Job summary
Clinical Trust Fellow (ST3+) in Anaesthetics
Division: Surgery and Anaesthetics
Grade: Senior Clinical Fellow
Salary: £51,931 - £69,976 per annum/pro rata
Contract Type: 6 Months Fixed Term 05.08.2026 to 02.02.2027

We are pleased to invite applications for a Clinical Trust Fellow (ST3+) in Anaesthetics who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.

Main duties of the job
Our culture and values are what drives Medway NHS Foundation Trust and is the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when you are completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.

Our values are B old, E very Person Counts, S haring and Open and T ogether. We are inspiring and ambitious, respectful and supportive, open and we speak up, we are inclusive and responsible.

To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.

About us
Medway NHS Foundation Trust is the largest acute trust and district general hospital in Kent. We have a proud history, originating in 1905 when a Royal Naval Hospital was opened on the site. Just over a century later, Medway NHS Foundation Trust was the first hospital in Kent to achieve Foundation Trust status. We continue to expand and modernise the array of services on offer to the people of the Medway towns, Swale and the wider West Kent region.

Medway is an Associated University Hospital with strong links to the Guy's, King's and St Thomas' Medical Schools and the new Kent and Medway Medical School.

The critical care programme currently consists of a 14 bedded intensive care unit (ICU) and a 10 bedded mixed medical and surgical high dependency unit (HDU). The critical care programme is part of the Perioperative, Anaesthetics and Critical Care Directorate and provides critical care support to the entire hospital, including a 24/7 outreach team (Acute Response Team: ART) and a post-critical care follow-up clinic.

Job responsibilities

• The post holder will have delegated responsibility for all the patients under care of Critical Care. He/she will refer to the Consultants when problems arise which are beyond his authority and/or experience.
• The post holder will be expected to assist in the care of critically unwell patients on the general wards who may need critical care review or admission to one of the critical care wards.
• The post holder must maintain liaison with colleagues who are on duty immediately before and after.
• The post holder will participate in the duty rota with other middle and junior grade medical and ACCP staff in the Department.
• The post holder will be required to actively participate in clinical audit and implement its results and relate these to the Trust and Directorate policies on Clinical Governance.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Primary Medical Degree
• Full Registration with GMC
• Part 1 or Part 2 MRCP, Primary FRCA, MCEM

Experience
Essential

• Minimum of one year's full time hospital service in CT-equivalent or higher grades since first obtaining full or limited registration or equivalent
• Experience in critical care and/ or anaesthesia/ emergency medicine
• Experience in clinical research

Desirable

• Experience in teaching
• Experience with simulation training

Value Based Question
Essential

• Give an example of a time where you have demonstrated a 'can do' attitude (including the situation you were in) and the outcome

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.