Clinical Fellow CT1/2 in Intensive Care Medicine

Job overview

Day to day care of patients on the Critical Care units.  Full-time including participation in a full shift rota system (48 hours per week).

Applications are invited for appointment to Clinical Fellow posts CT1+ for a Fixed Term period from August 2026 for 6 months initially extending up to a year with mutual agreement.

The posts are mostly based at the Royal Sussex County Hospital (RSCH) in Brighton with short periods at the Princess Royal Hospital in Haywards Heath (approximately one week in 16).

Main duties of the job

The clinical duties of the post include the following:

• The Critical Care trust doctor must ensure that patients are managed in a timely and appropriate way in all aspects of critical care: resuscitation, stabilisation, working diagnosis, adequate monitoring, treatment, and discharge.

• Proficient in detailed handover of complex patients.

• Prompt assessment of the critically ill patients referred to ICU.

• The trainees will participate in the daily consultant ward round and review all admissions.

• Coordinate and evaluate the suitability for admission to ICU in consultation with the ICU Consultant.

• Communicate regularly with patients’ relatives.

• Identifying patients suitable for discharge and liaise with ward teams.

• Work closely with the Outreach Team, reviewing and manage unstable patients on the ward.

• Teaching and training of junior trainees and medical students

• Attendance and participation in the critical care teaching (lectures, journal club presentations, M&M, Clinical Governance)

• Expertise and guidance in dealing with complaints and other areas of clinical governance will be available to the trainee.

• Develop experience of placement of invasive lines

• Management of neurosurgical critical care patients including LICOX, ICP, EVDs

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

This is an excellent opportunity for those with an interest in critical care to gain clinical experience in this area and to build up CVs. It is an excellent opportunity for training and career progression. Prior critical care experience is not a prerequisite. This job is not suitable for those with previous intensive care and/or anaesthetic experience of greater than two years post foundation training.

Please view the job description for more information.