Clinical Fellow in Critical Care Medicine | Bristol NHS Foundation Trust


Company:	University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust
Salary:	£67,325 - £76,582 pa pro rata
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Bristol, BS2 8HN
Job type:	Contract
Posting date:	7 Oct 2026
Closing date:	6 Nov 2026

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Summary

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust (BFT) is seeking doctors to join ITS City & Weston Hospital Operating Unit’s (C&WHOU) Adult Critical Care team at ST3+ equivalent level.

These full-time posts are based across the adult intensive care units at Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol Heart Institute and Weston General Hospital. The post holder will work within a multiprofessional team, alongside other doctors, to deliver high-quality care on a full-shift rota while gaining experience in both tertiary referral and district general hospital settings.

The Intensive Care Units at C&WHOU provide Critical Care support across all of its clinical services. These posts form part of the resident staffing of the ICUs.

The post holder will work resident day and night shifts in both Bristol ICUs, providing care for the patients in the unit and on the wards as part of the multidisciplinary ICU team. The postholder will be required to work resident shifts including evenings, nights and weekends.

The postholder will be working in a busy tertiary ICU and will gain experience in several different organ support modalities including respiratory, cardiovascular and renal support as well as developing their practical skills (central venous and arterial cannulation, cardiac output monitoring, point of care ultrasound and endo-tracheal intubation).

The postholder will be a key member of the cardiac arrest team. In addition to bedside clinical teaching, there is an embedded teaching programme covering all aspects of the ICM syllabus that takes place every Wednesday.

There is the opportunity to be involved in ongoing audit and quality improvement projects and the unit is research active with several ongoing research projects and international studies.

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward- thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.

For more information, please check out the Job Description attached and feel free contact Dr Inthu Kangesan (ICM Consultant and Recruitment lead).

Inthu.kangesan@uhbw.nhs.uk

This advert closes on Monday 19 Oct 2026

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