Job summary
- Main area
- ICU
- Grade
- ST3+
- Contract
- Fixed term: 6 months (available immediately, 6 to 12 month contract)
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week
- Job ref
- 384-KA-EMF18987
- Employer
- Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- ICU Medical
- Town
- Guildford
- Salary
- £65,048 - £73,995 Dependant on Experience
- Closing
- 13/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Research Fellow in ICU
ST3+
Job overview
This Senior Clinical Fellow post would suit applicants with previous experience in critical care medicine and training in any acute specialty seeking to enhance this experience at a higher level of training.
Proficiency in anaesthesia/airway management is highly desirable.
The post is for six months in the first instance but may be extended.
This position is 50% clinical, 50% non-clinical. This post is suitable for senior trainees wishing to undertake an out-of-programme experience or those who have completed their training but desire additional experience prior to consultant appointment.
Main duties of the job
Clinical
The clinical commitment is based on the intensive care unit at Royal Surrey County Hospital and will include day-shifts, night-shifts and weekend shifts. There is excellent presence of senior cover - with consultants on site until 10pm every day and airway-trained colleagues readily at hand 24/7. The Unit is adjacent to the operating theatre suite.
Non-Clinical
Depending on the interests of the candidate we can accommodate projects either in clinical research or clinical informatics.
Research
We run clinical trials in acute medicine, critical care, and perioperative medicine. There are opportunities to gain training in research conduct, governance, ethics, as well as recruiting into studies. Our research group (Surrey Perioperative Anaesthetics Critical Care Collaborative Research Group: www.spacer.org.uk)
Working for our organisation
Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.
We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding.
Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.
Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description for full details.
Clinical
The clinical commitment is based on the intensive care unit at Royal Surrey County Hospital and will include day-shifts, night-shifts and weekend shifts. There is excellent presence of senior cover - with consultants on site until 10pm every day and airway-trained colleagues readily at hand 24/7. The Unit is adjacent to the operating theatre suite.
There are 28 flexibly staffed intensive care beds and dedicated side-rooms, and the unit runs at a high occupancy rate. It has undergone a rapid expansion in the last five years, associated with the expansion of specialist cancer services. Over 1300 patients are admitted annually with ~60% coming from surgical specialties. The unit has paperless electronic records. High quality ultrasound is available throughout the hospital departments with state-of-the-art machines in ICU, theatres and the ED.
Non-Clinical
Depending on the interests of the candidate we can accommodate projects either in clinical research or clinical informatics.
Research
We run clinical trials in acute medicine, critical care, and perioperative medicine. There are opportunities to gain training in research conduct, governance, ethics, as well as recruiting into studies. Our research group (Surrey Perioperative Anaesthetics Critical Care Collaborative Research Group: www.spacer.org.uk)
There are the following opportunities:
- experience setting up new studies/trials in anaesthesia / critical care / perioperative medicine – working with the research delivery team
- attend a Research Ethics Committee meeting as an observer to understand the processes.
- attend meetings of the local Clinical Research network (CRN)
- spend time with the R&D governance team to gain insights into governance and set-up / reporting processes.
- spend time in the local Clinical Trials Unit (Surrey CTU)
- attend national critical care research conference (UKCCRF) and ESICM LIVES (both paid for from research funds if study budget does not cover)
- attend medical statistics course (IRL or online)
- receive training in systematic reviews (IRL or online)
- co-author articles for publication in peer-reviewed journals
If you wish to stay longer than 12 months and become Research Active:
- collaborate and design a study/trial
- seek funding, get help with the IRAS process, and portfolio adoption status
- run your own study/trial
- By mutual agreement the post can be extended to post-holder to undertake an MD or PhD at the University of Surrey (minimum 2 years for MD, 3 for PhD)
Areas of research:
- Monitoring (NIRS, continuous cardiac output)
- Immunodiagnostics in sepsis
- Functional recovery from severe community acquired pneumonia
- Machine Learning algorithm for expediting diagnosis of abnormal haemodynamics
- Acute Kidney Injury biomarkers
- Perioperative microcirculation
- Perioperative fluid resuscitation and post-operative vasopressors
- Role of the enteric microbiome in post-operative complications
- Remote ischaemic preconditioning
- Muscle wasting: perioperative and prevention of ICU-AW
- Endothelial cell biopsy in shock state, translational proof of concept study
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Full GMC registration with a licence to practice
- FRCA or equivalent such as MRCP or MCEM
- Experience and training in intensive care medicine
Desirable criteria
- Experience and training in anaesthesia
Knowledge & Experience
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience in clinical research
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Rachel Savine
- Job title
- Consultant
- Telephone number
- 01483 571122
- Additional information
Contact via Deborah Simao at [email protected]
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