# Senior Clinical Fellow in Adult Intensive Care Medicine > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-clinical-fellow-in-adult-intensive-care-medicine/2393e628-e557-4ce7-b1ed-6b20d46d4e24 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-clinical-fellow-in-adult-intensive-care-medicine/2393e628-e557-4ce7-b1ed-6b20d46d4e24.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust - **Town:** London - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Anaesthesia and Intensive Care - **Grade:** Senior - **Salary:** £45,715 - £69,976 per annum plus London Weighting - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 12 months (possibility of extension) - **Employment type:** Full time - 40 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-07-09T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-02T08:02:09.982Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Imperial_College_Healthcare_NHS_Trust/Adult_Intensive_Care_Medicine/Adult_Intensive_Care_Medicine-v8126008 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8126008?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.imperial.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Background to the Post: This post is to provide resident cover and experience at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. Initially posts will be offered for initially 6 months but may be extended by agreement to 12 months or longer depending on satisfactory performance and vacancies. We would like to offer rotations to other sites as vacancies allow. Summary: The ICU senior clinical fellow would be expected to join the registrar grade tier of doctors who provide full on-call cover for the units including at weekends and nights. Airway experience is essential. ### Main duties of the job Duties and responsibilities When on duty for ICU the resident will review and manage patients on the ICU under the supervision of the registrar or consultant. They will form part of our multidisciplinary team caring for critically ill patients, performing procedures and investigations, liaising with referring teams, keeping relatives updated and acting as the first point of call for the ICU nursing staff. All junior grades work in close cooperation with the consultants. The ICM resident are also expected to take an active role in supervision and training of medical students and junior doctors who are frequently attached to the ICU. Outline Timetable A minimum of twice daily multidisciplinary consultant ward rounds on each site, weekly MDTs. Daily afternoon meeting or ward round with a consultant or SpR in Infectious Diseases/Microbiology. Some ward rounds are delegated to the middle grade doctors with consultant background cover and discussion. Shifts vary in length from 9.5 to 13 hours. The work pattern amounts to an average of less than 48 hours per week (including weekends) for all grades. We run a full 7 day service. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities THE POST Title of Post: Senior Clinical fellow Doctor in Adult Intensive Care Medicine Main site of activity: Charing Cross Hospital Responsible to: Dr Simon Ashworth – Clinical Director Accountable to: Dr Simon Ashworth – Clinical Director Background to the Post This post is to provide resident cover and experience at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. Initially posts will be offered for initially 6 months but may be extended by agreement to 12 months or longer but may be extended by agreement and depending on satisfactory performance and vacancies. We would like to offer rotations to other sites as vacancies allow. Role Summary The Senior clinical fellow would be expected to join the registrar grade tier of doctors who provide full on-call cover for the units including at weekends and nights. Airway experience would be essential. Genesis of post i.e. new or replacement posts. Duties and responsibilities When on duty for ICU the resident will review and manage patients on the ICU under the supervision of the registrar or consultant. They will form part of our multidisciplinary team caring for critically ill patients, performing procedures and investigations, liaising with referring teams, keeping relatives updated and acting as the first point of call for the ICU nursing staff. All junior grades work in close cooperation with the consultants. The ICM resident are also expected to take an active role in supervision and training of medical students who are frequently attached to the ICU. Outline Timetable A minimum of twice daily multidisciplinary consultant ward rounds on each site, weekly MDTs. Daily afternoon meeting or ward round with a consultant or SpR in Infectious Diseases/Microbiology. Some ward rounds are delegated to the middle grade doctors with consultant background cover and discussion. Shifts vary in length from 9.5 to 13 hours. The work pattern amounts to an average of less than 48 hours per week (including weekends) for all grades. We run a full 7 day service. Regular educational meetings include fortnightly M&M Meetings, weekly teaching and journal clubs, monthly quality & safety meetings, quarterly clinical governance meetings and monthly teaching afternoons. In additional there are weekly hospital grand round and medical meetings. All junior doctors get an induction day, organized by the hospital and the local tutor for intensive care medicine and electronic and printed induction and educational material. Network transfer training and BASIC courses available at no cost. The trust also provides a wide range of courses in management topics and Information technology (often free of charge or at low cost) in the postgraduate centres at Charing Cross, Hammersmith and St Mary’s hospital. Intensive Care staff also get access to ALS courses at the trust. On call: Full shift or partial shift pattern with 1 A banding. Frequency of night shifts not expected to be more than 1 night in 6. Exceptional candidates may be offered the specialist fellowship positions  (neuro, teaching/sim, echo & research) and applicants are asked to indicate which post they are applying for. The post can either be taken as a stand-alone role or as an Out of Programme Experience (OOPE) from a specialist training programme. Prior agreement must be sought with the relevant Specialty Training Committee (STC) and the deanery. Full registration with the General Medical Council is required at the time of post commencement. Successful candidates at interview may be considered for GMC sponsorship. Previous ICU/anaesthetics experience (\> 12 months) & possession of a postgraduate examination are both essential and candidates without will be excluded at longlisting. ## Job Details Background to the Post: This post is to provide resident cover and experience at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. Initially