Academic clinical fellowships in Anaesthetic and Perioperative Medicine

Anaesthesia and Operating Services at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals provides tertiary and quaternary perioperative and pain services for Sheffield and surrounding areas.

About our fellowships

We are a growing academic department benefitting from several key figures in academic anaesthesia - notably Dr Wiles, Professor Wilson, and Professor Mills. Within the department, we have successfully supervised PhD and BMedSci projects, as well as hosting previous Academic Clinical Fellows and Specialised Foundation Programme residents. We currently have a particular strength in academic publishing, as both an editor and the editor-in-chief of Anaesthesia currently work in the department.

Perioperative research is rapidly developing, with growing recognition of its importance due to the large quantity of care delivered across the UK. Due to this high throughput, small impacts can make large populational differences while directly benefitting individual patients.

Clinical component

Anaesthesia and Operating Services comprises over 800 staff and 115 consultant anaesthetists which cover five hospitals in Sheffield: Royal Hallamshire, Northern General, Jessop’s Wing Maternity Unit, and Weston Park Cancer Hospitals. There are also well-established working relationships with The Sheffield Children’s Hospital with several shared faculty. Anaesthetic training in the region benefits from the most geographically compact area in the UK with easy access to urban and rural lifestyles. The South Yorkshire Anaesthetic Training Programme prides itself on its friendly and supportive network of educators, and consistently performs well in the National Education Training Survey, making it highly competitive rotation.

Anaesthesia and Operating Services provides emergency and elective care for the following specialties:

Major general
Upper gastrointestinal
Hepato-pancreato-biliary
Vascular
Transplant
Orthopaedics and trauma
Urology
Gynaecology
Plastics and burns
Head and Neck/ENT/Maxillofacial
Neurosurgery
Cardiothoracic
Obstetrics
Paediatrics
Acute and chronic pain

Research component

Research in Anaesthesia and Perioperative medicine is varied and benefits from providing services across the trust, increasing the ability for cross-specialty collaboration. Current areas of research and expertise include:

Preoperative assessment using cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET).
Risk stratification for major surgery and preoperative shared decision making.
Patient Self Preoperative Assessment using the Sheffield-developed novel EPAQ online tool.
Prehabilitation prior to major surgery in collaboration with Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre.
Big data, machine learning and predictive modelling.
Research methodology and data integrity.
Systematic reviews and evidence synthesis.
NIHR Challenge Maternity Disparities Consortium: Healthcare disparities in obstetric anaesthesia.
PRAISE trial: A £1.3 million NIHR HTA funded project assessing pain relief after spinal surgery.

Supervision is vital for any developing researcher, and the faculty have established a strong collaborative ethos within the department to provide the necessary guidance and support. We will provide accessible supervision to provide both educational and pastoral guidance to develop a strong academic foundation for future research leaders.

More details of clinical research can be found on the OSCCA (Operating Services, Critical Care and Anaesthesia) page and research SharePoint site for current staff members.