Clinical Fellow in Critical Care

Position

Critical Care Medicine Clinical Fellow (ST1‑2 equivalent)

We are delighted to offer the opportunity for dynamic, engaging and committed resident doctors to join our team in Critical Care Medicine. This post will be based in Critical Care across Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and is available from February 2026 for 6‑12 months.

This is a critical care only post (no anaesthesia placements). It is suitable for applicants who have completed foundation training (or equivalent) and possess previous paid clinical experience within the NHS (clinical observerships/placements do not qualify). The post holder will be expected to perform duties and take clinical responsibility to ST1‑2 level.

GMC registration with a full licence to practice is required; this post is not suitable for MTI programme sponsorship. Previous paid NHS experience is essential.

Please read the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

The post holder will take part in a full shift rota, along with other trainees, providing 24‑hour care for patients including weekends and night shifts.

• Immediate responsibility for the care of critical care patients
• Responsible for the admission and discharge of patients
• Liaising with other departments and specialties as appropriate
• Maintaining inpatient records
• Ordering routine and emergency investigations and receiving and reviewing their results
• Managing routine and unexpected problems on the critical care unit as they arise
• Reviewing and admitting new admissions and referrals from both the emergency department and wards
• Transfer of patient to radiology etc. as appropriate
• Compliance with trust and departmental protocols and guidelines

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to ensure you can work in a way that best suits our service and you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

For an informal discussion and further information regarding the opportunity and Directorate, please contact:
Claire Mitchell on telephone , or via email at

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion. We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We’re also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic disorders.

Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patient contacts each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and, in particular, those from under‑represented groups.

Applicants must be registered with the General Medical Council and available to start work in February 2026.

This post can include attachments to Critical Care in:

• Royal Victoria Infirmary ward 38
• Royal Victoria Infirmary ward 18
• Freeman Hospital Critical Care Unit (ward 37)

Note:

this is a critical care‑only post; there are NO placements in anaesthesia.

• There are no specific research duties in this post; however, there are opportunities to take part in ongoing clinical trials and associate principal investigator roles.

• The department has a strong teaching commitment to junior doctors.
• There is both formal and informal training as well as educational supervision and guidance for the postholders provided in each attachment.
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