Senior Clinical Fellow in Anaesthesia and Day Surgery

NHS; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS healthcare provider seeks a Senior Clinical Fellow in Anaesthesia and Day Surgery. This role emphasizes developing skills in high-quality patient care, specializing in remote site anaesthesia. Candidates should have a minimum of five years of experience in anaesthesia, a full GMC registration, and the ability to perform well in team environments. Opportunities for continuous professional development will be provided. The position is based in Banbury, with a commitment to clinical excellence and patient care.

Qualifications

• 5 years of experience in anaesthesia and intensive care.
• ALS provider and experienced in teaching medical staff.
• Experience in day surgery and remote site anaesthesia.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality anaesthesia for day surgery.
• Supervise and train junior medical personnel.
• Participate in clinical audit and governance.

Skills

Teamwork and leadership

Excellent communication skills

Self-motivated

Education

Full registration with the GMC

FRCA or Equivalent

Job description

Senior Clinical Fellow in Anaesthesia and Day Surgery/Remote Site

The closing date is 12 February 2026

Two Senior Clinical Fellow posts in Anaesthesia and Day Surgery / Remote Site Anaesthesia are available from February 2026 at the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

The posts will be based jointly with the Horton Hospital, Banbury and the Oxford hospitals.

This is a great opportunity to work with a friendly, supportive group of anaesthetists, which is part of the wider Nuffield Department of Anaesthetics, in the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

You will gain experience in providing high quality perioperative care for day surgery and in providing anaesthesia in remote sites such as MRI/CT and interventional radiology. There are further opportunities for teaching, quality improvement and service development. There are specialist interest opportunities in working with adults and children with challenging behaviours and learning difficulties.

Main duties of the job

The focus of this fellowship is in developing the skills, knowledge and behaviours for the provision of high-quality anaesthesia, particularly in the remote environment and for day surgery.

Specifically, the Fellow will be offered training opportunities, accompanying senior colleagues on MRI / CT and interventional radiology lists, and working in a high quality, high turnover day surgery centre. Up to one day per week is offered for continuous professional development and fellows are encouraged to undertake QI or service development projects.

There will be clinical training opportunities at the equivalent of stage 3 in various anaesthesia disciplines. The Fellow will work with distant, local, and direct supervision, as appropriate.

On starting the post Fellows work initially at the Horton General Hospital site as this is where the main on-call commitment will be. This provides a good introduction for candidates who have not worked in the NHS before. Regardless of rotation, fellows work will also initially work under the direct supervision of senior staff until they have successfully completed appropriate induction to their new site of work.

Fellows are expected to keep accurate contemporaneous records of clinical activities or events, including pre-operative assessment, pre- and postoperative care, pain relief, critical incidents, etc., using the Trust approved documentation.

About us

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.

We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence, and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.

These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.

In 2023 NHS England launched its first sexual safety charter, and our Trust proudly signed it. We pledge zero tolerance for inappropriate sexual behaviour and commit to the ten core principles.

Oxford University Hospitals promotes a safe, respectful hiring environment.

If you want to make a difference with us, come and join our team. Together, we will uphold the highest standards of care and professionalism.

Job responsibilities

The Departmental Administrator produces a weekly rota allocating each member of the trainee grades to particular duties. It is expected that the successful candidate will perform duties appropriate to the grade and to his/her level of experience. There will be times where the schedule has to be changed at short notice after the rota has been published and to move the Fellows to cover a different list, occasionally not directly related to the module they are currently undertaking.

The work schedule is resident, full shift 1:8 on call rota, at the Horton General Hospital, Banbury. This is a middle grade rota providing support to the trauma theatre and critical care / airway support to the rest of the hospital. A duty consultant is on site until 8pm, every day, including bank holidays and weekends. You will be the sole anaesthetist resident at night, with the consultant available from home. There is a dedicated on-call room available.

Daytime work will typically include rotation through specialties discussed between the Fellow, the programme director, and the College Tutors to ensure training of current trainees is not compromised. Fellows are expected to undertake some solo elective theatre lists commensurate with their level of training and experience, but always with indirect consultant supervision.

Fellows will be given study leave to attend the QI training programme and allocated appropriate time for managing their chosen QI projects. There are numerous other opportunities within the department including national audits, teaching medical students, and assisting with locally run MDT simulation training.

The post-holder will participate in clinical audit, clinical effectiveness, risk management, quality improvement, and any other clinical governance activities as required by the Trust, Health Authorities, and external accrediting bodies

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Full registration with the GMC and licence to practice at the time of application
• FRCA or Equivalent

Experience

• 5 years\' experience in anaesthesia and intensive care, as part of a structured training programme
• ALS provider
• Able to provide high quality perioperative care independently for emergency and elective cases, or aware of limitations, at the level of ST6 trainee
• Teaching medical and nursing undergraduates and postgraduates
• NHS experience
• ATLS / APLS or equivalent
• Completed the equivalent of intermediate training in anaesthesia (UK CCT curriculum), particularly in regard to paediatrics and ICM
• Critical Care Transfer experience
• Experience in day surgery and remote site anaesthesia

Personal Skills

• Familiar with working in teams, with ability and experience in leading teams
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Self-motivated and sees tasks through to completion

Behavioural Skills

• Conducts themselves in a professional manner at all times
• Prior involvement in Audit and Clinical governance
• Willing to follow national and local guidelines with respect to patient management and education

Technical Skills

• Computer literacy in order to participate in electronic record keeping
• Able to perform common procedures required in Anaesthetic practice

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.

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust