Clinical Fellow in Critical Care (ST3+ equivalent)

Job overview

We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our well integrated team.

This locally employed doctor post (registrar equivalent) in critical care medicine is at Newcastle Hospitals NHS Trust. The post is available from 4th of February for 6-12 months. Note this post is critical care only (no formal anaesthesia placements). A minimum of 2 years post foundation clinical experience in ICM, anaesthesia or general medicine is required, including at least 3 months ICM and suitable advanced airway skills. The post is suitable for applicants who have completed core training in an ICM partner specialty (anaesthetics/internal medicine/emergency medicine) that would allow application to ST3 ICM training.

GMC registration is required: this post is not suitable for MTI programme sponsorship. Previous UK paid NHS experience is essential.

In addition to the challenges of the role, we can offer you a commitment to teaching, education, research and audit.

Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Main duties of the job

These posts are at registrar level, and successful candidates will be expected to have completed foundation training, have 2 years post foundation experience in acute specialties (anesthetics/emergency medicine/internal medicine/ACCS). You must have previous paid NHS experience and to be competent to work with indirect supervision within the intensive care unit. Prior experience in intensive care is required – 3 months minimum. Evidence of suitable advanced airways skills is also required.

Part of the role includes management of referrals from other departments within the hospital, including wards, medical admissions units and Emergency Department and providing medical support for the nursing outreach service. Supervision and teaching of more junior critical care residents is an important part of this post.

For an informal discussion and further information regarding the opportunity and Directorate, please contact: Claire Mitchell on telephone 0191 282 9815, or via email at [email protected].

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Clinical: The post holder will take part in a full shift rota, along with other trainees, which provides 24-hour care for patients including weekends and night shifts. This includes:

• immediate responsibility for care of critical care patients •    responsible for the admission and discharge of patients •    liaising with other departments and specialties as appropriate  •    maintaining inpatient records •    ordering routine and emergency investigations and receiving and reviewing their results   •    managing routine and unexpected problems on the critical care unit as they arise •    reviewing and admitting new admissions and referrals from both the emergency department and wards. •    transfer of patients as appropriate  •    compliance with trust and departmental protocols and guidelines

As the post holder will be responsible for the assessment and management of critically ill patients with indirect supervision, significant prior experience in intensive care medicine is essential including advanced airway skills and excellent written and spoken English.

Research:

• We have several national and international trials that we run and recruit to with opportunities for associate PI roles, involvement with the journal club and development of the role as interested.

Medical Education: •    The departments have a strong teaching commitment to junior doctors and medical students. We have a regular weekly teaching program and access to simulation. We hope the post-holder will work closely with our education leads to develop the departmental teaching program for juniors and medical students.

Clinical Interest Areas: •    Anaesthesia, maternal medicine, burns, major surgery, transplant, neuro and trauma critical care, recovery after critical illness. The role will primarily be based in critical care with the option to develop specialist interest skills and be supervised by specialists in the above areas to develop clinical and non-clinical skills managing these patient groups. Opportunities for quality improvement projects and dedicated time in the subspecialty area.   •    Ultrasound (FUSIC mentors): Critical care has a number of FUSIC mentors allowing trainees to undertake formal echo / chest / vascular ultrasound training.

Many of our locally employed doctors go on to take up training posts in various specialties, we actively support projects and experience for specialty applications and can provide support with applications and interview practice.