality and Infection Control

About us

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

Worcestershire is our neighbouring county. The post holder will be required to travel between sites.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."

Our values - Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.

Details Date posted

17 June 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Doctor - other

Salary

Depending on experience Dependant on experience (MT03/MT04)

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

229-SD-GT-7199819-A

Job locations

Hereford County Hospital WVT

Hereford

HR1 2ER

Job description Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and personal specification for further information on this post.

Job description Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and personal specification for further information on this post.

Person Specification Education & Qualificiations Essential

• MBChB or equivalent
• Full GMC Registration with Licence to practice

Desirable

• Primary FRCA or equivalent
• Final FRCA

Training Essential

• FY 1 & 2 (or equivalent)
• 18+ months anaesthesia experience
• Have evidence of achievement of the Initial Assessment of Competence in Anaesthesia (IAC), or equivalent
• Have evidence of achievement of the Initial Assessment of Competence in Obstetric Anaesthesia (IACOA), or equivalent
• ALS

Desirable

• Experience in or exposure to general paediatrics, obstetrics, surgery (any level)
• ALS/ATLS/ EPLS/ APLS Provider
• 6 months paid working experience as a Doctor in the NHS

Experience & Knowledge Essential

• Demonstrate commitment to Anaesthesia
• Widespread broad based knowledge in all aspects of Anaesthesia & Intensive Care Medicine
• Maintenance of a log-book of anaesthetic cases, with appropriate case load for level of experience

Desirable

• Widespread broad based knowledge in all aspects of general medicine and surgery
• Evidence of continued education practices and commitment to learning

Clinical Governance Essential

• Evidence of clinical audit practice and clinical governance
• Clearly demonstrate evidence based practice

Desirable

• Proactive Quality Improvement involvement and implementation

Communication and Language Skills Essential

• Fluency in written and spoken English
• Excellent communication skills, oral and written, including the ability to communicate and interact effectively with colleagues and patients

Desirable

• Second language

Management & Administrative Experience Essential

• Demonstrated leadership ability
• Evidence of involvement in management commensurate with experience

Personal Attributes Essential

• Demonstrate a personal drive for development and growth
• Demonstrate an excellent work ethic
• Evidence of ability to work within a multidisciplinary team
• Demonstrate ability to take responsibility, lead, make decisions and exert appropriate authority
• Demonstrate good time management skills
• Ability to adapt and work in differing environments and across cultural boundaries
• Demonstrates embracing flexible working

Standards Essential

• Understands, respects and demonstrates the values of the NHS and Trust
• Committed to working with excellence

Commitment to Trust Values & Behaviours Essential

• Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's Values and Behaviours

Other Requirements Specific to the Role Desirable

• Access to transport

Person Specification Education & Qualificiations Essential

• MBChB or equivalent
• Full GMC Registration with Licence to practice

Desirable

• Primary FRCA or equivalent
• Final FRCA

Training Essential

• FY 1 & 2 (or equivalent)
• 18+ months anaesthesia experience
• Have evidence of achievement of the Initial Assessment of Competence in Anaesthesia (IAC), or equivalent
• Have evidence of achievement of the Initial Assessment of Competence in Obstetric Anaesthesia (IACOA), or equivalent
• ALS

Desirable

• Experience in or exposure to general paediatrics, obstetrics, surgery (any level)
• ALS/ATLS/ EPLS/ APLS Provider
• 6 months paid working experience as a Doctor in the NHS

Experience & Knowledge Essential

• Demonstrate commitment to Anaesthesia
• Widespread broad based knowledge in all aspects of Anaesthesia & Intensive Care Medicine
• Maintenance of a log-book of anaesthetic cases, with appropriate case load for level of experience

Desirable

• Widespread broad based knowledge in all aspects of general medicine and surgery
• Evidence of continued education practices and commitment to learning

Clinical Governance Essential

• Evidence of clinical audit practice and clinical governance
• Clearly demonstrate evidence based practice

Desirable

• Proactive Quality Improvement involvement and implementation

Communication and Language Skills Essential

• Fluency in written and spoken English
• Excellent communication skills, oral and written, including the ability to communicate and interact effectively with colleagues and patients

Desirable

• Second language

Management & Administrative Experience Essential

• Demonstrated leadership ability
• Evidence of involvement in management commensurate with experience

Personal Attributes Essential

• Demonstrate a personal drive for development and growth
• Demonstrate an excellent work ethic
• Evidence of ability to work within a multidisciplinary team
• Demonstrate ability to take responsibility, lead, make decisions and exert appropriate authority
• Demonstrate good time management skills
• Ability to adapt and work in differing environments and across cultural boundaries
• Demonstrates embracing flexible working

Standards Essential

• Understands, respects and demonstrates the values of the NHS and Trust
• Committed to working with excellence

Commitment to Trust Values & Behaviours Essential

• Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's Values and Behaviours

Other Requirements Specific to the Role Desirable

• Access to transport

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information 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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details Employer name

Wye Valley NHS Trust

Address

Hereford County Hospital WVT

Hereford

HR1 2ER

Employer's website

https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details Employer name

Wye Valley NHS Trust

Address

Hereford County Hospital WVT

Hereford

HR1 2ER

Employer's website

https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)