Senior Clinical Fellow (ST3-5) - Anaesthetics & ITU

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust; Redditch; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust is seeking a Senior Clinical Fellow in Anaesthetics & ITU. The position requires at least 4 years of postgraduate training, including experience in anaesthesia or intensive care. Candidates will join a supportive team, providing a range of anaesthetic and critical care services across multiple sites. A strong commitment to personal development and teamwork is essential.

Benefits

Supportive work environment

Professional development opportunities

DBS check costs covered by the employer

Qualifications

• Must have completed at least 4 years of postgraduate training.
• Experience in anaesthesia or intensive care.
• Must have teaching and clinical audit experience.

Responsibilities

• Join a supportive directorate providing anaesthetic and critical care services.
• Participate in personal development outside clinical work.
• Provide supervision and management of junior medical staff.

Skills

Ability to organise and prioritise workload effectively

Experience of audit management

Ability to manage patients with complex needs

Experience in teaching clinical skills

Education

MB ChB, MBBS or equivalent medical qualification

Eligible for full GMC Registration

Satisfactory completion of ST1-2 training

Tools

GMC Registration

ALS Certification

ATLS Certification

Job description

Go back Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Senior Clinical Fellow (ST3-5) - Anaesthetics & ITU

The closing date is 19 November 2025

The Anaesthetic department provides services to three sites - Worcestershire Royal Hospital (WRH), Alexandra Hospital Redditch (AHR), and Kidderminster Treatment Centre (KTC), encompassing all major specialities with a strong countywide working ethos. Recent surgical reconfiguration means most elective surgery will be delivered on the Alexandra Hospital site, while the majority of emergency, trauma and obstetric work will be on the WRH site. KTC functions as a day‑case and short‑stay surgical unit. Applicants will be required to contribute to the Theatres, Obstetric and WRH/Alex Intensive Care rotas.

All candidates must have completed 4 years full time equivalent postgraduate training, with at least 2 years in anaesthesia/ICM as per the standard Specialty Doctor terms and conditions.

The Anaesthetic department is renowned for providing a highly supportive working environment for both SAS doctors and postgraduate doctors in training, for whom we endeavour to provide the highest quality training opportunities. The successful applicant will be provided with a trust appraiser and an educational supervisor from within the anaesthetic department.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will join a friendly and supportive directorate and will help to provide a wide range of both anaesthetic and critical care services, as well as enjoying the opportunity to pursue special interests outside of their clinical work. The directorate currently provides anaesthetic services in Worcester, Redditch and Kidderminster. Daytime work will largely be spent working on a range of both solo and consultant‑led theatre lists as well as in other areas such as critical care, obstetrics and preoperative assessment. Speciality lists include general surgery, vascular, urology, trauma & orthopaedics, head & neck and gynaecology.

The post‑holder is strongly encouraged to participate in personal development outside of the clinical workplace. The successful candidate will be offered allocated non‑clinical time, in accordance with the service needs of the department, to pursue their chosen interest. Special interests on offer in the department include Management, Clinical Governance, Teaching & Simulation and Quality Improvement (assisting with the department’s ACS Area accreditation process).

Out of hours responsibilities will rotate around both Worcester and Redditch. At both the Alexandra Hospital & Worcestershire Royal Hospital the out of hours resident staff cover is based on a 1 in 8 frequency request rota including prospective cover.

Duty Periods:

Night Shift: 19:30 – 08:30

About us

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.

The Trust operates hospital‑based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester.

Our workforce is more than 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient‑centred care. You could be one of them.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us. Our values, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.

Being open and honest

Ensuring people feel cared for

Showing respect to everyone

We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.

DBS Checks and Costs

Any applicants who are offered posts requiring a DBS check as part of their employment check will have the cost of this check (at the current rate) deducted from their salary. Please see link in Supporting Information section for more details on DBS checks and costs.

Job responsibilities

This job description, together with the Capabilities Framework and job plan, will be reviewed annually and agreed with the Clinical Director and Divisional Director, on behalf of the Chief Medical Officer, to ensure that it continually reflects the areas of work, clinical responsibility of the post and purchaser requirements.

