Junior Clinical Fellow - Critical Care

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust; Blackburn; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent NHS Trust in Blackburn is inviting applications for a Junior Clinical Fellow position. This role involves participating in the ICU B rota while receiving comprehensive educational support and supervision from experienced professionals. Ideal for individuals seeking to enhance their clinical skills in a busy teaching hospital environment.

Qualifications

• Position advertised for a Junior Clinical Fellow; non-training grade considered as a trainee with teaching and supervision.

Responsibilities

• Be part of the ICU B rota which is on a 1A band.
• Take part in formal handover, audit/ QI and lunchtime trainee presentations.
• Receive appropriate teaching and educational support with supervision available at all times from senior trainees and Consultants.

Job description

Overview

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 32 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.

We have a busy 32 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.

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.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Haroon Waqar-Uddin Job title: Clinical Director for Critical Care Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01254 733744

Responsibilities

• Be part of the ICU B rota which is on a 1A band.
• Take part in formal handover, audit/ QI and lunchtime trainee presentations.
• Receive appropriate teaching and educational support with supervision available at all times from senior trainees and Consultants.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Position advertised for a Junior Clinical Fellow; non-training grade considered as a trainee with teaching and supervision.

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