posts will be offered for initially 6 months but may be extended by agreement to 12 months or longer depending on satisfactory performance and vacancies. We would like to offer rotations to other sites as vacancies allow. Summary: The ICU senior clinical fellow would be expected to join the registrar grade tier of doctors who provide full on-call cover for the units including at weekends and nights. Airway experience is essential. ## Job Description Duties and responsibilities When on duty for ICU the resident will review and manage patients on the ICU under the supervision of the registrar or consultant. They will form part of our multidisciplinary team caring for critically ill patients, performing procedures and investigations, liaising with referring teams, keeping relatives updated and acting as the first point of call for the ICU nursing staff. All junior grades work in close cooperation with the consultants. The ICM resident are also expected to take an active role in supervision and training of medical students and junior doctors who are frequently attached to the ICU. Outline Timetable A minimum of twice daily multidisciplinary consultant ward rounds on each site, weekly MDTs. Daily afternoon meeting or ward round with a consultant or SpR in Infectious Diseases/Microbiology. Some ward rounds are delegated to the middle grade doctors with consultant background cover and discussion. Shifts vary in length from 9.5 to 13 hours. The work pattern amounts to an average of less than 48 hours per week (including weekends) for all grades. We run a full 7 day service. ## Responsibilities THE POST Title of Post: Senior Clinical fellow Doctor in Adult Intensive Care Medicine Main site of activity: Charing Cross Hospital Responsible to: Dr Simon Ashworth – Clinical Director Accountable to: Dr Simon Ashworth – Clinical Director Background to the Post This post is to provide resident cover and experience at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. Initially posts will be offered for initially 6 months but may be extended by agreement to 12 months or longer but may be extended by agreement and depending on satisfactory performance and vacancies. We would like to offer rotations to other sites as vacancies allow. Role Summary The Senior clinical fellow would be expected to join the registrar grade tier of doctors who provide full on-call cover for the units including at weekends and nights. Airway experience would be essential. Genesis of post i.e. new or replacement posts. Duties and responsibilities When on duty for ICU the resident will review and manage patients on the ICU under the supervision of the registrar or consultant. They will form part of our multidisciplinary team caring for critically ill patients, performing procedures and investigations, liaising with referring teams, keeping relatives updated and acting as the first point of call for the ICU nursing staff. All junior grades work in close cooperation with the consultants. The ICM resident are also expected to take an active role in supervision and training of medical students who are frequently attached to the ICU. Outline Timetable A minimum of twice daily multidisciplinary consultant ward rounds on each site, weekly MDTs. Daily afternoon meeting or ward round with a consultant or SpR in Infectious Diseases/Microbiology. Some ward rounds are delegated to the middle grade doctors with consultant background cover and discussion. Shifts vary in length from 9.5 to 13 hours. The work pattern amounts to an average of less than 48 hours per week (including weekends) for all grades. We run a full 7 day service. Regular educational meetings include fortnightly M&M Meetings, weekly teaching and journal clubs, monthly quality & safety meetings, quarterly clinical governance meetings and monthly teaching afternoons. In additional there are weekly hospital grand round and medical meetings. All junior doctors get an induction day, organized by the hospital and the local tutor for intensive care medicine and electronic and printed induction and educational material. Network transfer training and BASIC courses available at no cost. The trust also provides a wide range of courses in management topics and Information technology (often free of charge or at low cost) in the postgraduate centres at Charing Cross, Hammersmith and St Mary’s hospital. Intensive Care staff also get access to ALS courses at the trust. On call: Full shift or partial shift pattern with 1 A banding. Frequency of night shifts not expected to be more than 1 night in 6. Exceptional candidates may be offered the specialist fellowship positions (neuro, teaching/sim, echo & research) and applicants are asked to indicate which post they are applying for. The post can either be taken as a stand-alone role or as an Out of Programme Experience (OOPE) from a specialist training programme. Prior agreement must be sought with the relevant Specialty Training Committee (STC) and the deanery. Full registration with the General Medical Council is required at the time of post commencement. Successful candidates at interview may be considered for GMC sponsorship. Previous ICU/anaesthetics experience (\> 12 months) & possession of a postgraduate examination are both essential and candidates without will be excluded at longlisting. ## Person Specification ### Audit **Essential** - Evidence of audit activity **Desirable** - Presentation of audit or poster presentation ### Language **Essential** - Fluent in English (OET B or IELTS 7.0 in all domains) ### Teaching **Essential** - Evidence of Teaching activity **Desirable** - Postgraduate training in Medical education - Development of a regional/national teaching event ### Qualifications **Essential** - On GMC registered/ licensed Medical Practitioner - FRCA, MRCP, MCEM, MRCS or equivalent (full) **Desirable** - Additional Degree (Completed BSc, MSc, MD (Research)/MPhil, PhD) ### Clinical skills **Essential** - CVC and arterial line insertion - Intubation/airway management - Chest drains **Desirable** - ALS (or equivalent), ATLS, ALERT, CCrISP, BASIC, APLS, ETC, IMPACT ### Relevant experience in specialty/Sub specialty **Essential** - Airway experience ICU experience- minimum 12 months **Desirable** - Acute medicine/ED (\> 6 months) Anaesthesia (\> 6 months) ### Academic Achievements including Research/Publications **Essential** - Understanding of research process **Desirable** - Original Research Publications ## Documents - [our strategy 2023-25 (pdf, 230.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=427) - [functional requirements form (pdf, 232.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10422781) - [job description and person specification (pdf, 992.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10422780) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.