Senior Clinical Fellow in General Anaesthesia

Transformation Unit; Oxford; Hybrid; GBP 69,000 - 84,000; Full time

Job summary

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Senior Clinical Fellow in General Anaesthesia. The post includes structured two-year training across anaesthesia subspecialties with supervision and regular review, located at Oxford.

GMC registration and licence to practise are required; FRCA or equivalent desirable. The role offers exposure to vascular, transplant, cancer and ICU anaesthesia within a large teaching NHS trust.

Qualifications

• Full GMC registration and licence to practise.
• FRCA or equivalent qualification.
• 5 years’ experience in anaesthesia and intensive care within a structured training programme.
• ALS provider.
• ATLS/APLS or equivalent.
• NHS experience; conduct and governance experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop advanced anaesthesia skills across subspecialties including vascular, transplant, major cancer and ICD.
• Work with supervision; induction to site and regular training reviews every three months.
• Keep contemporaneous records of pre-, intra- and post-operative care using Trust documents.

Skills

Team leadership

Communication skills

Education

FRCA or Equivalent

Job description

Main area Anaesthesia Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Local Appointment nodal point 5 (MT05) Contract 24 months (Up to 24-month fixed term) Hours Full time - 40 hours per week Job ref 321-CSS-MS-8218617-S6

Employer Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site John Radcliffe Hospital Town Oxford Salary £76,582 per Annum Salary period Yearly Closing 17/11/2026 23:59

Senior Clinical Fellow in General Anaesthesia

NHS Medical & Dental: Local Appointment nodal point 5 (MT05)

The Oxford University Hospitals NHS 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 of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton 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.

Many of our recruitment programmes use values-based interviewing to identify those who have the skills we seek, who share our values and who are able to deliver compassionate excellence from the outset. We know that this makes a significance difference to your job satisfaction and above all the outcomes and experience of our patients and their families.

A Senior Clinical Fellow post in General Anaesthesia is available at the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

This is a 12 ‑ month appointment, with the possibility of extension to a maximum of 24 months subject to a satisfactory performance review at the 12 ‑ month point.

We welcome applicants for the following post based across the hospitals of Oxford University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. This two-year long post will allow the trainee exposure to various sub-specialties in Anaesthesia including but not limited to Vascular, Regional, Transplant, Major Cancer, Emergency, Trauma Anaesthesia, and Intensive Care Medicine.

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

It is preferable that candidates already hold current GMC registration and a license to practice.

Candidates are highly recommended to visit the department and are invited to contact Dr Robbie Kerry, Head of the Anaesthetic Fellowship programme, via email at [e-mail]

Main duties of the job

The specific aims and objectives will be set by the Fellow in conjunction with their supervisors. The Fellowship will allow development of advanced skills in various anaesthesia disciplines including both planning and delivering anaesthesia to the most complex cases occurring in this specialist centre. There will be opportunities to work with distant, local and direct supervision.

On starting the post Fellows work under the direct supervision of senior staff until they have successfully completed appropriate induction to their new site of work. The Fellow will average three half day sessions per week of training activities supervised by a Senior Trainer. Every three months during the post (or more frequently if required) training will be reviewed by the Supervisor.

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.

Working for our organisation

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.

Detailed job description and main 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.

a. Clinical:

The successful candidate may need to work across all OUH hospital sites, including the Horton hospital in Banbury.

The work schedule is resident, full shift 1:8 on call rota, mainly covering theatres but this may occasionally change to involve cover in Obstetrics and all Critical Care, especially in period so f high need, e.g. pandemic. Daytime work will typically include 3-monthly modules in specialties discussed between the Fellow, the programme director, and the College Tutors to ensure training of current trainees is not compromised.

b. Facilities for study and training:

Time is set aside for personal development, CPD and Audit. There are facilities both physical and electronic to support the post-holder in this. Additional time may be made available for research if desired.

c. Teaching, audit and research:

Fellows will be allocated time for completion of projects supporting their goals. There are numerous opportunities within the department for completion of projects including national audits, teaching medical students, and working in OxSTaR, the locally run simulation centre.

Clinical Governance

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.

Personal and Professional Development

The post-holder will be required to keep himself/herself fully up-to-date with their relevant area of practice. Professional or study leave will be granted at the discretion of the Trust, in line with the prevailing Terms and Conditions of Service, to support appropriate study, postgraduate training activities, relevant CME courses and other appropriate personal development needs.

Management

The post-holder will be required to work within the Trust's management policies and procedures, both statutory and internal, accepting that the resources available to the Trust are finite and that all changes in clinical practice or workload, or developments requiring additional resources must have prior agreement with the Trust. He/she will undertake the administrative duties associated with the care of his/her patients, and the running of his/her clinical department under the direction of the Clinical Director.

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

• Always conducts themselves in a professional manner
• 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

COVID-19: The COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment at this time, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. We will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters so that we can manage individual and environmental risks and so that we can support those who may be undecided about vaccination. If you are unvaccinated there is helpful advice and information at Oxfordshire County Council Website where you can also find out more about how to access vaccination. There is a current Government consultation underway which will determine whether some new starters may need to be vaccinated.

No unsolicited recruitment agency telephone calls or emails.

All candidates will be contacted with an update on the application. The majority of correspondence will be via the e-recruitment system, therefore you should check your emails regularly including junk mail folders in web-based email products.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.