Senior Clinical Fellows in Critical Care Medicine

Job description

Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:

Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary's, Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea and Western Eye.

With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.

We are an NHS Trust of approximately 16,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.

We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.

With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.

We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.

Job overview

These posts are based at St Mary's Hospital. The unit comprises a 32 bedded modern facility on the 9th floor. Every bed is fully equipped with standardized modular monitoring and with information technology (ICCA/ICIP) allowing access to pathology and radiology results and patient documentation.

St Mary's is a busy tertiary referral and teaching centre as well as a top performing UK major trauma centre (TARN data). Tertiary specialties include major trauma, major upper and lower GI surgery, vascular surgery in addition to general surgery and medicine.

The fellowship in intensive care is open to international medical graduates who have done part or whole of their specialty training. A minimum of 1 year of intensive care experience is required along with 6 months in either acute/general medicine, anaesthetics or emergency medicine. Complete airway management independence is a requirement to apply for the post.

The department offers GMC sponsorship for which IELTS academic or OET are fundamental requirements.

Fellows will also gain experience in various aspects of critical care such as Echocardiography, simulation, advanced airway management and experience in the ethical framework of managing critically ill patients.

The unit has exceptional camaraderie and therefore we would be looking for a dynamic candidate who will be a team player, eager to take advantage of learning opportunities and keen to contribute to the department.

Main duties of the job

Provide High Quality Care to Patients in Critical Care Medicine
• As part of a team including consultants, core trainees, registrars and fellows, provide day to day care to adult ICU patients
• Take part in daily multi-specialty ward rounds with neuro / trauma/vascular surgeons.
• Attend microbiology ward rounds and MDT meetings.
• Review referrals from wards, ED and theatres and assist in their management
• Liaise with referring teams and other specialists
• Provide information to families and relatives as delegated by the on-duty consultant

Research, Teaching and Training
• Take part in teaching and research opportunities provided by the department
• Enter patients into research trials as appropriate and assisted by the research team
• Develop research projects as appropriate
• Develop teaching skills as required and assist with bed side teaching of more resident doctors and undergraduates

Clinical Governance
• Participate in department quality and M&M meetings.
• Participate in clinical audit and act on findings
• Work with medical, nursing and managerial colleagues to ensure high performance and quality
• Attend daily safety briefings and act on concerns raised
• Comply with trust infection control policies as relevant to the ICU
• Improve patient experience by communicating effectively with patients and families

Working for our organisation

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career. Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, and season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

The statutory requirement to be fully Covid-19 vaccinated as a condition of employment from April 2022 is subject to legislative review. At Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, we strongly encourage and support vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID19. The successful applicant may have contact with patients and service users and as part of our pre-employment checks and risk assessments, we will ask all candidates to confirm whether or not they have been fully vaccinated or have a medical exemption.

As part of our continued response to Covid19 we are still conducting the majority of our interviews virtually.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part-time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Main Duties and Responsibilities of the post

Provide High Quality Care to Patients in Critical Care Medicine
• As part of a team including consultants, core trainees, registrars and fellows, provide day to day care to adult ICU patients
• Take part in daily multi-specialty ward rounds with neuro / trauma/vascular surgeons.
• Attend microbiology ward rounds and MDT meetings.
• Review referrals from wards, ED and theatres and assist in their management
• Liaise with referring teams and other specialists
• Provide information to families and relatives as delegated by the on-duty consultant

Research, Teaching and Training
• Take part in teaching and research opportunities provided by the department
• Enter patients into research trials as appropriate and assisted by the research team
• Develop research projects as appropriate
• Develop teaching skills as required and assist with bed side teaching of more resident doctors and undergraduates

Clinical Governance
• Participate in department quality and M&M meetings.
• Participate in clinical audit and act on findings
• Work with medical, nursing and managerial colleagues to ensure high performance and quality
• Attend daily safety briefings and act on concerns raised
• Comply with trust infection control policies as relevant to the ICU
• Improve patient experience by communicating effectively with patients and families

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• On GMC's register with a Licence to Practice or eligible to apply for GMC registration and a Licence to Practice. Sponsorship route available.
• MRCP/FRCA/equivalent

Language

Essential criteria

• Able to speak and write English to the appropriate standard necessary to fulfil the job requirements.
• IELTS academic or OET

Teaching

Essential criteria

• Experience of teaching and training undergraduates/postgraduates and resident medical staff

Academic Achievements including Research/Publications

Essential criteria

• Knowledge of processes involved in research

Audit

Essential criteria

• Understanding of principles of clinical audit

Probity

Essential criteria

• Honesty, integrity, appreciation of ethical dilemmas.
• Must be able to demonstrate and model the key Trust values of kind, expert, collaborative and aspirational

Right to work

If you need sponsorship to work in the UK, please visit the Home Office website for information on sponsorship and visa status before you fill in your application form. Due to recent changes in the UK immigration rules which affect Skilled Worker Visas, Global Business Mobility, Higher Skill Level and Increased Salary Thresholds, please ensure that you are able to meet the requirements to live and work in the UK before applying. Further information about eligibility is available on