Trosolwg o'r swydd

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic, engaged and committed Fellow in environmentally sustainable anaesthesia to work in a specific role within the peri-operative and critical care directorate at the Freeman Hospital. This is a National Fellowship jointly organised between Newcastle upon Tyne NHS Trust, The Association of Anaesthetists and the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare and will involve working with all 3 organisations. 

The aim of the fellowship is to improve the evidence base underpinning environmentally sustainable anaesthesia, establish what best practice looks like, define and remove barriers to best practice implementation and to share the findings with the wider anaesthetic and medical communities. All clinical work will be within Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals. 
 
This post would suit anaesthetic trainees who have a special interest in sustainable healthcare. Applicants should have completed Foundation Training and Core/ACCS Anaesthetic training. This post will provide a solid basis from which to apply for an ST or Consultant post. You must have full GMC registration with a license to practise at time of application. Previous paid NHS work experience is essential. 
 
This post is available from 6 August 2025 until 4 August 2026. 

Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd

This is a 12 month out of programme Fellowship in Environmentally Sustainable Anaesthesia at Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals (NUTH). This is to be jointly run between NUTH and the Association of Anaesthetists with input from the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare (CSH).  This would comprise a split of 50:50 clinical to academic work with full on-call commitments.  

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.

For an informal discussion and further information regarding the opportunity and Directorate, please contact: Ian Baxter on 0191 213 9342, or via email at [email protected] 

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

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.