Critical Care Junior Clinical Fellow

Job overview

A vacancy has arisen for a Trust Grade Doctor in Critical Care at University Hospitals Dorset Trust to support the continuing expansion of the critical care service. The successful applicant will provide full shift cover (ie days/ weekends/ nights) with support from an SpR/ Staff grade anaesthetist. You will be assigned a consultant clinical supervisor and there will be opportunities for experience in theatre for those with an interest in anaesthesia. There will be opportunities for career development, audit and research which the Department will support, but this is primarily a service post. The successful candidate will also be expected to attend and deliver departmental teaching. We would expect the successful candidate to gain suitable experience in critical care medicine to allow application for a training programme. There are opportunities for teaching and simulation either to junior doctors, nursing and the multi-disciplinary critical care team.

Main duties of the job

• Daily review of patients on critical care unit, both morning and evening and formulation of management plans with critical care team
• Participation in daily ICU ward rounds and handover
• Support critical care team with admission of patients and reviews of ward patients
• Gain experience and competency with critical care procedures such as arterial line and central line insertion
• Order investigations and prescribe therapies as instructed by critical care team
• Communicate/handover with parent teams
• Make referrals to other clinical specialties
• Participate in departmental Clinical Governance meetings and mortality review meetings

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Provide full shift cover (ie days/ weekends/ nights) with support from an SpR/ Staff grade anaesthetist. You will be assigned a consultant clinical supervisor and there will be opportunities for experience in theatre for those with an interest in anaesthesia. There will be opportunities for career development, audit and research which the Department will support, but this is primarily a service post. The successful candidate will also be expected to attend and deliver departmental teaching. There are opportunities for teaching and simulation either to junior doctors, nursing and the multi-disciplinary critical care team

• Daily review of patients on critical care unit, both morning and evening and formulation of management plans with critical care team
• Participation in daily ICU ward rounds and handover
• Support critical care team with admission of patients and reviews of ward patients
• Gain experience and competency with critical care procedures such as arterial line and central line insertion
• Order investigations and prescribe therapies as instructed by critical care team
• Communicate/handover with parent teams
• Make referrals to other clinical specialties
• Participate in departmental Clinical Governance meetings and mortality review meetings