Senior Clinical Fellow Anaesthetics | Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust; Carshalton; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A UK healthcare organization seeks a Senior Clinical Fellow in Anaesthetics to join their talented team in Carshalton. This role involves the assessment and treatment of acutely ill patients, teaching staff, and contributing to audit processes. Candidates must have current GMC registration and the right to work in the UK. The position offers an opportunity for professional growth in a supportive environment with on-call requirements. This is a 12-month position, with potential for extension.

Qualifications

• Candidates must possess the right to work in the UK.
• Candidates should have current GMC registration.

Responsibilities

• Assessment, care and treatment of patients presenting acutely.
• Teaching and training staff in other medical disciplines.
• Participation in relevant audit and quality assurance processes.
• Abide by Clinical & Corporate Governance policies.

Skills

Motivated

Ability to work on call

Education

Current GMC Registration

Job description

JOB OVERVIEW

Senior Clinical fellow in Anaesthetics:
An exciting opportunity has arisen for motivated doctors to join our talented and hardworking team at Epsom & St Helier. The posts will require right to work in UK and current GMC registration. They will be for 12 months initially (with the possibility of subsequent extension). The post holder will be required to work on call at either Epsom or St Helier Hospital.

The Department of Anaesthetics is a friendly and supportive one. We have achieved ACSA Accreditation from the Royal College of Anaesthetists, welcome innovation and will support change where it improves care to our patients.

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust provides a range of medical services to approximately 420,000 people living across southwest London and northeast Surrey. In addition, we provide more specialist services for renal and neonatal intensive care to a wider area covering parts of Sussex and Hampshire.

The Epsom & St Helier Anaesthetic department is aligned with the St George’s Hospital teaching programme for medical students and the SW Thames School of Anaesthesia training programme. We score highly each year in the national hip fracture database report and are one of the busiest 5 units in London. Our National Emergency Laparotomy Audit (NELA) pathway and patient outcomes score as excellent.

St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George’s Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).

After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assessment, care and treatment of patients presenting acutely to the specialty and referred to the specialty.
• Teaching and training staff in other medical disciplines, nursing and support staff as appropriate.
• Communication with other team members as appropriate. Participation in relevant audit and quality assurance processes.
• Abide by the Clinical & Corporate Governance policies of the Trust.
• To make sure that the guidance from the General Medical Council on Good Medical Practice is at the centre of your clinical practice.
• To keep up to date in Anaesthetics knowledge by Continuous Medical Education in the best interest of the patient. Although a timetable will be provided, you will be expected to be flexible, in the interests of patient care and to meet the needs of the department as decided by the general manager and coordinating surgeon.
• To contribute to the wider corporate and organisational needs of the Trust as appropriate.
• The post holder will be required to be on call at either Epsom or St Helier Hospital.
• The senior clinical fellow will be supported at all times by the Consultants and be expected to supervise junior fellows. As per experience and seniority, the on‑call rota slot will be allocated either on the senior tier (labour ward and paediatric emergencies) or junior tier (StH theatres or Epsom HDU).

This advert closes on Sunday 21 Dec 2025