Job summary
- Main area
- Anaesthesia
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Senior Clinical Fellow
- Contract
- Fixed term: 24 months (24 months from start date)
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week (on-call commitment)
- Job ref
- 190-STH-25-242
- Employer
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals
- Town
- Sheffield
- Salary
- £65,048 per annum (pro-rata for part time)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Clincial Fellow in Anaesthetics
NHS Medical & Dental: Senior Clinical Fellow
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.
Job overview
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to appoint Senior Clinical Fellows in Anaesthesia, with commencement dates from November 2025 to February 2026 . The tenure of all posts is 24 months. The posts do not attract a National Training Number.
The posts are based within the existing teams with access to departmental teaching and other developmental opportunities. Despite not being recognised as ‘training posts’ they allow doctors to improve the breadth and depth of their experience in Anaesthetics. We are very supportive of those considering the portfolio pathway and have had several fellows be successful in this process.
Full registration with the GMC with a licence to practise is required, and if the appointee does not hold right of residence in the UK sponsorship will be required.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work closely with colleague to provide safe and holistic patient care. There will be the opportunity to do Paediatric Anaesthesia and Adult intensive care at hospitals not within our trust but whom we have a reciprocal arrangement with. (Sheffield Children’s Hospital and a busy local district general hospital)
Working for our organisation
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Sheffield, as well as specialist care for patients from further afield, including cancer, spinal cord injuries, renal and cardiothoracic services. In addition to community health services, the Trust comprises five of Yorkshire’s best known teaching hospitals.
The Royal Hallamshire Hospital
The Northern General Hospital
Charles Clifford Dental Hospital
Weston Park Cancer Hospital
Jessop Wing Maternity Hospital
The Trust has a history of high quality care, clinical excellence and innovation in medical research. We strive to promote a culture of continuous quality improvement and encourage our staff to innovate and adopt ‘best practice’ in order to deliver the highest standard of care to our patients.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Anaesthetic services are split across two sites; and are one of 3 major trauma centres in the Yorkshire and Humber region. Whilst in post there will be plenty of opportunity to become involved in teaching, audit, and research. The department run local courses for both the primary and final FRCA and strongly encourage clinical fellows to take part in those as needed.
The post itself, will give the opportunity to rotate through the following sub-specialties – Cardiothoracic, Neuro-anaesthesia, Intensive Care Medicine, Obstetrics, Paediatrics, and General Anaesthesia for 3-month allocations. It would be expected that a Senior Clinical Fellow will be working with a degree of independence with senior consultant support and distant supervision available at all times. We would strongly support any audit and/or research interest, of which there is plenty to get involved with in the department. The post holder will be expected to take part in the on-call rota which is currently a 1 in 8. It is important to note that dependant upon previous experience; there may be a period of supernumerary work / local assessment prior to commencement on the on-call rota. In this period, basic pay will be applicable.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered with the GMC with a licence to practise. (Includes demonstration of English language competence to GMC defined IELTS/ OET standard).
- Basic Medical Degree
- Completion of IAC (Initial Assessment of Competency) in Anaesthesia RCOA approved
- Primary FRCA
Desirable criteria
- Higher degree, e.g.MD/PhD
- FRCA
Clinical experience
Desirable criteria
- Further NHS experience particularly in Anaesthesia and ITU
- Competence in advanced interventions: percutaneous tracheostomy, bronchoscopy, complex ventilation, advanced haemodynamic monitoring
Personal attributes
Desirable criteria
- Basic computer skills including Microsoft word and Outlook
Clinical experience
Essential criteria
- Completion of at least 2 years anaesthesia with documented NHS experience in both anaesthesia and intensive care
- Demonstrate the ability to prioritise clinical need and the ability to apply sound clinical knowledge and judgement to problems
- Demonstrate the ability to maximise safety and minimise risk.
- Recognition of, and ability to undertake the initial management of, an acutely ill patient. Completion of ALS/ATLS or equivalent.
- Successful completion of foundation years training or equivalent.
Teaching and training
Essential criteria
- Experience of teaching medical students and resident doctors
Continuous Professional Development
Essential criteria
- Evidence of participation in CME/CPD in the last 12 months
Desirable criteria
- Maintenance of a CPD diary or portfolio
Clinical governance and audit
Desirable criteria
- Active involvement in clinical governance
- Evidence of completion of an audit project or quality improvement project
Qualities / Attributes
Essential criteria
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Ability to keep good medical records and communicate with other hospital departments and primary care
- Ability to understand and communicate with patients and colleagues
- Willingness to participate in departmental education programme
Desirable criteria
- Ability to undertake research projects and audit
- Publications in peer-reviewed journals
- Presentation of personal work at professional society meetings
Personal attributes
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates behaviour consistent with PROUD values
- The applicant must have demonstrable skills in listening, reading, writing and speaking in English that enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues, as set out in the GMC’s Good Medical Practice (2014).
- If the Primary Medical Qualification including clinical contact was not carried out using English, applicants must either: • Have an academic IELTS score of at least 7.0 in each domain and an overall score of 7.5 within the same test to meet the GMC’s requirements or • Complete the medical Occupational English Test (OET) and achieve grade B in each of the four domains tested to meet the GMC’s requirements
- Ability and willingness to work within the trust and NHS performance framework and targets
- Competence in pre-operative and post- operative management of general surgical patients (surgery specific)
- Demonstrate good organisational skills and show the ability to organise own learning and time.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Shanali Thirunavukkarasu
- Job title
- Consultant& Lead for Clinical Fellows
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01142712381
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
HR Department
Northern General Hospital
Sheffield
S5 7AU
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