Junior Clinical Fellow - Critical Care

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust; Blackburn; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Blackburn is seeking a Junior Clinical Fellow to join their critical care team. This position offers the opportunity to care for critically ill patients and participate in teaching and training. Candidates are required to have GMC registration and an MBChB or equivalent, along with flexibility in working hours. Applicants should possess team collaboration skills and a commitment to continuous improvement in patient care. The role involves managing a busy critical care unit and contributing to audits and handovers.

Qualifications

• Completion of Foundation Training or equivalent is required.
• Previous experience within the NHS is desired.
• Experience of audit or QI is valuable.

Responsibilities

• Manage a busy 24 bed critical care unit.
• Provide care for critically ill patients.
• Participate in formal handovers and audits.

Skills

Flexibility in working hours

Ability to work in a team

Education

GMC

MBChB or equivalent

Advanced life support

APLS

ATLS

Job description

Applications are invited for the permanent position of Junior Clinical Fellow at East Lancashire Teaching Hospital. ELHT is a busy teaching hospital with around 1000 beds across all sites. Services are provided from two main sites, the Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital and Burnley General Teaching Hospital. Acute services are based at the Blackburn site and include the emergency department, the 24 bedded Critical Care Unit and the acute surgical and medical units. The ED is a trauma unit in the Lancashire Trauma network with Preston as the Trauma Centre.

Main duties of the job

We have a busy 24 bed critical care unit that cares for 1600 patients per year. We take medical and surgical emergency patients and postoperative elective patients requiring a higher level of care. There is excellent opportunity to gain experience in caring for critically ill patients and the practical techniques pertinent to this.

Whilst a non-training grade you would be considered as a trainee with appropriate teaching and educational support, supervision is available at all times from senior trainees and Consultants. You would be part of the ICU B rota which is on a 1A band. You will be expected to take part in formal handover, audit/ QI and lunchtime trainee presentations.

About us

Established in 2003 East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust (ELHT) is a large integrated health care organisation providing high quality acute secondary healthcare for the people of East Lancashire and Blackburn with Darwen.

Our vision is to be widely recognised for providing safe, personal and effective care. We currently provide high quality services and treat over 700,000 patients a year from the most serious of emergencies to planned operations and procedures. We employ over 8,000 staff, many of whom are internationally renowned and have won awards for their work and achievements.

Our organisation is driven by our strategic objectives and organisational values and we look for people who are strongly aligned to them. The successful applicant will join a flexible, supportive team who work well together. We have a high commitment to teaching and training, receive excellent feedback from our trainees and have high exam pass rates.

Job responsibilities

Experience and competencies are detailed in the person specification. Applicants must also possess the following skills:

• Flexibility in working hours to meet the requirements of the post
• Ability to work in a team

Person Specification

Qualifications

• GMC
• MBChB or equivalent
• Advanced life support
• APLS
• ATLS

Experience

• Completion of Foundation Training or equivalent
• Experience of audit or QI
• Previous experience within the NHS
• Core Anaesthesia/ ACCS/ Emergency Medicine/ IMT/ Core Surgical experience

Skills

• Flexibility in working hours to meet the requirements of the post
• Ability to work in a team

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.