Senior Clinical Fellow - Adult Critical Care

Job overview

Join us for a career and portfolio boosting opportunity

We are offering Critical Care Senior Clinical Fellow jobs at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, commencing August 2026.  These are fixed term posts, initially for 12 months, with the possible opportunity to extend.  Applicants should have full GMC registration and have completed 2 years of training in acute medical specialties (of which at least 12 months should be anaesthesia) post Foundation training to be able to work on the senior airway rota on Intensive Care.

The posts are ideally suited to those who wish to gain further experience in the management of critically unwell patients with a wide range of medical and surgical conditions. Those seeking further clinical exposure and portfolio-boosting opportunities in preparation for entering specialty training are encouraged to apply.

Successful applicants will join a busy, supportive department, providing Intensive Care interventions for a broad range of patients, and will participate in on-call rotas covering Critical Care at NUH.

Main duties of the job

Clinical

The successful candidate will participate in the 1in 8 airway rota across both QMC and NCH campus critical care units to maximise the clinical experience you gain during this post.

Clinical Responsibilities will include (not exhaustive):

• Perform daily reviews on ICU patients and present findings on the MDT ward round, with a focus on our major trauma patient population within adult critical care.
• In conjunction with the consultant support the clinical decision making of junior medical and nursing staff as the senior member of the critical care team
• Review critically unwell patients outside of critical care.
• Admit, stabilise and formulate an initial management plan for critically unwell adults.

Competently initiate ventilation, use vasopressors, insert CVC and Arterial Lines and be able to transfer the critically unwell patient.

Other Responsibilities

• Support the learning and development of other members of the critical care team (inc undergraduates).
• Participate in clinical governance and quality improvement.
• Set individual goals

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Clinical

The successful candidate will participate in the 1in 8 airway rota across both QMC and NCH campus critical care units to maximise the clinical experience you gain during this post.

Clinical Responsibilities will include (not exhaustive):

• Perform daily reviews on ICU patients and present findings on the MDT ward round, with a focus on our major trauma patient population within adult critical care.
• In conjunction with the consultant support the clinical decision making of junior medical and nursing staff as the senior member of the critical care team
• Review critically unwell patients outside of critical care.
• Admit, stabilise and formulate an initial management plan for critically unwell adults.

Competently initiate ventilation, use vasopressors, insert CVC and Arterial Lines and be able to transfer the critically unwell patient.

Other Responsibilities

• Support the learning and development of other members of the critical care team (inc undergraduates).
• Participate in clinical governance and quality improvement.
• Set individual goals

The candidate will be supervised by dedicated consultants within both Critical Care. Educational opportunities The departments offer extensive learning resources. There are several regular educational meetings each week including journal clubs, ITU rounds and morbidity meetings. There is a monthly protected teaching day for all Fellows which cover the clinical aspects of critical care in addition to optional teaching days which cover generic non-clinical topics (e.g. ethics, medical law, professionalism, interview skills). There are hospital and departmental libraries at both sites including IT facilities. Research opportunities available by special arrangement. Critical Care has links with the Academic Departments of Anaesthesia and Surgery and participation in on-going research and audit programmes will be encouraged.

For more information please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification attached