Senior Clinical Fellow in Anaesthesia

LEWISHAM AND GREENWICH NHS TRUST; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A community-focused healthcare provider in Greater London is seeking a Senior Clinical Fellow in Anaesthesia. The successful candidate will provide anaesthetic services across various hospital sites and support the training of junior staff. With a minimum of 3 years' experience in anaesthesia required, this full-time role includes participation in out-of-hours service provision on a 1:8 full shift rota. This position is set to commence in February 2026, contributing to high-quality patient care and staff education.

Benefits

Supportive working environment

Training and development opportunities

Diverse workplace culture

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years' experience in anaesthesia.
• Ability to prioritize clinical needs.
• Experience in teaching and training junior staff.

Responsibilities

• Provide anaesthetic services to patients at LGT.
• Train and direct junior staff under supervision.
• Participate in clinical governance activities.

Skills

Clinical judgement

Communication skills

Teaching clinical skills

IT skills (MS Office)

Education

Medical degree MBBS or equivalent

Full GMC Registration with licence to practice

Tools

Patient information systems

Job description

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Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust (LGT), is a community-focused provider of local and acute care, delivering high-quality services to over one million people living across the London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich, and Bexley. We provide whole-life care and are here to support our communities to live healthier lives as well as taking care of them when they need us the most.

Employing almost 7,500 colleagues, affectionately known as Team LGT, we provide services at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, University Hospital Lewisham, and at over a dozen community settings in Lewisham. We also provide some services at Queen Mary's Hospital in Sidcup.

We have recently launched our new vision and values to mark the LGT10 - the tenth anniversary of our Trust forming in 2013. Our trust vision is to be exceptional. In the quality of our patient care; our support for colleagues; and in the difference we make through our partnerships and in our communities.

To achieve this we value Respect, Compassion, and Inclusion; Being accountable over staying comfortable; Listening over always knowing best; and Succeeding together over achieving alone. You can read more about our visions and values here

Our hospitals and community sites provide a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services, as well as emergency and planned care. The Trust is rated as "good" or "outstanding" in over three-quarters of the services inspected by the Care Quality Commission.

Every year our work includes performing 10,000 procedures in our theatres; bringing seven and a half thousand new lives into the world; carrying out 570,000 visits to patients in their homes or communities and providing emergency care for more than 300,000 patients arriving in our busy Urgent and Emergency Departments.

LGT is a centre for the education and training of medical students enrolled with King's College London's GKT School of Medical Education. We are a training centre for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals. We are pioneering new roles that will support the changing needs of our patients and are one of the largest employers of physician associates in the country.

We are committed to working with our partners to deliver the best outcomes for our local communities. This means playing an active role in the South East London Integrated Care System (ICS), and in formal partnerships including the South East London Acute Provider Collaborative, provider partnerships with our local mental health trusts and borough-based boards of theICS in Bexley, Greenwich and Lewisham.

Job overview

Applications are warmly invited for the post of Senior Clinical Fellow in Anaesthesia.

The post is suitable for anaesthetists with a minimum of 3 years' experience in anaesthesia. There will be the opportunity to work towards those RCOA Supervised Learning Events which can be fulfilled at a district general hospital. Post-holders will be allocated an Educational Supervisor.

The successful applicant will have the opportunity to gain experience in all areas of clinical practice in anaesthesia. The post holder will participate in out-of-hours service provision in anaesthetics on a 1:8 full shift rota which includes long days, nights and weekend. The post holder will be expected to work on the General and Obstetrics Rotas.

The post is to commence in February 2026 or as soon as possible thereafter. This is a 6-month contract finishing in early August 2026. The post holder will work at Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust sites and will have a similar working pattern to residents in the training programme. This post is based at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Woolwich.

A consultant anaesthetist will locally supervise daytime elective theatre work and distant supervision by the non-resident on-call consultant. The candidate will never work outside their safe level of competence.

Main duties of the job

Clinical:

The post holder will, together with colleagues, be responsible for the provision of anaesthetic services to the patients of Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust

Training of junior staff:

The post holder will take responsibility for the training and direction of junior staff allocated to him/her under the training plan that post holder has agreed with their supervising consultant.

Teaching:

The post holder will be expected to contribute as appropriate in the teaching of undergraduate and postgraduate students.

Clinical Governance:

All medical and dental staff are expected to take part in clinical governance activity, including clinical audit, clinical guideline and protocol development and clinical risk management. They will be expected to produce evidence of their contribution in these areas and their audit of their own clinical work as part of their appraisal.

Appraisal:

All medical and dental staff are required to undertake appraisal annually.

Other:

The list of duties and responsibilities given above is not an exhaustive list and you may be asked to undertake other duties in line with the overall purpose and nature of the post as may be required from time to time.

Working for our organisation

Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:

1. Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
2. Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
3. Improving the experience of staff with disability
4. Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
5. Making equalities mainstream

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The resident anaesthetic on-call
team is mirrored on both sites comprising three tiers CT level, ST level and
SAS/CF level; 2 are general first and second responders for the entire
hospital and one dedicated obstetric anaesthetist. The on-call team also
provide airway and transfer skill for intensive care until as required.

The on-calls will be predominantly covering the rota that comprises a 1:8 shift
pattern which includes normal days, Long Days (08:00-20:30), Night shifts
(20:00-08:30) and Weekend shifts (08:00 -20:30). The post holder will be
expected to work on the General and Obstetrics Rotas.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Medical degree MBBS or equivalent
• Full GMC Registration with licence to practice
• Evidence of achievement of Foundation Competencies in line with GMC Standards/Good Medical Practice

Desirable criteria

• 1st class honours for BSc
• Distinction, merits or equivalent throughout undergraduate medical program
• FRCA Part 1 or equivalent

Clinical Experience and Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Appropriate knowledge base and ability to apply sound clinical judgement
• Initial Assessment of Competence in Anaesthesia (or equivalent)
• Initial Assessment of Competence in Obstetric Anaesthesia (or equivalent)
• Able to prioritise clinical need

Desirable criteria

• 3 years anaesthetic training or equivalent
• Previous anaesthetic experience
• Experience of resident anaesthetic obstetric shifts

Communication Skills

Essential criteria

• Demonstrates good Listening, reading, writing and speaking in English language that enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues, as set out in the GMC's Good Medical Practice (2013)
• Able to build rapport, listen, persuade and negotiate
• Capacity to use logical/lateral thinking to solve problems/make decisions
• Capacity to work effectively with others.
• Ability to work as part of a multi professional team
• Capacity to take in others' perspectives and treat other with understanding

Teaching & Training Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of teaching clinical skills to medical and nursing staff and other disciplines.

IT skills

Essential criteria

• Ability to use Microsoft office packages, e.g. MS Word, Excel, Access & PowerPoint.
• Ability to use patient information systems

Other Attributes

Essential criteria

• The ability to prioritise tasks and information and take appropriate decisions
• Initiative and ability to deal with pressure and/or challenge
• Commitment to learning and continued professional development
• Self-awareness and insight into the boundaries of their own abilities
• An understanding of equality, diversity & inclusion
• Sees patients as people

Research and Audit Experience

Essential criteria

• Demonstrate understanding of the importance of audit and research
• Evidence of active participation in audit / quality improvement project
• Understanding of research principles.
• Active audit interest demonstrated by at least one completed clinical audit in the last 12 months.

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of relevant academic and research achievement
• Publications in peer review journals.
• Previous experience in research activity.

We reserve the right to close the post before the stated closing date, please apply early. We do not contact applicants with the outcome of the shortlisting. If you have been shortlisted, you will receive an invite to an assessment day or interview.

As a local employer and anchor institution we work closely with our community to recruit locally and we welcome applications from the widest variety of people to ensure our workforce are reflective of the local communities which we serve. We encourage all suitable candidates to apply including if you are Black, Asian or other ethnic minorities, live with a disability (visible or not) or are LGBT+. We have a number of active staff networks including Disability, LGBT+, Multicultural Inclusion and Women's staff networks to bring staff together and celebrate diversity across our whole workforce.

Please note, not all roles will meet the criteria for a skilled worker visa.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

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.

Application numbers

To ensure fairness and manageable shortlisting processes, some vacancies may have an application cap. This means the vacancy will close once a set number of applications have been received even if this happens before the advertised closing date.

Documents to download

• Candidate Information Pack (PDF, 539.6KB)
• Working at LGT (PDF, 4.2MB)
• Visa and Certificate of Sponsorship Information for Applicants (PDF, 3.8MB)
• Candidate Guidance on the use of AI (PDF, 3.8MB)