Transfer Doctor – Retrieve Adult Critical Care Transfer Service

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Bristol NHS Foundation Trust Transfer Doctor – Retrieve Adult Critical Care Transfer Service

The closing date is 17 November 2026

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for ST5+, Specialty Doctors and Specialist Doctors in Intensive Care Medicine and / or Anaesthesia to join Retrieve, the South West Adult Critical Care Transfer Team as Transfer Doctors. The service is commissioned through Bristol NHS Foundation Trust and has two operational bases within the region.

Retrieve provides a single point of contact for all adult critical care transfer referrals 24 hours a day. All calls are managed by a Duty Consultant who triages, coordinates and can provide remote decision-support if required. Over the 24 hour period Retrieve operates a dedicated transfer team from each of its operational bases - one in Launceston, Cornwall, covering the Peninsula sub-region (Devon/Cornwall) and one in Bristol covering the Severn sub-region (Gloucestershire to Somerset).

Main duties of the job

We are looking for dynamic, and enthusiastic Specialty Doctors and Trainees to undertake adult critical care transfers working alongside Duty Consultants and Transfer Practitioners to deliver the day-to-day service. You will receive training and experience in transfer medicine with the aim of achieving autonomous practice status (with remote consultant supervision) during your time with the service. Following an orientation and induction programme in the first weeks of the role, Transfer Doctors will be initially directly supervised by Retrieve Duty Consultants. Transfer Doctors are expected to progress and undergo formal assessment following which, more distant supervision may be used, depending on the clinical case and Duty Consultant decision. The post is therefore suitable for a doctor with Intensive Care Medicine and/or Anaesthesia experience who has the appropriate skillset to assess, resuscitate and stabilise critically unwell adult patients (including deliver advanced airway management) with remote supervision.

About us

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust brings together more than 28,000 staff to deliver over 160 clinical services across thirteen hospital locations,operatingfrom three main sites at Southmead, Bristol citycentreand Weston.

With an annual turnover of £2.3 billion, we are now one of the largest NHS trusts in the United Kingdom. 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 theSouth Westhas to offer.

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust values all people as individuals. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit andretaina workforce whichrepresentsthe 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 applicationin order toensurewe'remeeting our pledge.

Details

Date posted

03 November 2026

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Doctor - other

Salary

£67,998 to £115,341 a year pa pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

6 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

387-S0218-KC

Job locations

Either Peninsula, based in Launceston or Severn, based in Bristol

Upper Maudlin Street

Bristol

BS2 8HW

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description for a more detailed overview of the main responsibilities and person specification for this post

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description for a more detailed overview of the main responsibilities and person specification for this post

Person Specification

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

• Experience within intensive care medicine or anaesthesia of independently (to ST5+ level, or equivalent) assessing, resuscitating and stabilizing critically unwell patients
• Advanced airway skills (able to deliver unplanned emergency anaesthesia outside the operating theatre to a critically ill patient with remote supervision)
• Experience of critical care transfer
• Demonstrates good clinical judgement
• Completed transfer training course
• Understands and has taken part in audit and clinical governances processes
• Able to manage and care for complex cases with appropriate supervision

Desirable

• Designed and completed audits and/or quality improvement projects
• Experience of critical care transfer and retrieval and/or pre-hospital emergency medicine in dedicated service

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Ability to organise and prioritise workload
• Good communication skills
• Honesty and reliability
• Ability to work effectively within an MDT environment
• Flexibility
• Critical approach to work
• Demonstrates initiative
• Ability to gain confidence of both staff and patients
• Willing to undertake additional clinical duties when necessary, including cover for colleagues on leave

Desirable

• Ability to take on administrative roles within the organisation
• Ability to lead the multidisciplinary team.

Qualifications and Training

Essential

• Full General Medical Council (UK) registration with Licence to Practice
• FFICM or FRCA or equivalent
• Advanced Life Support provider, trauma course provider (ATLS / ETC)

Desirable

• CCT in Intensive Care Medicine or Anaesthesia
• Other membership, fellowship or diplomas
• Relevant specialist courses (e.g. difficult airways, ultrasound etc)

Additional and Aptitudes

Essential

• IT skills on all Microsoft packages
• Fluent English speaker

Person Specification

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

• Experience within intensive care medicine or anaesthesia of independently (to ST5+ level, or equivalent) assessing, resuscitating and stabilizing critically unwell patients
• Advanced airway skills (able to deliver unplanned emergency anaesthesia outside the operating theatre to a critically ill patient with remote supervision)
• Experience of critical care transfer
• Demonstrates good clinical judgement
• Completed transfer training course
• Understands and has taken part in audit and clinical governances processes
• Able to manage and care for complex cases with appropriate supervision

Desirable

• Designed and completed audits and/or quality improvement projects
• Experience of critical care transfer and retrieval and/or pre-hospital emergency medicine in dedicated service

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Ability to organise and prioritise workload
• Good communication skills
• Honesty and reliability
• Ability to work effectively within an MDT environment
• Flexibility
• Critical approach to work
• Demonstrates initiative
• Ability to gain confidence of both staff and patients
• Willing to undertake additional clinical duties when necessary, including cover for colleagues on leave

Desirable

• Ability to take on administrative roles within the organisation
• Ability to lead the multidisciplinary team.

Qualifications and Training

Essential

• Full General Medical Council (UK) registration with Licence to Practice
• FFICM or FRCA or equivalent
• Advanced Life Support provider, trauma course provider (ATLS / ETC)

Desirable

• CCT in Intensive Care Medicine or Anaesthesia
• Other membership, fellowship or diplomas
• Relevant specialist courses (e.g. difficult airways, ultrasound etc)

Additional and Aptitudes

Essential

• IT skills on all Microsoft packages
• Fluent English speaker

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).

Additional information

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

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Either Peninsula, based in Launceston or Severn, based in Bristol

Upper Maudlin Street

Bristol

BS2 8HW

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.uhbw.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Either Peninsula, based in Launceston or Severn, based in Bristol

Upper Maudlin Street

Bristol

BS2 8HW

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.uhbw.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Consultant

Dr Curtis Whittle

[email protected]

Details

Date posted

03 November 2026

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Doctor - other

Salary

£67,998 to £115,341 a year pa pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

6 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

387-S0218-KC

Job locations

Either Peninsula, based in Launceston or Severn, based in Bristol

Upper Maudlin Street

Bristol

BS2 8HW

United Kingdom

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