Senior Clinical fellow in Anaesthesia in Sheffield

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes, health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to appoint Senior Clinical Fellows in Anaesthesia, with commencement dates in May 2026. The tenure of the post is 24 months. The posts do not attract a National Training Number. The posts are based within the existing teams with access to departmental teaching and other developmental opportunities. Despite not being recognised as ‘training posts’, they allow doctors to improve the breadth and depth of their experience in Anaesthetics. We are very supportive of those considering the CESR route and have had several fellows be successful in this process. Full registration with the GMC with a licence to practise is required, and if the appointee does not hold right of residence in the UK, sponsorship will be required.

The Anaesthetic services are split across two sites and are one of 3 major trauma centres in the Yorkshire and Humber region. Whilst in post, there will be plenty of opportunity to become involved in teaching, audit, and research. The department runs local courses for both the primary and final FRCA and strongly encourages clinical fellows to take part in those as needed. The post itself will give the opportunity to rotate through the following sub-specialties: Cardiothoracic, Neuro-anaesthesia, Intensive Care Medicine, Obstetrics, Paediatrics, and General Anaesthesia for 3-month allocations. It would be expected that a Senior Clinical Fellow will be working with a degree of independence with senior consultant support and distant supervision available at all times. We would strongly support any audit and/or research interest, of which there is plenty to get involved with in the department. The post holder will be expected to take part in the on-call rota which is currently a 1 in 8. It is important to note that depending upon previous experience, there may be a period of supernumerary work/local assessment prior to commencement on the on-call rota. In this period, basic pay will be applicable.

You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its employees. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.

The post holder will work closely with colleagues to provide safe and holistic patient care. There will be the opportunity to do Paediatric Anaesthesia and Adult intensive care at hospitals not within our trust but with whom we have a reciprocal arrangement (Sheffield Children’s Hospital and a busy local district general hospital). There is on-call associated with this post. The appointee will participate in the administration of the department as required. For example, this may involve supervision of the Junior Staff, organisation of teaching or day-to-day administration as required by the consultants and the service.

Qualifications

• Registered with the GMC with a licence to practise
• Basic Medical Degree
• Completion of IAC (Initial Assessment of Competency) in Anaesthesia
• RCOA approved Primary FRCA MCQ (Part 1 of Primary FRCA)
• Full completion of the Primary FRCA

Clinical Experience

• Minimum 2 years NHS Experience
• Further NHS experience particularly in Anaesthesia and ITU
• Competence in advanced interventions: percutaneous tracheostomy, bronchoscopy, complex ventilation, advanced haemodynamic monitoring
• Completion of at least 3 years anaesthesia with documented NHS experience in both anaesthesia and intensive care
• Demonstrate the ability to prioritise clinical need and apply sound clinical knowledge and judgement to problems
• Demonstrate the ability to maximise safety and minimise risk
• Recognition of, and ability to undertake the initial management of, an acutely ill patient
• Completion of ALS/ATLS
• Successful completion of Core Training or equivalent

Teaching and training

• Experience of teaching medical students and resident doctors

Continuous Professional Development

• Evidence of participation in CME/CPD in the last 12 months
• Maintenance of a CPD diary or portfolio

Clinical governance and audit

• Active involvement in clinical governance
• Evidence of completion of an audit project or quality improvement project

Qualities / Attributes

• Ability to work as part of a team
• Ability to keep good medical records and communicate with other hospital departments and primary care
• Ability to understand and communicate with patients and colleagues
• Willingness to participate in departmental education programme
• Ability to undertake research projects and audit
• Publications in peer-reviewed journals
• Presentation of personal work at professional society meetings

Personal attributes

• Demonstrates behaviour consistent with PROUD values
• The applicant must have demonstrable skills in listening, reading, writing and speaking in English that enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues, as set out in the GMC’s Good Medical Practice (2014).
• If the Primary Medical Qualification including clinical contact was not carried out using English, applicants must either:

• Have an academic IELTS score of at least 7.0 in each domain and an overall score of 7.5 within the same test to meet the GMC’s requirements
• Complete the medical Occupational English Test (OET) and achieve grade B in each of the four domains tested to meet the GMC’s requirements

Please note that in order to comply with the UK Government’s rules on Skilled Worker sponsorship, any applicants who do not meet the eligibility requirements or concessions on salary thresholds under the Skilled Worker visa will not be eligible to receive sponsorship from the Trust.

The Trust is committed to its obligations in accordance with the Equality Act 2010, and we positively encourage applications from all sections of the community.