Senior Clinical Fellow in Anaesthesia

Job overview

Applications are warmly invited for the post of Senior Clinical Fellow in Anaesthesia.

The post is suitable for anaesthetists with a minimum of 3 years’ experience in anaesthesia. There will be the opportunity to work towards those RCOA Supervised Learning Events which can be fulfilled at a district general hospital. Post-holders will be allocated an Educational Supervisor.

The successful applicant will have the opportunity to gain experience in all areas of clinical practice in anaesthesia. The post holder will participate in out-of-hours service provision in anaesthetics on a 1:8 full shift rota which includes long days, nights and weekend. The post holder will be expected to work on the General and Obstetrics Rotas.

The post is to commence in February 2026 or as soon as possible thereafter. This is a 6-month contract finishing in early August 2026. The post holder will work at Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust sites and will have a similar working pattern to residents in the training programme. This post is based at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Woolwich.

A consultant anaesthetist will locally supervise daytime elective theatre work and distant supervision by the non-resident on-call consultant. The candidate will never work outside their safe level of competence.

Main duties of the job

Clinical:

The post holder will, together with colleagues, be responsible for the provision of anaesthetic services to the patients of Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust

Training of junior staff:

The post holder will take responsibility for the training and direction of junior staff allocated to him/her under the training plan that post holder has agreed with their supervising consultant.

Teaching:

The post holder will be expected to contribute as appropriate in the teaching of undergraduate and postgraduate students.

Clinical Governance:

All medical and dental staff are expected to take part in clinical governance activity, including clinical audit, clinical guideline and protocol development and clinical risk management.  They will be expected to produce evidence of their contribution in these areas and their audit of their own clinical work as part of their appraisal.

Appraisal:

All medical and dental staff are required to undertake appraisal annually.

Other:

The list of duties and responsibilities given above is not an exhaustive list and you may be asked to undertake other duties in line with the overall purpose and nature of the post as may be required from time to time.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The resident anaesthetic on-call  team is mirrored on both sites comprising three tiers CT level, ST level and  SAS/CF level; 2 are general first and second responders for the entire  hospital and one dedicated obstetric anaesthetist. The on-call team also  provide airway and transfer skill for intensive care until as required.    The on-calls will be predominantly covering the rota that comprises a 1:8 shift  pattern which includes normal days, Long Days (08:00-20:30), Night shifts  (20:00-08:30) and Weekend shifts (08:00 -20:30). The post holder will be  expected to work on the General and Obstetrics Rotas.