Specialist in Critical Care

BHR Hospitals; Romford; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust invites applications for a Senior ITU Specialist/Registrar to join our 57-bed ICU from August 2024. The post focuses on peri-operative medicine for complex surgery, neuro-intensive care, and critical care development within the Trust.

The role offers broad exposure across critical care, including HDU care, on-call duties, and teaching with opportunities to pursue CESR/portfolio pathways while remaining integrated with anaesthetics

Qualifications

• 3 years ITU experience with at least one year in UK hospitals
• Working towards FICM, EDICM, FRCA or MRCP
• Ability to perform rapid sequence intubation without supervision in adults and children
• ATLS or PALS course

Responsibilities

• Contribute to high-quality critical care for ITU/HDU patients within the Trust
• Comply with the agreed job plan and participate in on-call cover
• Support postgraduate and continuing education for staff and trainees
• Deputise for colleagues during leave or sickness as required

Skills

ITU experience

UK hospital experience

Clinical supervision

Education

FICM

EDICM

FRCA

MRCP

ATLS or PALS

Job description

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This video gives a flavour of what it is like to work at our Trust and why some of our staff love working here

This is a 1-year post and applicants will be expected to have suitable experience in Intensive Care. It would suit an experienced senior ITU speciality/registrar doctor who is interested in gaining further clinical experience/specialist interest area (SIA) prior to application for CCT/CESR/Portfolio pathway.
We are a large & diverse 57 bedded ICU looking for a senior specialist clinical fellow to join us for, commencing in August 2024. This is an exciting and unique opportunity for a doctor with an interest in critical care to develop as a clinician. The post is designed to provide a wide range of critical care experience, including peri-operative medicine for complex major surgery, neuro-intensive care, follow up clinic and working with a range of specialities to continue to develop critical care services within the Trust.
We provide a wide range of training opportunities making these posts ideal for doctors hoping to enter specialty training at stage 2/3 or apply for CESR or portfolio pathway.

Main duties of the job

• Contribute to the provision of a high quality, responsive critical care service to Barking,Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust that assumes responsibility for the patients within the catchment area in co-operation with colleagues in anaesthetics and other clinical departments. This will involve caring for patients on the ITUs and HDUs at Queen’s Hospital and/or King George Hospital, reviewing patients and initiating critical care treatment in Accident & Emergency, theatre recovery and ward areas, and undertaking transfer of patients (both intra- and inter-hospital).
• Comply with the agreed job plan, which will be reviewed annually.
• Participate in an emergency out of hours resident on-call cover for critical care medicine.
• Contribute to postgraduate and continuing education for medical, nursing, technical staff, GP’s and other allied professions.
• Deputise in the absence of departmental colleagues in cases of annual leave and (where practicable) short-term sickness.

Working for our organisation

We’re an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and our patients are happy with.

They are benefitting from a new electronic patient record (we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have been rated good by the Care Quality Commission.

We operate from two main sites – KGH in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 346,000 people visiting them last year. We’re campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen’s and get rid of corridor care.

We’re proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. We’re also part of the North East London Cancer Alliance.

We run a Women’s Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George’s Health and Wellbeing Hub. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.

The majority of our 8,400 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We’re proud to be a London Living Wage employer.

Person specification

• 3 years of ITU (at least ONE year’s experience must be within hospitals in the UK with UK referee ( ITU Consultant)
• Working towards any of the following exams FICM, EDICM, FRCA, MRCP
• Ability to perform rapid sequence intubation without supervision in both adults and children
• ATLS or PALS course
• Structured evidence in domains of leadership & management, clinical governance or teaching/ training
• Critical care ultrasound or echo cardiography skills

Before you apply

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Flexible working
We welcome applications from candidates seeking flexible working or job sharing where service needs allow.

Pre-employment checks
Please provide references from your current or most recent employer, including your line manager or supervisor. Successful applicants will also be required to complete pre-employment checks, including identity verification through TrustID and any role-specific clearances.

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Recruitment process
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Inclusion
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Safeguarding
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