Trust Fellow in Cardio Anaesthesia & Intensive Care; STequivalent

Overview

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 28 January 2026

We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our well integrated team.

This post is available to start as soon as possible for 12 months in the first instance.

Please note that this post does not meet the eligibility requirements for appointment via the MTI route.

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.

Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification.

The post is suitable for those candidates who wish to take time out of their training programme or who are already accredited and wish to further be training and gain experience in cardiothoracic anaesthesia and intensive care. It would suit and can be tailored to the needs of applicants from various disciplines such as Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia, General anaesthesia with cardiothoracic anaesthesia exposure, and Critical Care.

For an informal discussion and further information regarding the opportunity and Directorate, please contact:
Dr Amr Mohamed on ext: 77410
, or via email at or Dr Abraham Samuel on ext: 27488
, or via email at

Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification.

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 orders.

Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients '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.

The post is based in our Cardiothoracic anaesthesia (CTA) theatres and Cardiac Intensive Care unit (CICU).

Echocardiography

The appointee will have the opportunity to acquire a working knowledge of the fundamentals of echocardiography during the tenure of the post. The cardiothoracic anaesthetic department runs a week long TOE course once a year. The appointee will be encouraged to get accredited with British Society of Echocardiography or European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging in Trans-oesophageal Echo with all possible help for theory exams and collection of cases for logbook.

Post-operative analgesia techniques, with special reference to thoracic surgery

Attendance on pain ward rounds is offered.

Cardiothoracic Theatres & CICU

Audit and research

The appointee will be encouraged to undertake audit and research projects during the post.

Education

The appointee will be encouraged to participate in teaching for medical students, nursing staff and less experienced trainees, and to undertake the preparation of topical reviews. There are weekly departmental educational meetings which are co-ordinated by the Specialist Trainees.

On-call

There is a 2-tier rotational trainee / fellow rota, with advanced critical care practitioners participating in the first tier rota. A rotating ST3+ from the Northern region or an ACCP will be on a full shift rota covering ITU mainly. The appointee will be 2nd on-call on a full rota covering predominantly ITU, but providing support to theatres if required or appropriate, or if split rota is active which depends on the total number of fellows and trainees, in addition to ACCPs.

The Trust Fellow appointed to this post will be allocated a consultant educational supervisor. The fellow will be expected to maintain a logbook of activity, to ensure that his/her training can be easily reviewed and optimised in conjunction with the educational supervisor. This logbook should be made available for external assessment if required.

Flexibility:

In line with the Trusts core value of placing patients at the heart of everything we do, we are developing our service provision to be responsive to the…