Senior Clinical Fellow - Anaesthetics & ITU

NHS; Worcester (MA); On-site; USD 250,000 - 350,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust as a Senior Clinical Fellow in Anaesthetics & ITU. This role offers an opportunity to work across various clinical settings, engaging in anaesthetic services while contributing to the development of patient care and clinical training. Applicants should possess a robust postgraduate background and a commitment to patient-centered care.

Qualifications

• Completed at least four years full time postgraduate training.
• Experience in anaesthesia/Intensive Care Medicine required.
• Eligible for full GMC Registration with a Licence to practice.

Responsibilities

• Provide anaesthetic and critical care services.
• Rotating out of hours responsibilities at multiple sites.
• Engage in teaching and clinical audit activities.

Skills

Multidisciplinary team collaboration

Critical appraisal skills

Communication with patients

Education

MB ChB, MBBS or equivalent

Membership examination with the relevant UK Royal College

Job description

Go back Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Senior Clinical Fellow - Anaesthetics & ITU

The closing date is 02 July 2025

The Anaesthetic department provides services to three sites -Worcestershire Royal Hospital (WRH), Alexandra Hospital Redditch (AHR), andKidderminster Treatment Centre (KTC), encompassing all major specialities witha strong countywide working ethos.Recent surgical reconfiguration means most elective surgery willbe 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-caseand short-stay surgical unit. Applicants will be required to contribute to theTheatres, Obstetric and WRH/Alex Intensive Care rotas.

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

The Intensive Care service provides countywide support to two IntensiveCare Units a 15 bedded unit at Worcestershire Royal Hospital and an 8 beddedunit at the Alexandra Hospital, Redditch. The service is funded to 15 levelthree equivalent beds which are staffed flexibly across the county depending onneed. Between them, they admit approximately 900 patients per annum

Main duties of the job

The post holder will join a friendly and supportive directorate and willhelp to provide a wide range of both anaesthetic and critical care services, aswell as enjoying the opportunity to pursue special interests outside of theirclinical work. The directorate currently provides anaesthetic services inWorcester, Redditch and Kidderminster.

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

Duty Periods:

Night Shift: 19:30 08:30

For further information, please visit the Job Description.

About us

Our purpose is simple - Putting Patients First. We arelooking for exceptional colleagues who can help us achieve this.

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

The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sitesin Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester

Our workforce is over 7,000 strong, and our caring staff arerecognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could beone of them.

Better never stops, and we are committed to developing aculture of continuous improvement.

We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - thismeans we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation asa flex positive employer.

DBS Checks and Costs

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

Job responsibilities

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

Please find the Job Description under Supporting Information.

Person Specification

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

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

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.

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

Personal Attributes

• Ability to work effectively as a multidisciplinary team member.
• Enquiring, critical approach to work.
• Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other agencies.
• Commitment to Continuing Medical Education.
• Flexible approach to work duties.
• Ability to work without supervision.
• Reliable and supportive to other colleagues.
• Ability to work antisocial hours.
• Evidence of innovation
• Understands self (strengths and weaknesses) and impact of behaviour on others.
• Evidence of continuous professional development.

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.

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

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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