Junior Clinical Fellow in ICU

Job overview

Junior Clinical Fellow in Intensive Care Medicine (ICM)

Location(s): Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woolwich

Start Date: August 2025

Contract: 6 months

Contact: Please email Hamza Noor, Consultant in ITU, on [email protected]

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust invite applicants to apply for a Junior Clinical Fellow Post within Critical Care.

Applicants are required to have full GMC registration with licence to practice.

We are looking for candidates who would be available to start in August 2025 to join one of two busy general hospitals treating a large range of acutely ill patients with organ failure.

The successful applicant will work a EWTD compliant, 1:6 rota with prospective cover of annual and study leave.  Junior Clinical Fellows will work alongside HEE trainees.  You will be eligible for study leave with a supporting budget to accommodate CPD alongside regular in-house peer-to-peer training.

To apply for this post, please complete the online application form.  We request candidates include their first reasonable start date (taking into account visas and/or notice periods of current employment) in the additional information section.

We hold regular recruitment rounds throughout the year with a primary focus on February and August start dates.  We are only able to appoint candidates available to start as above and cannot pre-appoint candidates to later recruitment rounds.

Main duties of the job

The post is full-time and is entirely within the Critical Care Unit for the contract duration.  Rota pending, applicants who perform satisfactorily may be given a further period of six months within Critical Care or Anaesthesia.

The successful applicant will work in a EWTD compliant, 1:6 rota with prospective cover of annual and study leave.  There are at least 2 juniors on both LDs and nights.

The Critical Care Unit has 19 beds of which 6 are isolated.  The unit admits approximately 900 patients per year.  The unit subscribes to ICNARC.

A team ICU consultants provide 24-hour supervision, lead all ward rounds and support the junior doctors.

Working models for the consultants include single and cross-site activity (QEH and QEH/UHL).

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Duties of the post:

Assess each patient every day on the ward round and plan patient care under the supervision of the critical care consultant.  Participate with the other members of the team in the ongoing medical care of all the patients on the unit.  Attend and present patients every morning at the handover round and again each evening at the handover round to the critical care resident doctor on night shift.  Document and execute a clinical management plan with the critical care consultant on the unit during the day or on-call at night regarding the care of all patients on the unit. Communicate effectively with the critical care consultant regarding all new referrals for admission.  Work effectively with trainees from other specialties (most commonly anaesthetics) to provide safe out of hours care to critically ill patients.  Follow all Trust and Critical Care Unit policies at all times, including policies for the clinical management of patients, Infection Control policy and reporting of accidents and incidents according to the Trust’s Clinical Risk Management policy.  Participate in the ongoing Clinical Audit programme on the unit as well as any clinical research projects that are in progress. Participate in the teaching and education program for all trainees on the unit.