Senior Clinical Fellow in Anaesthesia

Applications are warmly invited for the post of Senior Clinical Fellow in Anaesthesia.

We have 2x fixed term posts available.

One is a 6 month post running from 02/02/2026 until 04/08/2026.

One is a 3 month post running from 02/02/2026 until 08/05/2025.

Applicants would need to be available to start from 02/02/2026, or as soon as possible thereafter.

Both of these posts are based at Lewisham Hospital.

The post is suitable for anaesthetists with a minimum of 3 years' experience in anaesthesia and who are at ST4 plus level. There will be the opportunity to work towards those RCOA Supervised Learning Events which can be fulfilled at a district general hospital. Post-holders will be allocated an Educational Supervisor.

The successful applicant will have the opportunity to gain experience in all areas of clinical practice in anaesthesia. The post holder will participate in out-of-hours service provision in anaesthetics on a 1:8 full shift rota which includes long days, nights and weekend. The post holder will be expected to work on the General and Obstetrics Rotas.

The post is to commence in February 2026 or as soon as possible thereafter. The post holder will work at Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust sites and will have a similar working pattern to residents in the training programme. This post is based at University Hospital Lewisham.

Clinical:

The post holder will, together with colleagues, be responsible for the provision of anaesthetic services to the patients of Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust

Training of junior staff:

The post holder will take responsibility for the training and direction of junior staff allocated to him/her under the training plan that post holder has agreed with their supervising consultant.

Teaching:

The post holder will be expected to contribute as appropriate in the teaching of undergraduate and postgraduate students.

Clinical Governance:

All medical and dental staff are expected to take part in clinical governance activity, including clinical audit, clinical guideline and protocol development and clinical risk management. They will be expected to produce evidence of their contribution in these areas and their audit of their own clinical work as part of their appraisal.

All medical and dental staff are required to undertake appraisal annually.

Other:

The list of duties and responsibilities given above is not an exhaustive list and you may be asked to undertake other duties in line with the overall purpose and nature of the post as may be required from time to time.

A consultant anaesthetist will locally supervise daytime elective theatre work and distant supervision by the non-resident on-call consultant. The candidate will never work outside their safe level of competence.

Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:

• Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
• Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
• Improving the experience of staff with disability
• Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
• Making equalities mainstream

The resident anaesthetic on-callteam is mirrored on both sites comprising three tiers CT level, ST level andSAS/CF level; 2 are general first and second responders for the entire hospital and one dedicated obstetric anaesthetist. The on-call team also provide airway and transfer skill for intensive care until as required.

The on-calls will be predominantly covering the rota that comprises a 1:8 shift pattern which includes normal days, Long Days (08:00-20:30), Night shifts(20:00-08:30) and Weekend shifts (08:00
-20:30). The post holder…