Junior Clinical Fellow AnaesthesiaNHS
Job summary
Join us for a career and portfolio boosting opportunity
We are offering several Anaesthetic Junior Clinical Fellow jobs at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, commencing August 2026. These are a fixed term post, initially for 6 months, with the possible opportunity to extend. Applicants should have full GMC registration with a licence to practise, a minimum of three years of experience practising Anaesthesia to include at least 3 months Obstetric Anaesthesia on-call experience and 6 months Intensive Care Medicine training. Applicants should have at least 12 months UK anaesthetic experience.
The posts are ideally suited to those who are between Core and Specialty (Stage 1 and Stage 2) training in Anaesthesia, including those who have yet to pass the Primary FRCA. More broadly, any experienced Anaesthetist seeking further clinical exposure and portfolio-boosting opportunities in preparation for entering Specialty Training at ST4+ level is encouraged to apply.
Successful applicants will join a busy, supportive department, providing anaesthesia for a broad range of specialties, and will participate in rotas covering Anaesthesia, Enhanced Perioperative Care (EPOC), Obstetrics, and Critical Care (these may be undertaken in blocks).
Please note, these posts are aligned to Trust specific pay scales and terms and conditions of service and are not linked to the 2016 doctors in training terms and conditions of service and pay scales.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will be expected to:
Support the delivery of a high quality 24-hour Anaesthetic service, including participation inout of hours rotas, covering EPOC (Enhanced Perioperative Care unit), Obstetrics andCritical Care, in addition to General (Anaesthesia) duties.
To work flexibly when required and depending upon demand.
To understand the role in more detail, please read the attached job description and personspecification documents.
Job description
Clinical duties will include those normally expected of an Anaesthetic CT3+. During the daytime, thiswill involve theatre work; out of hours, duties will include obstetrics and/or junior emergencyanaesthetic cover +/- ICM if circumstances require.
Consultant cover is provided at all times, being non-resident overnight. At QMC, ConsultantAnaesthetists are resident throughout all daytime and twilight sessions, 7 days a week, supportingthe emergency workload.
The successful candidate will be responsible to a named Consultant within the senior managementteam, and have a named Educational Supervisor. They will be required to:
participate in the delivery of a high quality 24-hour service including participation in theresident Out of Hours rota, covering a mixture of Anaesthetics, EPOC, Critical Care andObstetric Anaesthesia. Daytime sessions will be within Anaesthetics.
provide internal cover for colleagues on leave, which is included in the current bandingallocation of this post. In exceptional circumstances and for short periods only, ClinicalFellows may be requested to provide additional cover, for example, to cover sickness.Locums may also be employed in this instance. The rota is EWTD compliant withappropriate level of banding for anti-social hours.
work flexibly, maintain a logbook and portfolio, engage with supervision, undergo medicalappraisal and to develop a learning plan/PDP.
comply with management arrangements in place, to follow the guidelines on practice laiddown by the General Medical Councils Maintaining Good Medical Practice, and to beaccountable to the Trust for their actions and the quality of their work.
comply with Trust Health and Safety policies, fulfil mandatory training requirements andmaintain a safe and healthy environment for patients, visitors and staff.
have knowledge of and employ the basic principles of infection control practice.
maintain effective working relationships with anaesthetic, nursing, operating department,critical care, midwifery and surgical colleagues
Please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification for key duties andresponsibilities.
About us
We offer:
A named GMC-accredited Educational Supervisor
Annual Medical Appraisal
Exam support, interview and viva practice
Access to undergraduate teaching roles with further opportunities to contribute to localeducation and audit/QI projects
The benefit of the department's strong training, University, Trent Simulation Centre and
Royal College links
Pay and leave in line with trainee peers
Flexible working
Access to pastoral support - buddying, mentoring, nationally recognised Junior Doctor Liaison Group and Staff Wellbeing Programme
There are two campuses, situated 5 miles apart in the heart of Nottingham, with 47 theatres covering all surgical specialties.
o Queen's Medical Centre (QMC) is the acute setting and supports a substantial surgical workloadincluding neurosurgery, spinal surgery, head and neck, hepatobiliary and colorectal surgery. Italso houses the region's only Major Trauma Centre, Emergency Department, Children'sHospital, Treatment Centre, Trent Simulation Centre and Medical School
o Nottingham City Hospital (NCH) delivers planned care and is where cardiac, thoracic, urology, the majority of cancer surgery and renal transplants are undertaken.