About this role
Job summary
We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our well integrated team.
This Adult NECTAR clinical fellow post (ST3+ equivalent) in transfer medicine is at Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Note that this post requires 2 years prior postgraduate training in critical care/anaesthesia/medicine (including a minimum of 3 months post-foundation critical care experience) and candidates must already hold initial Anaesthesia Competencies.
This post is available for 6 months from August 2026.
Main duties of the job
This post is at registrar level, and successful candidates will be expected to have prior experience in intensive care and to be competent to work with indirect supervision.
The adult NECTAR service provides transport for critically ill adults within the North East & North Cumbria, Yorkshire, and also further afield.
This post is intended to provide experience in adult critical care, transport & retrieval medicine including training equivalent to that recommended by the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine.
About us
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for 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.
With around 2 million contacts with patients every year, we deliver care from:
Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI) Freeman Hospital Newcastle Dental Hospital Cramlington Manor Walks Urgent treatment centres Newcastle Fertility Centre Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria Northern Genetics Service These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.
We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under 'Documents to download' or 'Supporting documents'.
For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Job description Job responsibilities
Interhospital transfer of critically ill adults and children (with an appropriate level of supervision) by land and air
Supporting NECTAR practitioners with triage and delivery of practitioner led transfer
Preparing and presenting case reviews
Develop communication and shared learning
Teaching on stabilisation training days
Multidisciplinary team teaching and simulation
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications Essential
Primary Medical Qualification. Full GMC registration with a license to practise at time of application
Desirable
Post graduate intensive care qualification.
Clinical Skills and Knowledge Essential
Satisfactory completion of at least 2 years of post- foundation training in anaesthesia and/or medicine and/or Intensive care). Previous paid experience of working in the NHS as a doctor Minimum 3 months prior intensive care experience Evidence of significant advanced airway skills Good history & examination skills. Able to formulate a working diagnosis. Able to order appropriate investigations. Image interpretation relevant to practice. Knows when to appropriately seek assistance from a senior colleague.
Desirable
1 year Intensive care training. 1 year Anaesthesia training. Additional general medicine training.
Maintaining Clinical Competence Essential
Written evidence of satisfactory training to date e.g. workplace assessments Experience of supervising junior staff. Ability to teach clinical skills.
Desirable
Suitable procedural skills
Teaching Essential
Experience of supervising junior staff. Ability to teach clinical skills.
Clinical Governance, Audit and Research Essential
Experience of audit projects.
Desirable
Experience of audit projects and research.
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 The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address Royal Victoria Infirmary
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 4LP
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://careers.nuth.nhs.uk/why-us (Opens in a new tab)