Senior Clinical Fellow in Intensive Care Medicine

Job overview

We are seeking a Senior Clinical Fellow to join our Intensive Care Unit (ICU).  You will work in the Critical Care Unit at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is spread across 2 hospitals.

There is a 34-beded critical care unit admitting over 1300 patients per year at Royal Preston Hospital, this is a mixed unit made up of level 2 & 3 beds. It has a varied case mix including General Medicine, General Surgery, Trauma, Vascular, Renal Neurosciences, Upper-Gastrointestinal and Maxillofacial Surgery.  The unit at Preston has accreditation for all stages of Intensive Care Medicine training.

There's also an Enhanced Care Unit at Chorley and South Ribble Hospital run by 20 Consultants with an interest in Intensive Care, along with junior support staff.

The Department has undergone a period of rapid expansion, which is reflected in the age and attitude of its career grade member.

This post will be based at the Royal Preston Hospital and Chorley District General Hospital, and responsible to the Clinical Director in Intensive (Critical) Care.

You will be expected to have experience in Intensive Care and expected to work under distant supervision especially during out of hour’s shifts.

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest and highest performing trusts in the North West.

Main duties of the job

The appointee will be required to take part in regular educational planning sessions and will have an educational supervisor appointed and also have an annual trust appraisal.

It is essential that the applicant be committed to his or her own continuing medical education and professional development.

The duties and responsibilities outlined in this job description are not exhaustive and will be periodically reviewed and amended with the agreement of the post holder when necessary.

The out of hours duties with this post are to provide cover for the Critical Care facilities across the Trust.

As a teaching hospital, we encourage all our staff to participate in teaching and training at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.  We are committed to developing our teaching and academic activities and can facilitate meeting any training needs for these roles.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job description, Person specification and Specialty/ Trust Brochure for further details on:

• What we can offer
• Job Plan/On-call Requirements
• The Team