Anaesthesia Clinical Fellow
The closing date is 30 November 2025
Job summary
Royal Papworth Hospital, a leading cardiothoracic centre, invites application for a 6-month Fellowship in Thoracic anaesthesia. This Fellowship offers a unique opportunity to gain advanced skills in thoracic anaesthesia in a world-renowned institution.
The fellowship provides an opportunity to gain experience in advanced thoracic anaesthesia, lung transplant anaesthesia and ECMO in addition to managing patients with advanced respiratory failure.
Main duties of the job
*Providing anaesthetic care for a wide range of thoracic surgeries including robotic and minimally invasive thoracic surgical procedures, chest wall surgery, airway procedures.
*Providing anaesthetic and perioperative support and care for Lung transplant procedures.
*Providing perioperative care for high-risk cardio-thoracic patients on mechanical circulatory support/ ECMO
*Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams including surgeons, intensivists, transplant and respiratory physicians to ensure comprehensive patient care on ICU.
*Engage in clinical teaching and education of anaesthetic trainees in the hospital
*Participate in departmental research and quality improvement projects, with opportunities to participate in international meetings and conferences. Successful candidate would be expected to complete at least one research/ QI or governance related activity.
*Participating in on call activity on Critical Care unit and providing airway cover for emergencies.
About us
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the UK's leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state-of-the-art hospital in Cambridge. We perform the most heart and/or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979. It also offers emergency heart attack treatment, sleep centre care and is one of just five centres nationally for those in severe respiratory failure.
Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe the Trust is at the heart of treatments of the future. Royal Papworth became the first hospital trust in the country to be rated outstanding in all five areas assessed by the Care Quality Commission - a rating it still holds today. The Trust holds its values of compassion, excellence & collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day-to-day roles & interactions. Royal Papworth is proud of its diverse workforce and encourages people to embrace their individuality.
The Trust values difference and welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion & belief, sex and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.
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Details
Date posted
28 October 2025
Pay scheme
Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade
Doctor - other
Salary
£73,992 a year
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
6 months
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
175-25-1470
Job locations
Royal Papworth Hospital
Papworth Road
Cambridge Bio Medical Campus
Cambridge
CB2 0AY
Employer details
Employer name
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Royal Papworth Hospital
Papworth Road
Cambridge Bio Medical Campus
Cambridge
CB2 0AY
Employer's website
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