About this role
Job summary
St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
PLEASE NOTE: The adult critical care directorate at St George's Hospital is offering multiple roles for an August 2026. This is the application for:
Junior Clinical Fellow in Adult Intensive Care with Education
Minimum requirement: Post Foundation Training or equivalent.
Full time appointment from August 2026
Please only complete one application and at the end of the application indicate which role (s) you are interested in and in order of preference in the free text available at the end of your application. Duplicate applications will not be accepted. Where possible you will be interviewed for your first-choice role.
All candidates will be considered for the non-portfolio generic junior or senior clinical position if they perform well at interview but are not offered their first-choice role.
All queries to be directed to Recruitment Lead: Dr James Powys Lybbe [email protected]
Due to the high volumes of applications we receive for certain posts, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications. After the closing date we strongly advise you check the email account which is registered. If you have not heard from us within four weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted.
Main duties of the job
St George's Hospital is the primary teaching hospital in south-west London and provides all of the tertiary specialities. The St George's Adult Critical Care Directorate has 60 critical care beds across three critical care unts: General Intensive Care (GICU), Neuro Intensive Care (NICU) and Cardiothoracic Intensive Care (CTICU). This is an extremely exciting time for the Directorate with the construction of a new 20 bed adult ICU currently underway. Successful candidates will work across one or more of these units during their period of employment at St George's and where possible we will accommodate specific unit preferences.
We can accommodate experienced trainees/clinical fellows looking to broaden their experience (including subspeciality experience in cardiothoracic or neuro intensive care) as well as novice trainees/clinical fellows with no prior ICM experience. Duties and responsibilities will be commensurate with the individual candidate's experience and are overseen by consultant intensivists at all times. The experience gained will be beneficial to trainees wishing to pursue a wide variety of career aims.
The applicant should be post foundation training or equivalent. Prior experience of the UK healthcare system is desirable, and GMC registration is essential (unless applying for sponsorship).
Successful candidates for this post will be scored at interview and offered in turn, depending on availability their first choice of rotation.
About us
St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across southwest London. A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people. A Major Trauma Centre complete with Helipad St George's featured as the main hospital in the acclaimed Channel 4 documentary programme "24 Hours in A&E" for 23 seasons.
The trust also provides care for patients from a larger catchment area in southeast England, for specialties such as complex pelvic trauma. Other services treat patients from all over the country, such as family HIV care and bone marrow transplantation for non-cancer diseases. The trust also provides a nationwide state-of-the-art endoscopy training centre.
Our main site, St George's Hospital in Tooting - one of the country's principal teaching hospitals - is shared with St George's, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George's Hospital also hosts the St George's, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region.
Job description Job responsibilities
Please refer to attached job description for person specification.
This job description is not an exhaustive document but is a reflection of the current position. Details and emphasis may change in line with service needs after consultation with the post holder.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training Essential
Medical Degree (2) Full GMC registration (2)
Desirable
MRCP/FRCA/MRCS/MRCEM (2)
Experience Essential
Ability to take responsibility for assessment and clinical care of patients (2) Completion of Foundation Training or Equivalent
Desirable
6 months post FY1 experience in intensive care, anaesthesia or medicine Experience of NHS or similar healthcare system
Skills Essential
Skills appropriate for a junior doctor in intensive care (2) Valid ALS or CALS qualification. (2)
Desirable
Completed QIP or audit in intensive care. (2) Critical Care course, conference. (2)
Knowledge Essential
Knowledge appropriate to the role of junior doctor on intensive care (2)
Desirable
Postgraduate medical qualification. (2)
Other Essential
Ability to manage priorities and work within a team (2) Excellent written and oral communication skills (2)
Desirable
Non-technical skills training (2) Management course (2) Previous publications (2) Clear career aim (2)
Disclosure and Barring Service Check 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.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address St Georges Hospital
Blackshaw Road
London
SW17 0QT
Employer's website https://www.stgeorges.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)