Job summary
- Main area
- Anaesthetics
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Senior Clinical Fellow
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed term 12 months)
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week (1 in 8 or 1 in 9 on call cover)
- Job ref
- 276-8307903-MD
- Employer
- Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Trust
- Town
- West Sussex
- Salary
- £76,582 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 19/10/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Anaesthetic Fellow QI & Assurance in Perioperative services
NHS Medical & Dental: Senior Clinical Fellow
Welcome to Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and thank you for your interest.
In addition to receiving tertiary referrals from across the South East of England, we have a network of ‘spoke’ sites at district general hospitals enabling our consultants to offer their expertise with routine treatments and consultations as close to patients’ homes as is possible. With the recent addition of video led ‘virtual’ consultations we also enable patients who have some distance to travel to avoid the additional stress and worry of a long journey.
Working at QVH combines the excitement, challenge and career opportunities of many larger organisations with the satisfaction of delivering excellent patient care that really does re-build our patients’ lives.
We also offer attractive benefits such as
- tailored personal development to support career aspirations, including accredited clinical and management development programmes
- flexible working arrangements for a work-life balance that suits you and your needs
- a dedicated reward programme, offering a range of national and local discounts, cashback and tax relief schemes
The Trust is committed to offering a range of flexible working options to support employees to balance work and personal commitments, and the delivery of high quality and cost effective services.
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Sustainability
At Queen Victoria Hospital we want to be the first Net Zero Hospital in England, and to achieve that wants every member of staff to be a green champion. The way in which the Trust works has a significant impact on the organisation’s carbon footprint and that of our patients. From the heat, light and power supplies within the hospital to avoiding unnecessary patient journeys, the Trust is empowering all staff to create a sustainable health and care environment for future generations. The Trust expects all staff to reuse and recycle more, to use energy and water efficiently, to walk or cycle to work if you can, and to have a focus on sustainability in the workplace.
You can view our Green Plan here: Green Plan - Queen Victoria Hospital (qvh.nhs.uk)
Job overview
Perioperative Fellow Post
Queen Victoria Hospital are offering a perioperative fellow post for 12 months, or 6 months if can be attached to a 6-month SIA at QVH. This post would be suitable for a registrar during stage 3 of the curriculum who would like to experience and develop their perioperative medicine skills.
QVH anaesthetic department are in the early stages of ACSA application, with plenty of opportunities for the right candidate to be involved in pathway development, guideline writing, perioperative management, quality improvement and research. There will be plenty of opportunities to present work locally and nationally. We would support the fellow in being our resident ACSA lead, working with the department to progress our ACSA application.
There will be regular mentored sessions within our high-quality preoperative assessment, seeing patients for a range of surgeries including head and neck, dental, complex plastics and ophthalmology. The fellow will also be involved with the multidisciplinary team and shared decision-making clinics. With experience the fellow will be encouraged to practice consultant level independent clinics, with the support of department.
The fellow would be expected to participate in the registrar oncall rota (1 in 8), LTFT working will be supported. Pay will be in line with current resident pay scales.
Main duties of the job
Queen Victoria Hospital are offering a perioperative fellow post for 12 months, or 6 months if can be attached to a 6-month SIA at QVH. This post would be suitable for a registrar during stage 3 of the curriculum who would like to experience and develop their perioperative medicine skills.
The department has expertise in a number of areas including complex airway management, hypotensive anaesthesia, regional anaesthesia including the use of nerve catheters, total intravenous anaesthesia and sedation techniques.
QVH receives 7-8 ST5-7 anaesthetic trainees from the Kent, Surrey and Sussex, and South East Schools of Anaesthesia every six months, and is a very popular rotation. The clinical fellow will form part of this group of trainees. A well-established tutorial programme including a cadaveric regional anaesthesia course is provided alongside clinical teaching. Protected teaching time is provided for this. You will be allocated an educational supervisor for the duration of the fellowship.
The post will be of 6 - 12 months duration commencing February 2027. 12 months is preferable, as it enables projects to be developed, but candidates wishing for a six month post are welcome to apply. It is a suitable post for a post FRCA trainee (ST5 and above) wishing to take an OOPE, and for a post CCT trainee wishing to gain further clinical experience prior to a consultant appointment.
Working for our organisation
QVH is a leading specialist centre for reconstructive surgery and rehabilitation, helping people who have been damaged or disfigured through accidents or disease. QVH has a proud heritage and is known throughout the world for pioneering new and innovative techniques and treatments.
QVH is the regional plastic surgical unit providing a full range of procedures including breast reconstruction, lower limb trauma including free flap reconstruction, adult and paediatric hand surgery, complex amputation surgery, facial palsy service, and skin cancer surgery. The burns unit is a key member of the South East Burns Network providing all levels of adult care and day case paediatric care.
As one of the country’s first NHS foundation trusts we are accountable to local people through our 7,400 public members across Kent, Surrey, East and West Sussex and South London. Patients rate us as one of the top hospitals in the country for quality of care, QVH has an annual turnover of around £100m, and employs circa 1000 staff.
If you are passionate about healthcare; giving the best possible services to patients; and if you believe you have the necessary skills, knowledge and experience, and are excited by the opportunities QVH presents, we would like to hear from you.
Further details are available on the Queen Victoria Hospital website: http://qvh.nhs.uk.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will join the full shift rota with the StR(H) trainees which includes prospective cover for colleagues’ study/annual leave. Rota patterns can be subject to change according to the exigencies of the service and should they do so we will consult with you. The rota provides a balanced mix of training lists and on call commitments, plus 2 hours of SpA (supporting professional activity) time per week. The fellow post also includes up to one day per week for project time. The on call duties include providing anaesthesia for emergency work, and resident cover for the Critical Care Unit. The Critical Care Unit is a 5 bedded unit that predominantly provides level 2 and 3 care for post operative major head and neck patients, and burns patients.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Post FRCA trainee or post CCT trainee
- Evidence of achievement of broad based anaesthetic training
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Ben Carey
- Job title
- Clinical Lead Anaesthetics
- Email address
- [email protected]
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
Holtye Road
East Grinstead
RH19 3DZ
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