Senior Clinical Fellow in Recovery after Critical Illness

NHS; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in London is seeking a Senior Clinical Fellow in Recovery after Critical Illness. This role offers a unique opportunity to gain clinical experience in post ICU recovery services under consultant supervision. The position involves both clinical duties in the Recovery Clinic and critical care department, providing comprehensive care and support to patients. Ideal candidates will have significant experience in intensive care medicine and a passion for improving patient outcomes.

Qualifications

• Minimum 18 months substantive experience in intensive care medicine.
• Experience delivering follow up care to patients and families after critical illness.

Responsibilities

• Provision of services to the Guys & St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust.
• Training and direction of multi-disciplinary staff.

Skills

Communication

Interpersonal Skills

Statistics

Education

MBBS or equivalent medical qualification

DICM/EDIC or equivalent qualification in intensive care medicine

Job description

Go back Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Clinical Fellow in Recovery after Critical Illness

The closing date is 25 May 2025

The GSTT Post ICU Recovery Clinic is a comprehensive post ICU recovery service founded in 2016 that has already supported >3700 complex critically ill patients and their families beyond ICU and the first year of their discharge home. Patients receive full assessment of their physical, cognitive and psychological function through multidisciplinary assessments by consultant, critical care nurse, occupational therapist, physiotherapist, clinical psychologist and neuropsychiatrist.

This Clinical Fellow post in Recovery after Critical Illness offers an exciting and unique opportunity to gain clinical experience in critical care aftercare under direct consultant supervision. You will contribute to the delivery of post ICU Recovery Services of a varied and challenging case mix (including the COVID19 and SRF/ECMO cohort). Training will be provided in multi-professional aspects of recovery after critical illness across the recovery continuum spanning both inpatient and outpatient phases. Additional experience will be available in our parallel aftercare programmes including: the ICU survivor peer support group, the patient diary project, psychological interventions, supporting driving resumption after ICU. An innovative digital recovery platform enabling patient-centred care and rehabilitation is also under evaluation. Opportunities are anticipated for quality improvement and research into outcomes after critical illness.

Main duties of the job

This post will combine clinical duties in the Post ICU Recovery Clinic (50%) and direct clinical care duties in the critical care department (50%).

• Full training in all aspects of post critical illness follow-up will be provided. This will include assessment of post intensive care syndrome, multi-disciplinary interventions to promote recovery, patient- and family-centred outcomes from critical illness, health related quality of life instruments, and social/financial aspects of recovery. Exposure to peer support, patient diaries, patient experience and ICU discharge coordination is also provided.
• Duties will include, but are not limited to:
  • Screening and telephone pre-assessment of potential clinic patients
  • Delivery of critical illness recovery clinic and assessment of PICS under consultant supervision
  • Compose clinic letters and coordinate onward referrals
  • Maintenance and development of follow-up database and contribution to ongoing audit/research activities
  • Contribute to development and expansion of follow-up services to suit needs of GSTT case mix
  • Quality improvement of our service including information and resources for patients and families
  • Feedback and dissemination of follow-up activities to the wider critical care department
  • Attendance at relevant meetings
  • Teaching and training of medical, nursing and allied staff as well as medical students

About us

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best known hospitals - Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.

We are among the UK's busiest, most successful Foundation Trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.

We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and - as part of King's Health Partners - we are one of England's eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research's biomedical research centres, established with King's College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.

We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.

Job responsibilities

Clinical:

The postholder will, together with colleagues, be responsible for the provision of services to the Guys & St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust to include:

(a) Diagnosis and treatment of patients of the trust in such hospitals, health centres or clinics or other premises as required.

(b) Continuing clinical responsibility for the patients in your charge, allowing for all proper delegation to, and training of, your staff.

Training of junior staff:

The postholder will take responsibility for the training and direction of the multi-disciplinary staff allocated to him/her under the aegis of the training plan that that postholder has agreed with their supervising consultant.

Clinical Governance:

All medical and dental staff are expected to take part in clinical governance activity, including clinical audit, clinical guideline and protocol development and clinical risk management. They will be expected to produce evidence of their contribution in these areas and their audit of their own clinical work as part of their appraisal.

Person Specification

Qualifications / Education

• MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
• DICM/EDIC or equivalent qualification in intensive care medicine

Professional / Statutory Registration

• Eligible for full registration with licence to practice with the GMC at time of appointment
• Eligible to work in the UK

Previous Experience

• Ability to provide a complete employment history with no unexplained career gaps
• Evidence that career progression is consistent with personal circumstances
• Evidence that present achievement and performance is commensurate with totality of period of training
• Minimum 18 months substantive experience in intensive care medicine
• Experience delivering follow up care to patients and families after critical illness
• Knowledge of ICU survivorship and outcomes
• Demonstrable research experience
• Demonstrable teaching experience

Skills / Knowledge / Ability

• Valid adult life support (ALS) certification
• Airway skills (minimum 12 months substantive anaesthesia)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills for a wide range of audiences
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including confident and comfortable interaction with multi-disciplinary colleagues
• 24 months substantive experience in anaesthesia
• Fluent use of IT including email, word processing, spreadsheet, database
• Expertise in statistics and data analysis

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.

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust