Main area Anaesthesia Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Clinical Fellow Contract 12 months (12 month fixed term) Hours Full time - 40 hours per week (to include resident on-call shifts) Job ref 318-25-VASC
Employer Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Gloucestershire Royal and Cheltenham General Hospitals Town Gloucester Salary £61,825 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 12/05/2025 23:59
Fellow within anaesthesia - 40 hrs / week for each FTE post
NHS Medical & Dental: Clinical Fellow
Join us at an exciting time for Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust! We have an ambitious plan for our journey to Outstanding and are looking for aspirational, committed individuals to join us, making a real difference to both staff and patients.
As a former winner of England for excellence award: Tourism destination of the year, the beautiful city of Gloucester and the scenic regency spa town of Cheltenham are fantastic places to work and live.
As a hospital Trust we are currently involved in over 100 clinical trials and studies, whilst also providing acute elective and specialist services to a population of over 620,000.
By joining Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust new colleagues can look forward to a warm welcome and a future full of opportunities and support.
Job overview
We wish to appoint 2 new Clinical Fellow Colleagues to meet the increasing demand for anaesthetic services, in particular Obstetric services, at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GHNHSFT). The posts will be a combination of service, teaching and out-of-hours working, which will be flexible.
Full-time or part-time working is possible.
Posts may be 6 months or 12 months duration.
Anaesthetic clinical speciality working can be taken in the following:
1. Ophthalmology
2. Gynaecology (including major gynaecological oncology surgery)
3. ENT/Maxillo surgery (including paediatrics and complex airways)
4. General surgery - upper (including oesophagectomies) and lower GI
5. Urology (major urological work including robotic prostatectomies, cystectomies, open and laparoscopic nephrectomies)
Single or multiple clinical specialities can be accommodated.
The role is an ideal opportunity for either:
1. Applicants approaching CCT to undertake higher training in a specialty/specialties of their choice prior to applying for a substantive consultant position.
2. Those earlier in their career in anaesthesia who may wish to boost their CV prior to Specialist Trainee (Stage 2) interview. GHNHSFT provides an excellent junior anaesthetic teaching program and has a strong track record in preparing juniors for a successful training rotation application.
This advert may close early if there are sufficient applications.
Main duties of the job
This post does include on-call commitments on the obstetric (GRH) and/or general anaesthetic rota (GRH & CGH). Currently 1:8 EWTD compliant.
Working for our organisation
We are a large organisation providing acute services from Gloucestershire Royal Hospital in Gloucester and Cheltenham General Hospital to a population of 652,475 in Gloucestershire as well as caring for patients from surrounding counties and beyond.
Our workforce is almost 8,000 strong and our caring and dedicated staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred, high quality emergency, elective and specialist care across a range of clinical areas.
We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision of providing Best Care for Everyone and our success depends on the commitment and dedication of our staff, many of whom are world leaders in healthcare, teaching and research. You could make a real difference to our patients’ lives by joining our team.
Anaesthetic Services
Anaesthetic services are led by Specialty Director, Dr Mark Eveleigh
The Anaesthetic service comprises of:
1. 2 main sites GRH and CGH
2. Peripheral sites – Tewksbury, Stroud, Cirencester, Tetbury
3. 18 Critical Care Consultants
4. 2 qualified ACCP’s and 3 ACCP trainees
5. 16 Speciality Doctors
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Clinical responsibilities
This post does include on-call commitments on the obstetric (GRH) and/or general anaesthetic rota (GRH & CGH). Currently 1:8 EWTD compliant.
Education, Training & Continuing Professional Development
You will be allocated an Educational Supervisor, with regular meetings to tailor your developmental needs. You will be treated the same as the other trainees in the Department in terms of teaching lists; if you are at Stage 1-2 or more solo lists targeted to your development needs if you are post CCT.
Clinical Fellows will be given the opportunity to attend all mandatory teaching, monthly audit meetings and weekly departmental CPD meetings e.g. Journal Club, M&M meeting, Departmental Teaching.
There will be professional development opportunities ideal for applicants sitting higher exams or pursuing additional experience for their specialist interest.
There will be the opportunity to be involved in audits, quality improvement projects, research and teaching (including simulation).
The Department and Trust will support study leave up to 30 days in every 3 years.
Clinical Governance
In the Anaesthetic Department, we have the following monthly meetings:
1. Cross-county Clinical Governance Meeting
2. Anaesthetic Board Meeting
The following weekly meetings:
1. Journal Club (Tuesdays)
2. Educational Departmental Teaching (Thursday)
Our Trust has a well-established framework for clinical governance that incorporates our clinical audit program. We are all expected to take part in developing clinical audit activities within the department to achieve clinical governance objectives in our agreed Divisional and Trust clinical governance programs.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Full General Medical Council Registration
* IOAC obstetric competence or equivalent
* Primary FRCA exam or equivalent
Experience
* Proven clinical skills in Anaesthesia and Obstetric Anaesthesia to a level equivalent to a CT4/ST4 Anaesthetic Trainee
* The ability to lead a multi-disciplinary team.
* Ability to work cohesively with colleagues in Obstetrics, Midwifery, Critical Care and the Theatre Team.
Evidence based practice and research
* Experience in devising, conducting and applying audit results and then re-auditing
* Track record of critical reading
* Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems
* Training in and experience of evidence-based practice.
* Plans for possible ongoing research projects relevant to service
Management and leadership
* Willing and able to work with colleagues in other specialties, professions and roles to ensure the delivery of a high quality, safe and reliable service.
* Familiar with clinical governance
* Awareness of current relevant developments within the wider NHS.
* Experience of clinical governance
* Experience of protocol / pathway development and change management
Teaching and research
* An interest in teaching others
* Practical experience of working within in teaching posts
Personal attributes
* Excellent interpersonal skills
* Able to work co-operatively as a team member
* Enthusiastic and self-motivated
The health and wellbeing of our staff and patients remains the priority of the Trust. Vaccination remains the best chance we have of conquering COVID and the Trust encourages everyone to take up this offer.
Please note, this vacancy may close as soon as sufficient applications have been received, so please apply as soon as possible if you are interested. The Recruitment Team are unable to accept any applications after the position has closed on NHS Jobs.
Committed to safeguarding our community
If applicable for the post, all successful candidates will be required to pay for their own Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. The cost will be £29 (standard checks) or £46 (enhanced checks), and will be recovered through two instalments from the candidate's salary. Please contact ghn-tr.recruitment@nhs.net for further information.
The Trust is a safeguarding employer committed to the safeguarding and promotion of welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The Trust is committed to safe recruitment practices to protect children and vulnerable adults, and any appointment will be subject to satisfactory clearance. As part of the organisation's commitment to Safer Recruitment, candidates may request copies of relevant policies and procedures by contacting the Recruitment Team at ghn-tr.recruitment@nhs.net
Committed to supporting service personnel
As part of our commitment to support Service Personnel, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, in collaboration with the Career Transition Partnership, offer a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for all qualifying Service and Ex-Service Personnel. To qualify for a guaranteed interview, candidates must meet the essential criteria for the post and be either a current member of the Armed Forces, or be within the two year period of resettlement. If this applies to you please email the job reference number and your AR number to the Recruitment Team at ghn-tr.recruitment@nhs.net
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Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Name Dr Sam Andrews Job title Consultant Anaesthetist Email address sam.andrews4@nhs.net Telephone number 07748961007 Additional information
Can alternatively contact Dr Neil Kellie, Consultant Anaesthetist on 07880724154
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