A suitably experienced post‑holder will be expected to:

• provide a service to patients of the Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust and General Practitioners.
• provide a service to patients of the Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, General Practitioners and to attend multi-disciplinary meetings. The successful candidate will be expected to work within multi‑disciplinary team in providing high quality clinical care. It is anticipated work will be undertaken on three sites and closer to the patients’ home. The Trust is seeking to extend services to GP surgeries/health centres etc and job plans may be revised in due course.
• be responsible for the continuing care and treatment of patients in their charge and personal performance of clinical duties as agreed in your job plan, allowing for all proper delegation to and training of their staff.
• provide support to the A&E department and acute medicine to ensure timely appropriate care and patient flow through the hospital.
• attend Consultant ward rounds and triage ward referrals.
• prepare patients for planned treatment and procedures, including post‑operative care as required.
• provide consultation and advisory service to clinical colleagues in the Trust and Primary Care, including discharge summaries.
• attend multi‑disciplinary meetings, which may be cross‑county and cross site.
• collaborate with colleagues to deliver a high quality, timely service and to work towards meeting the Trust’s and departmental objectives.
• provide professional supervision, training and management of junior medical staff, carrying out teaching, assessment and accreditation duties as required and contributing to postgraduate and CPD activity locally and nationally as appropriate.
• participate in the middle grade on call rota to ensure that both emergency and urgent services are provided out of normal hours, to be shared equally with colleagues in post.

Please visit the Job Description for further information.

Person Specification

Management and Administrative Experience

• Ability to organise and prioritise workload effectively.
• Experience of audit management and conducting clinical audit.
• Ability to use the evidence based and clinical audit to support decision making.

Professional Values and Behaviours

• Practices with professional values and behaviours expected of all doctors set out in the GMC Good Medical Practice and the Professional Capabilities Framework (set out below).
• Adheres to professional requirements of annual appraisal, job planning and reviews of performance and progression.
• Demonstrates ability to manage patients with complex needs whilst remaining aware of their own limitations.

Research Experience

• Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems.
• An awareness of current specialty specific developments and initiatives.
• Publications in relevant peer‑reviewed journals in the last 5 years.
• Evidence of having undertaken original research.
• Experience of teaching clinical skills to undergraduates and postgraduates.

Qualifications

• Eligible for full GMC Registration with a Licence to practise at the time of appointment.
• MB ChB, MBBS or equivalent medical qualification.
• Satisfactory completion of ST1-2 training, or equivalent.
• Membership examination with the relevant UK Royal College.
• ALS Certification.
• ATLS Certification.
• Attendance at recognised management courses.
• Formal qualification in teaching/education.
• Primary FRCA or equivalent.
• ALS/EPALS.

Other Requirements

• An understanding of the current NHS environment, particularly in relation to reforms, initiatives and issues.
• Ability to work in various locations throughout the network of services provided by Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.
• Able to meet the travel requirements of the job and return to the hospital within 30 minutes when undertaking non‑resident on call duties.

Experience

• Completed at least four years full time postgraduate training (or equivalent gained on part time basis) or have equivalent experience and competencies at least two of which will be in a training programme in Anaesthetics or Intensive Care Medicine.
• Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required at CT/ST3 level in relevant specialty. Equivalent years experience in a relevant specialty from other medical grades including from overseas will also be accepted.
• Experience of working in multidisciplinary teams.
• Minimum 3 months training in Intensive Care Medicine.
• Critical care on call experience.
• Initial assessment of competency (IAC) certificate in basic anaesthesia and obstetric anaesthesia (or equivalent).
• Ability to offer clinical opinion on range of problems both emergency and elective within specialty.
• Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on a range of problems, both emergency and elective, within specialty and sufficient experience.
• Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients.
• Previous experience working in the NHS within the specialty of minimum of 12 months.
• Ability to use the evidence based and clinical audit to support decision making.
• Recent experience working in critical care.

Teaching Experience

• Ability to organise and deliver teaching across the whole undergraduate curriculum.
• Ability to teach clinical skills to medical, nursing staff and other disciplines.
• Experience of teaching clinical skills to undergraduates and postgraduates.
• Knowledge of audit principles and evidence of participation and completion of audit projects.
• Critical appraisal skills.

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.

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