# Senior Clinical Fellow in Anaesthesia > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-clinical-fellow-in-anaesthesia/436373de-107e-405f-a70f-6a22c230ace5 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-clinical-fellow-in-anaesthesia/436373de-107e-405f-a70f-6a22c230ace5.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust - **Location:** Charing Cross Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Anaesthesia and Intensive Care - **Grade:** Senior - **Salary:** Negotiable - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 6 months (end date May 2027) - **Employment type:** Full time - 40 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-17T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-03T16:18:51.733Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8272738 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8272738?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.imperial.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview - The Department of Anaesthesia at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is offering 6 to 12-month senior clinical fellow posts in general anaesthesia at Charing Cross Hospital. These posts are available from 4 November 2026. Start dates after this time will also be considered. It is ideal for either Specialty Registrars approaching the end of their training, or an anaesthetist who has completed their training and is looking to round off their experience prior to securing a consultant post. - Applicants are required to have fully completed the FRCA or equivalent qualification and have a minimum of 5 years’ experience in anaesthesia and intensive care in a structured training program. - The clinical duties would cover the Stage 2 and 3 (sub-specialties Airway and Neuro-anaesthesia available) curriculum of the Royal College of Anaesthesia (RCOA). Clinical fellows will have opportunities to undertake activities that enhance their non-clinical skills such as education, research, and quality improvement and publication preparation. - Out of hours, the post holder will cover emergency theatre work, cardiac arrest calls and the acute pain service. The rota follows a full shift pattern with prospective cover and is EWTD compliant. ### Main duties of the job - As the senior clinical fellow in anaesthesia, the post-holder will take part in a 1:8 senior registrar on-call rota alongside other residents. The post holder’s clinical time will be spent on a variety of surgical lists covering specialties highlighted below. As far as possible, our department will provide senior clinical fellows the opportunity to spend more time in their preferred surgical sub-specialties to further their career goals. - The surgical specialties covered at Charing Cross hospital are neurosurgery (including interventional neuro-radiology and thrombectomy), head and neck (including plastics reconstructions, free flaps and robotic assisted surgery), complex airway procedures (including laryngo-tracheal reconstruction and airway lasering), major urology (including robotic assisted surgery), ENT, plastics, major colorectal (including HIPEC), major orthopaedics and day surgery. - St Mary’s hospital is one of the four London Major Trauma Centres with associated surgical specialties, a quaternary vascular service and a busy obstetric unit. Additionally, colorectal, oesophageal, general, bariatric and paediatric surgery are also provided at this site. - Normal theatre working day 07:30 – 17:30 - Long Day 07.30 – 20:00 (1:8) - Night shift 19.30 – 08:00 (1:8) - Please refer to job description and person specification for full details of eligibility criteria before applying. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities - Hammersmith Hospital includes renal, hepatobiliary, cardio-thoracic surgery, major gynae-oncology surgery and also provide anaesthesia for upper GI and endocrine surgery. ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Audit **Essential** - Understanding of the application of audit and clinical governance to clinical practice. **Desirable** - Initiated and completed quality improvement projects ### Clinical skills **Essential** - Demonstrates a broad range of advanced clinical and assessment skills in anaesthesia. **Desirable** - Advanced life support (ALS) provider or equivalent, ATLS, ALS, EPLS ### Knowledge/skills **Essential** - Minimum of 5 years’ experience in anaesthesia and intensive care in a structured training programme. - Knowledge of UK Health Systems. - Understands current issues in the NHS & Anaesthesia. **Desirable** - Evidence of developing subspecialty interest in anaesthesia relevant to ICHNT ### Teaching & Training **Essential** - Experience of delivering teaching and training to undergraduates/ postgraduates and allied health professionals. **Desirable** - Trained educator (e.g. GIC, Train the Trainer) - Initiated, led and delivered a teaching programme ### Education/Qualifications **Essential** - Full GMC registered/ licensed Medical Practitioner - Final FRCA or equivalent **Desirable** - Post graduate qualification or further degree - Distinctions, prizes ### Language/ Communication Skills **Essential** - Excellent understanding of English, both written and oral. ### Academic Achievements including Research/Publications **Essential** - Good understanding of principles of research. **Desirable** - Participated in research - Peer reviewed publications - Experience of presenting data locally/ regionally/ nationally ## Documents - [jd 2026 (pdf, 552.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10588153) - [frf 2026 (pdf, 232.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10588151) - [our strategy 2023-25 (pdf, 230.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=427) ## 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.