Clinical Fellow in Paediatric Intensive Care Unit

Clinical Fellow in Paediatric Intensive Care Unit

The closing date is 03 March 2026

We would like to invite interested applicants to apply for the post of clinical fellow working within the Paediatric Critical Care Service within Bristol Royal Hospital for Children.

Bristol Children's PICU is an 18 bedded unit providing full intensive care services to the Southwest of England and cardiac surgical services to the Southwest and South Wales. BRHC is a designated paediatric trauma and burns centre with all specialties other than transplantation on site. The post would involve clinical duties on PICU as well as possibly in the regional transport service.

Applicants must have completed a minimum of two years training in their base specialty and may come from a Paediatric, Anaesthetic, Intensive Care or an Emergency Medicine background. This post is also suitable for more senior doctors who wish paediatric intensive care or transport experience.

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as 'Good' overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond.

As a forward- thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer.

UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them.

Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we're meeting our pledge.

The post would be for six to twelve months, with a potential to extend and a start date in February 2026.

For more details please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification.

• Completion of Core training (minimum 2 years) in base specialty
• Previous experience in either Paediatrics, Anaesthesia, Intensive Care, Paediatric Surgery or Emergency Medicine
• Previous experience of working within the NHS
• Previous ECMO/ECLS experience
• Exposure to intensive care medicine (adult, paediatric or neonatal)

• Good communication skills with colleagues and families
• Ability to cope with stressful situations and maintain good relations with medical and nursing colleagues
• Ability to work in a multi professional team Ability to fit in with shift based working system
• Flexibility with scheduling

• Respecting Everyone
• Recognising Success
• Working Together
• Be able to speak fluent English to an appropriate standard

• Medical Degree
• GMC Full Registration
• First part of Postgraduate medical qualifications e.g. MRCPCH, FRCA, FRCS or equivalent if non UK trained
• Full MRCPCH, FRCA, FRCS (or equivalent)
• Membership of defence organisation
• Evidence of current accreditation in paediatric/neonatal life support (APLS,PALS,NLS or EPLS)

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.