Senior Clinical Fellow in Adult Critical Care with Research

NHS; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to hire a Senior Clinical Fellow in Adult Critical Care with Research. The role involves significant responsibilities in critical care units, offering the opportunity to broaden experience and enhance skills in a teaching hospital. Candidates will work closely with a consultant team, contributing to both patient care and research initiatives.

Qualifications

• At least 6 months experience in intensive care medicine.
• Ability to take responsibility for assessment and clinical care of patients.
• Experience in cardiology, surgery, or similar.

Responsibilities

• Work across critical care units during employment.
• Oversee patient care responsibilities alongside consultant intensivists.
• Contribute to management and care protocols in intensive care.

Skills

Ability to communicate effectively in all situations

Skills appropriate for a senior doctor in intensive care including advanced airway management

Evidence of activity in research or teaching

Education

Medical Degree

Full GMC registration

MRCP/FRCA/MRCS/MRCEM

Job description

Go back St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Clinical Fellow in Adult Critical Care with Research

The closing date is 08 June 2025

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

PLEASE NOTE: The adult critical care directorate at St George's Hospital is offering multiple roles for an August 2025 or February 2026 start. This is the application for:

Senior Clinical Fellow in Adult Critical Care with Research

Minimum requirement: Registrar level or equivalent or post completion of core training in Anaesthesia, Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine Training, any of the Acute Care Common Stems or Surgery.

Full time appointment from August 2025 or February 2026

Please only apply for one role and in the drop-down menu at the end of the application indicate which role (s) you are interested in and in what order. Duplicate applications will not be accepted. Where possible you will be interviewed for your first-choice role.

All candidates will be considered for the non-portfolio generic junior or senior clinical position if they perform well at interview but are not offered their first-choice role.

All queries to be directed to Recruitment Lead: Dr David Smith: [e-mail]

Due to the high volumes of applications we receive for certain posts, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.

Main duties of the job

St George's Hospital is the primary teaching hospital in south-west London and provides all of the tertiary specialities. The St George's Adult Critical Care Directorate has 60 critical care beds across three critical care units: General Intensive Care (GICU), Neuro Intensive Care (NICU) and Cardiothoracic Intensive Care (CTICU). This is an extremely exciting time for the Directorate with the construction of a new 20 bed adult ICU currently underway. Successful candidates will work across one or more of these units during their period of employment at St George's and where possible we will accommodate specific unit preferences.

We can accommodate experienced trainees/clinical fellows looking to broaden their experience (including subspecialty experience in cardiothoracic or neuro intensive care) as well as novice trainees/clinical fellows with no prior ICM experience. Duties and responsibilities will be commensurate with the individual candidate's experience and are overseen by consultant intensivists at all times.

The applicant should be at registrar level or equivalent or post completion of core training in Anaesthesia, Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine Training, any of the Acute Care Common Stems or Surgery.

Successful candidates for this post will be scored at interview and offered in turn, depending on availability their first choice of rotation.

About us

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across southwest London. A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people. A Major Trauma Centre complete with Helipad St George's featured as the main hospital in the acclaimed Channel 4 documentary programme "24 Hours in A&E" for 23 seasons.

The trust also provides care for patients from a larger catchment area in southeast England, for specialties such as complex pelvic trauma. Other services treat patients from all over the country, such as family HIV care and bone marrow transplantation for non-cancer diseases. The trust also provides a nationwide state-of-the-art endoscopy training centre.

Our main site, St George's Hospital in Tooting - one of the country's principal teaching hospitals - is shared with St George's, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George's Hospital also hosts the St George's, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region.

Job responsibilities

Please refer to attached job description for person specification.

This job description is not an exhaustive document but is a reflection of the current position. Details and emphasis may change in line with service needs after consultation with the post holder.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

• Medical Degree
• Full GMC registration
• MRCP/FRCA/MRCS/MRCEM

Experience

• At least 6 months experience in intensive care medicine
• Ability to take responsibility for assessment and clinical care of patients
• Experience of NHS or similar healthcare system
• Experience in cardiology, cardiothoracic surgery, neurology or neurosurgery
• Experience in anaesthesia, medicine or surgery

Skills

• Ability to communicate effectively in all situations
• Skills appropriate for a senior doctor in intensive care including advanced airway management
• ALS or CALS qualification within 4 years.
• Completed QIP or audit in intensive care
• Evidence of activity in research or teaching
• Intensive care related course, conference

Knowledge

• Knowledge appropriate to the role of senior doctor on intensive care

Other

• Ability to manage priorities and work within a team
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Non-technical skills training
• Management course
• Clear career aim

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.

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