Senior Clinical Fellow in Severe Respiratory Failure (ECMO)

NHS; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare institution in London is seeking a Senior Clinical Fellow in Severe Respiratory Failure (ECMO). The role involves providing direct clinical care, participating in patient management, and contributing to training and research activities. Candidates should hold an MBBS and relevant intensive care qualifications, with a strong background in advanced respiratory therapies. This position offers a unique opportunity to work in a renowned critical care department and develop clinical expertise.

Qualifications

• Minimum 18 months substantive experience in intensive care medicine.
• Experience with advanced respiratory life support therapies.
• Demonstrable research experience.
• Demonstrable teaching experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct clinical care and non-clinical duties.
• Participate in clinical management of patients requiring ECMO.
• Coordinating and documenting discussions at SRF meetings.

Skills

Valid adult life support (ALS) certification

Airway skills (minimum 12 months substantive anaesthesia)

Inter-hospital ventilated patient retrieval skills

Substantive experience in anaesthesia (24 months)

Education

MBBS or equivalent medical qualification

DICM/EDIC or equivalent qualification in intensive care medicine

Job description

Go back Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Clinical Fellow in Severe Respiratory Failure (ECMO)

The closing date is 01 October 2025

The critical care department at GSTT has an international reputation for clinical excellence and a prominent research profile. As well as serving the local population we provide tertiary critical care to the region. The units provide all modalities of multi-organ support and monitoring and use state-of-the-art technology, point-of-care testing and electronic prescribing.

The critical care directorate comprises six clinical areas and totals 75 beds at the St Thomas' site. There are 39 level 3 beds in the East Wing of the hospital (15 on EW1 ICU, 13 on EW2 ICU and 11 on EW6 ICU), an overnight intensive recovery unit (11 level 3 beds staffed by anaesthetists), a medical HDU on East Wing level 10 (15 level 2 beds) and cardiovascular surgical HDU (10 level 2 beds) on East Wing level 8. At the Guy's site, there are 13 level 2/3 beds on the Guys Critical Care Unit (GCCU).

Please note this vacancy may close early if a sufficient number of applications have been received.

Main duties of the job

The fellow will provide direct clinical care and have non-clinical duties as part of the service.

Training in all aspects of advanced respiratory support will be provided. This will include but not be limited to conventional ventilation, including airway pressure release ventilation (APRV), ventilation in the prone position, and use of nitric oxide, ECMO and ECCO2R. Training will include theoretical sessions, water circuit training, high and low-fidelity simulation and bedside training.

• Clinical duties will include, but is not limited to:
• Participating in the clinical management of patients requiring, ECMO and ECCO2R.
• Preparing and presenting cases at the weekly SRF meeting, and coordinating and documenting discussions at the meeting
• Participating in the follow-up of patients who have received advanced respiratory support
• Participating in the retrieval of patients referred for severe respiratory failure assessment and support
• Contributing to the general clinical workload of the ICU, and acting as senior team leader on site out of hours, supporting more junior members of the team
• Non-clinical duties will include:
• Updating the SRF database
• Contributing to audit projects related to severe respiratory failure
• Contributing to research related to severe respiratory failure
• Attendance at meetings related to the severe respiratory failure service and contributing to the development of the severe respiratory failure service.

About us

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (GSTTFT) comprises five of the UK's renowned hospitals: Guy's; St Thomas'; Evelina London Children's, Royal Brompton, and Harefield - as well as community services in the Lambeth and Southwark boroughs of London.

GSTTFT is among the UK's busiest and most successful Trusts and provides a broad range of medical, surgical and maternal-obstetric specialities.

GSTTFT has a long history of clinical excellence, research and innovation and - as part of King's Health Partners - is one of England's eleven Academic Health Sciences Centres. These centres are partnerships between NHS organisations, universities, and research institutions, focused on integrating research, education, and clinical practice.

Job responsibilities

• Clinical: The post holder will, together with colleagues, be responsible for the provision of services to the Guys & St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust to include:
• (a) Diagnosis and treatment of patients of the trust in such hospitals, health centres or clinics or other premises as required.
• (b) Continuing clinical responsibility for the patients in your charge, allowing for all proper delegation to, and training of, your staff.

Training of junior staff:

The postholder will take responsibility for the training and direction of the multi-disciplinary staff allocated to him/her under the aegis of the training plan that that postholder has agreed with their supervising consultant.

Teaching:

The postholder will be expected to contribute as appropriate in the teaching of multi-disciplinary graduate and post graduate students.

Clinical Governance:

All medical and dental staff are expected to take part in clinical governance activity, including clinical audit, clinical guideline and protocol development and clinical risk management. They will be expected to produce evidence of their contribution in these areas and their audit of their own clinical work as part of their appraisal.

Person Specification

Qualifications/ Education

• MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
• DICM/EDIC or equivalent qualification in intensive care medicine

Professional/ Statutory Registration

• Eligible for full registration with the GMC at time of appointment
• Eligibility to work in the UK
• Ability to provide a complete employment history with no unexplained career gaps
• Evidence that career progression is consistent with personal circumstances
• Evidence that present achievement and performance is commensurate with totality of period of training
• Minimum 18 months substantive experience in intensive care medicine
• Experience with advanced respiratory life support therapies
• Demonstrable research experience
• Demonstrable teaching experience

Skills/Knowledge/ Ability

• Valid adult life support (ALS) certification
• Airway skills (minimum 12 months substantive anaesthesia) Inter-hospital ventilated patient retrieval skills
• 24 months substantive experience in anaesthesia

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