Senior Clinical Fellow in Anaesthesia

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in London is seeking a Senior Clinical Fellow in Anaesthesia to provide training and anaesthetic care across various specialities including trauma and obstetrics. The ideal candidate will hold a medical degree, have GMC registration, and demonstrate leadership skills. This position offers excellent exposure and opportunities for professional growth within a dynamic medical team.

Qualifications

• Medical Degree and Full GMC registration are required.
• Final FRCA or equivalent is mandatory.
• Experience managing cardiac arrest and participation in audits is expected.

Responsibilities

• Provide anaesthetic care across various specialities.
• Participate in trauma team and deliver preoperative assessments.
• Support junior team members and participate in teaching.

Skills

Effective communication

Emergency leadership

Anaesthesia procedures

Education

Medical Degree

Full registration with GMC

Final FRCA or equivalent

Job description

Senior Clinical Fellow in Anaesthesia

Closing date: 01 October 2025

Applications are invited for a Senior Clinical Fellow post to start in February 2026. All posts are for an initial 6 month contract, with potential to extend to 12 months following review.

The post can be placed in the following areas: Vascular, Regional, Perioperative, Airway, Trauma, Neurology, Obstetrics, Paediatrics & Cardiac. Please see attached documents for details on each specialised area. The department is also ESRA Approved Training Centre.

Anaesthetic Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-bMGtv3Rzk

Main duties of the job

Airway - This Fellowship will help fellows to gain experience and confidence in dealing with patients with difficult airways and different advanced airway techniques.

Preoperative - To deliver high quality preoperative assessment, investigation and management of ASA 1-4 patients for elective and emergency surgery. To deliver high quality individualised anaesthetic care to ASA 1-3 [E] patients, focusing on optimising patient experience and outcome.

Trauma - St George's offers excellent exposure to major trauma both within the emergency department and theatre environment. There is opportunity to undertake the trauma team leader course which is run in-house and then do sessions in the ED doing supervised trauma team leading.

Cardiac - Fellows will have exposure to a wide variety of cardiac surgical, thoracic, large airways and cardiology procedures.

Regional - As one of London's leading teaching hospitals, we are able to offer our patients a wide range of Regional Blocks. St George's Department of Anaesthesia is very proactive in promoting and teaching regional anaesthesia and interventional pain medicine procedures under ultrasound guidance. There are also opportunities to visit SWLEOC (South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre).

Obs - This post is designed for an anaesthetist with the final FRCA or equivalent, an interest in developing obstetrics as an ongoing career aim and provides opportunity to work at a senior level in a busy high-risk obstetric unit.

About us

With over 9000 staff, St George's Hospital is the largest healthcare provider in Southwest London. In 2022 St George's became part of the George's Epsom St Helier group (GESH) with neighbouring Epsom, St Helier Trust to form one of the largest hospital and healthcare groups in the country, providing high quality healthcare for the population of South West London and Surrey borders. Our main site, St George's Hospital - 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.

A number of our services are members of established clinical networks which bring together clinicians from a range of healthcare providers working to improve the quality of services for patients. These include the South London Cardiac and Stroke Network and the South West London and Surrey Trauma Network, for which St George's Hospital is the designated heart attack centre, hyper-acute stroke unit and major trauma centre.

Job responsibilities

The post aims to provide dedicated training time in anaesthesia across a variety of Anaesthetic sub-specialities.

The post is a 1:8 full shift rota and the successful candidate(s) will be allocated to the appropriate on call rota based on skills and experience. Depending on the fellowship applied for, the successful candidate(s) could be expected to provide anaesthetic cover in locations such as general, trauma, paediatric, neuro and cardiac theatres, as well as trauma and cardiac arrest calls, cath lab, neuro radiology and obstetrics.

Please note that due to service provision and gaps we often require our Fellows to cover the Obstetrics on call bleep.

There are opportunities to complete fellowships in a variety of Anaesthetic sub-specialities at St Georges.

We invite candidates to apply for fellowships focussing on Airway, Regional, Neurosurgery, Cardiac, Paediatrics, Trauma, Obstetrics, Vascular, Peri-op

The fellow will also carry out anaesthetic duties at a level appropriate to clinical experience and competence which will also determine the degree of supervision. It is the aim of the department for this post to help prepare the anaesthetist for taking on the responsibility of becoming a consultant within a safe environment in which advice and support are readily available.

The successful applicant will require commitment and enthusiasm, leadership qualities and the ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team. The post holders will be expected to observe the trusts agreed policies and procedures drawn up with the profession on clinical matters, and to follow the standing orders and financial instructions of St Georges Healthcare NHS Trust.

For further information or if you have any questions, please dont hesitate to get in touch with the Fellows lead- Dr Alex Eeles ([e-mail])

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

• Medical Degree
• Full registration with GMC
• Final FRCA or equivalent
• Having attended a simulation 'Train the Trainers' programme
• Evidence of participation in a medical education-related study programme
• ATLS or equivalent

Experience

• Clinical training and experience equivalent to that gained while training for UK CCT in anaesthesia
• Ability to take full and independent responsibility for assessment of patients preoperatively and manage most common emergencies.
• Confident in managing cardiac arrest situations.
• Participation in clinical audit or research in anaesthesia

Skills

• Ability to communicate effectively as the team leader in an emergency situation
• Have the practical skills to be able to perform and teach most procedures in anaesthesia.

Knowledge

• Ability to work in a team
• Good interpersonal skills
• Caring attitude to patients
• Commitment to continuing medical education
• Evidence of sustained commitment to medical education

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.

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust