Senior Clinical Fellow Icu

Epsom And St Helier University Hospitals Nhs Trust; Epsom, London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust invites applications for a Senior Clinical Fellow in Intensive Care Medicine to join our Critical Care team for a fixed-term 12-month period.

The post offers experience across St Helier ICU and Epsom HDU with cross-site duties, on-call commitments, and opportunities to develop research and education skills under consultant supervision.

Qualifications

• Full GMC registration is required.
• MBBS or equivalent medical qualification.
• Post Graduate Qualification is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Recognise potentially life-threatening situations and initiate immediate resuscitative measures; train in cardio-pulmonary monitoring and competency-based assessment.
• Develop research and education skills; participate in regular consultant-led teaching sessions.
• Supervise junior fellows and be allocated rota slots based on experience and seniority.

Education

MBBS or equivalent medical qualification

Full GMC registration

Job description

Job summary

Senior Clinical Fellow in Intensive Care Medicine
12 Month Fixed term Contract

JOB OVERVIEW

We are seeking motivated and enthusiastic people to join our dedicated team in Critical Care. Our team consists of 11 consultants, 24 junior doctors, and over 100 nurses and AHPs in our two Critical Care units.

About the units

St Helier ICU: 13 beds, providing full level 3 and 2 care.
Epsom HDU: 6-8 level 2 beds.
Annual admissions: 1400 patients, including 700 emergency medical patients, 350 emergency surgical patients, and 350 patients following complex elective surgery.

We are proud of our reputation for delivering safe and effective care and providing high quality education. We contribute to a number of national audits, including ICNARC, NELA, and PQIP. Our current SMR is 0.81. Since 2020, we have been short-listed twice for the national Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) award, we have had several peer-reviewed publications, and have presented at national and international conferences.

Inclusion and Diversity:

We are committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace and welcome candidates from all backgrounds.

Main duties of the job

• THE POST
• Key Duties and Responsibilities
• Epsom and St. Helier based duties: Fixed term 6 to 12 months in Critical Care department (ICU and HDU) cross site (Epsom and St. Helier)
• The main aim of the post is to enable the post holder to recognise potentially life-threatening situations and equip them with the knowledge and skills to initiate immediate resuscitative measures. It will also train them in the appropriate use and interpretation of cardio-pulmonary monitoring. Training will be competency-based, according to the recommendations of the Inter- Collegiate Board for training in Intensive Care Medicine and continuous assessment and 360 degree appraisals will also be employed. There will be regular consultant-led teaching sessions
• The successful candidate will be able to develop research and education skills.
• The senior clinical fellow will be supported at all times by the Consultants and also involves supervising junior fellows. As per the experience and seniority the rota slot will be allocated either on the senior tier or junior tier

About us

St George's, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George's Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).

After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.

Job responsibilities

• On-call
• The post has night on-call commitment based on a 1:8 rota, which will be based at St Helier Hospital, covering ICU and HDU. There will be 2 junior doctors every night. In day time there will be minimum 4 junior doctors in the unit. The unit is always covered by a consultant intensivist, who is on-site from 8 AM to 9 PM and then on-call (non-resident). Currently Epsom unit cover is only day time (8 AM to 6 PM) by critical care juniors. Night cover at Epsom will be provided by Anaeasthetic team
• There is a very close link between critical care unit and anaesthetic department. The on call critical care junior doctor and anaesthetic junior doctor are expected to work as a team and help out each other as required.

Qualifications

Essential

• Full registration with GMC - This is a must have requirement for the post
• MBBS or equivalent medical qualification

Desirable

• Post Graduate Qualification

Experience

Essential

• Minimum 2 year experience in Emergency medicine/General Medicine or one of branches/Anaesthesia/ Criti cal Care/Surgery in St1/2 level
• Provider in ATLS, APLS, ALS or similar
• No more than 6 months employment gap immediately before the application closing date

Other requirements

Essential

• oReliable work record UK citizen or right to work in UK - This is must have requirement for the post

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.

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