Senior Clinical Fellow in Critical Care - Royal Brompton Hospital

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Foundation Trust in London seeks a Senior Clinical Fellow in Critical Care to join its expert team. The role involves participating in critical care, education, and supervision of trainees, along with opportunities for echocardiography and ECMO. Candidates should have experience in cardio-thoracic critical care and relevant qualifications. The position offers a structured training environment and collaboration with esteemed institutions.

Qualifications

• Eligible for registration with the GMC at time of employment.
• Minimum 3-6 months experience in adult Cardio-thoracic Critical Care.
• Training in Echocardiography.

Responsibilities

• Be part of the critical care team across the Royal Brompton critical care units.
• Participate in medical audit.
• Educate and supervise medical trainees and other staff.
• Provide critical care echocardiography.
• Participate in ECMO and retrieval.

Skills

Good interpersonal and communication skills

IT skills and computer literacy

Airway Skills

Education

Higher Degree (MD, PhD or Equivalent)

Job description

Senior Clinical Fellow in Critical Care - Royal Brompton Hospital

The closing date is 24 September 2025

The adult Critical Care (CC) Department, adheres to national standards as set out by GPICS and currently consists of 3 areas -AICU, an 18 bedded ward, PACU (recovery) a 10 bedded ward, and Elizabeth (EICU) a 24 bedded ward,admitting approximately 1200 patients per year with a variety of cardiological and respiratory diseases and post procedural/operative cardiovascular and thoracic cases. Tertiary and quaternary services include Grown Up Congenital Heart (GUCH) disease, pulmonary hypertension, cystic fibrosis and asthma, and minimally invasive cardiological interventions. RBH provides a severe acute respiratory failure referral service for the South-West of England and is commissioned as one of 5 national ECMO centres.

This vacancy may close early if a sufficient number of applications have been received.

Main duties of the job

The postholder will take part in the senior fellow rota consisting of a combination of Health Education England (HEE) trainees and senior clinical fellows (SCF). This is currently 2 x one-in-eight full shift resident rota (subject to change dependent on staffing). The rota is fully compliant with national terms and meets the requirements for national training programmes. All doctors whether in a training programme have access to the same training and educational opportunities and bespoke individualised training is possible after discussion with Educational Supervisor.

About us

The Royal Brompton Hospital (RBH) is a specialist cardiothoracic centre specialising in diseases of the heart and lung, with services for adults (Cardiology, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Radiology, and Thoracic Medicine) and Paediatrics. It has approximately 2,081 staff, 296 beds, 6 operating theatres, 5 catheter laboratories, a private patients' ward and extensive imaging facilities. A state-of-the-art Diagnostic Centre opened in January 2022. The Hospital benefits from a joint cardiac and respiratory clinical research facility and has strong links both with King's College London/ King's Health Partners and the National Heart and Lung Institute at Imperial College

Job responsibilities

CLINICAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• To be part of the critical care team based across the Royal Brompton critical care units as required.
• To participate in medical audit.
• To participate in the education and supervision of medical trainees and other staff.
• Critical care echocardiography (TTE and TOE); rom FEEL/FICE, BSE Level 1-2, CUSIC certification to BSE/EACVI accreditation and beyond
• ECMO (VV and VA) and retrieval
• Additional opportunities maybe possible after discussion (respiratory medicine, pulmonary hypertension, anaesthesia, transfer medicine, GUCH, ICU follow up, management & leadership, education)

The units have consultant cover 24/7, onsite day times Monday to Sunday, and additional consultant cover is provided for ECMO retrieval.

There is an active teaching programme covering general and specialist critical care, as well as targeted teaching for relevant postgraduate examinations, either locally or in collaboration with neighbouring institutions.

The unit teaches and trains undergraduate students from Imperial University and has numerous honorary visiting fellows. The postholder would be expected to support these teaching activities.

Person Specification

• Eligible for registration with the GMC at time of the employment
• Minimum 3-6 months experience in adult Cardio-thoracic Critical Care
• Higher Degree( MD,PhD or Equivalent)
• Training Echocardiography

Skills, Knowledge and Abilities

• Good interpersonal and communications skills in line with the Trust's Core Behaviors (see appendix one)
• IT skills and computer literacy
• Airway Skills

Experience

• Cardio-thoracic Critical Care experience
• Critical Care experience

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.

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust