Post: Post CCT Fellow in Anaesthetics
Location: Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast
Pay: M241 pay scale with 1A banding for out of hours, pay point dependent on experience
Contract: 6-month fixed-term fellowship with possibility of extension

Job Summary
The post-CCT Fellowship in Vascular Anaesthesia or Thoracic Anaesthesia is a 6-month higher specialist training position, with the possibility of extension for a further 6 months, offering advanced subspecialty training in a complex and dynamic environment combining clinical work with quality improvement, service development and research.

Fellowship Aims

• Promote excellence in technical and non-technical skills in a supportive learning environment
• Foster a culture of collaboration in quality improvement and service development
• Promote mastery of specialist areas of anaesthesia
• Prepare the candidate for independent consultant practice

Clinical Experience

• Elective open AAA repair
• Endovascular AAA repair including complex repair and TEVAR
• Carotid endarterectomy
• Lower limb revascularisation
• Major lower limb amputation
• Emergency vascular surgery including ruptured AAA
• High risk aortic preassessment clinic

Anaesthetic techniques include TIVA, thoracic epidural, lower limb blocks, management of major haemorrhage, blood conservation techniques, use of ROTEM, and insertion and management of spinal drains.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide anaesthesia services for specialties at the Royal Victoria Hospital and across other sites as required
• Participate in the resident rota for RVH Level 3 theatres and Cardiac Anaesthesia
• Undertake regular supervision meetings and appraisal with a Clinical Supervisor
• Participate in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching of the department
• Participate in patient safety and governance functions of the department
• Work with the theatre team and other professionals involved with Trust management

Essential Criteria

• Full GMC registration with a Licence to Practise (both required at time of appointment)
• CCT in anaesthesia and on the Specialist Register (those within 6 months of this can apply)
• Final FRCA exam or other appropriate equivalent qualifications
• Ability to work effectively within the multidisciplinary team

Desirable Criteria

• Demonstrate interest in regional, vascular or thoracic anaesthesia
• Previous experience of quality improvement, service development or research

Terms
The full-time appointment is 40 hours per week (Band 1A). National Terms and Conditions of Service apply. Annual leave is 5 weeks (25 days) per year, rising to 6 weeks (30 days) after 2 years in grade.

Closing date: Friday, 27 November 2026 at 2:00 PM. Interviews anticipated 14 December 2026. Online applications only. Apply via the company portal.

Belfast Health and Social Care Trust is committed to equality of opportunity. Eligibility to work in the UK is required. This job description is not meant to be definitive and may be amended to meet the changing needs of the Trust.