Senior Clinical Fellow in Intensive Care and Anaesthesia

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust; Coventry; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Coventry is seeking a Senior Clinical Fellow in Intensive Care and Anaesthesia. This position offers the opportunity to participate in educational activities and join a dynamic department that values research and training. Candidates should meet essential qualifications, and flexible options for teaching and leadership are available. The role is set to begin in February 2026, following interviews in November 2025.

Qualifications

• Meet All Essential qualifications
• Meets all desirable qualifications

Responsibilities

• Take part on a 1 in 8 on call rota
• Join dynamic and forward thinking department
• Participate in educational activities in Intensive Care or Anaesthetics

Job description

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust

Senior Clinical Fellow in Intensive Care and Anaesthesia

The closing date is 28 October 2025

Interviews are due to take place at the beginning of November.

You are warmly invited to apply for one of our Senior Clinical Fellow posts. The post is to start in February 2026.

The successful candidate will partake in the same on call rota as the anaesthetic and intensive care trainees. When not on call, the Fellow can choose to join educational activities in Intensive Care or Anaesthetics and Theatres. More bespoke options such as teaching, research, leadership or wellbeing Fellowships can be explored on an individual basis and enquiries are welcomed.

We provide a wide range of training opportunities making these posts ideal for doctors hoping to enter specialty training at stage 2 or apply for CESR.

N.B. We reserve the right to close a vacancy before the closing date if we receive a high volume of applications or if there has been a change in organisational priorities.

Main duties of the job

The Clinical Fellow will follow the same training pattern as the rotational trainees, including taking part on a 1 in 8 on call rota. The successful candidate will join a dynamic and forward thinking department with a reputation for research and education.

The Trust delivers perioperative care to around 44,000 elective and emergency patients, as well as providing a specialist chronic pain management service. UHCW is the Major Trauma centre for the Central England Trauma Network and offers tertiary surgical services to upper gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary surgery, bariatric surgery, cardiothoracic surgery, neuro‑coiling and neurosurgery, vascular surgery, major head and neck surgery, trauma and orthopaedics, urology including robotic surgery, gynaecology, renal transplant, ophthalmic surgery and plastic surgery.

There are two critical care units which when combined, provide care for up to 36 level 3 patients. The Critical Care Units manage over 1600 admissions per year.

The Trust has a large Obstetric Unit undertaking about 6,000 deliveries per year, with a 25% caesarean section rate and an 18% epidural rate. We also anaesthetise about 3,000 children per year.

About us

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire (UHCW) NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.

We are extremely proud of our skilled employees across our hospital sites in Coventry and Rugby, with high quality patient care positioned at the heart of everything we do.

Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a national and international leader in healthcare.

By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities.

There has never been a better time to join our team.

Job responsibilities

For further information about this Senior Clinical Fellow post, please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification

Qualification / Training

• Meet All Essential
• Meets all desirable

Experience

• Meet All Essential
• Meets all desirable

Knowledge

• Meet All Essential

Skills & Abilities

• Meet All Essential
• Meets all desirable

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.

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust