Job summary
- Main area
- Intensive Care Medicine
- Grade
- Clinical Fellow
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week
- Job ref
- 432-MI2450
- Employer
- East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Ipswich Hospital
- Town
- Ipswich
- Salary
- £55,329 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Fellow in Intensive Care Medicine
Clinical Fellow
We are one of the largest NHS organisation in England. Our scale provides exciting opportunities for development, innovation, research, education and training.
Talk to us about our range of flexible working opportunities, apprenticeships and staff benefits
Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is at the heart of all we do; and it forms part of the ESNEFT’s core activities. The Trust operates and relies on everyone treating each other with dignity and respect, to receive equitable and fair treatment in the implementation of Policies, Procedures and in its Practices, to foster positive work relationships, and finally to act with integrity as a professional within ESNEFT as well as a representative of the NHS as a whole. The EDI Agenda reflects the Trust values such as Optimistic, Appreciative and Kind. In line with the NHS Long Term Plan, People Plan, People Promise and a Model Employer intrinsic in the Equality Diversity and Inclusion Agenda, we consistently strive to improve, to take the learning into Action for a better ESNEFT.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.
Job overview
We would like to invite applicants to apply for the Clinical Fellow post in Intensive Care Medicine at Ipswich Hospital.
The Critical Care is a 22 bedded modern facility that occupies the entire first floor of the Garrett Anderson Centre. It is an integrated ICU and HDU with 4 negative pressure side rooms and a dedicated fully equipped paediatric room. Every bed space is equipped with Hamilton intellivent ventilators, we have 8 haemofilter machines; and are advocates of point of care Ultrasound and ECHO. In addition we have an excellent electrophysiology service with the capability of continuous EEG monitoring.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will join an established and enthusiastic team in delivering high quality Critical Care services at Ipswich hospital. The post holder will be expected to undertake medical review of patients on Critical Care as well as accept referrals as part of the 055 ICU bleep holder role and participate in an on call role.
You may be required to undertake transfers of patients requiring Level Critical care to the regional neurosurgical and cardiothoracic centre after completing the relevant transfer training and be involved with the stabilisation of Critically unwell children prior to transfer to regional PICUs by specialist transfer teams.
There may be opportunities to pursue further training opportunities in theatres and simulation – however your core responsibility will be towards Critical Care. There is also opportunities to work towards basic accreditation in Echocardiography such as FICE.
You shifts will be predominantly cover normal daytime, evenings and weekend days.
Working for our organisation
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provides hospital and community health care . We serve a wide geographical area with a population approaching 800,000 residents. We deliver care services from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals, high street clinics and in patients’ own homes. We have nearly 10,000 staff, with an annual budget of over £650 million. We are the largest NHS organisation in the East Anglia.
We are building for better care with an exciting capital development programme across our sites – totalling £100million over the next five years.
We are building a new elective orthopaedic centre for ESNEFT at Colchester Hospital. It will be one of the biggest centres in the country and will ensure we can retain complex and low volume cases locally for the people we serve.
We are also now building a £7million specialist interventional radiology and cardiac angiography unit at Colchester.
At Ipswich we are investing £35million in a new Emergency Department and co-located Urgent Treatment Centre, with additional diagnostic imaging kit (MRI and CT). There’s a £5.3million molecular diagnostic laboratory soon to open at Ipswich, and works begins soon for a new Breast Care Centre and a Children’s Unit.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The successful post holder is offered experience in all aspects of Critical Care apart from Cardiac and Neuro surgery. Ipswich hospital is tertiary referral centre for spinal surgery emergencies.
Trainees rotate from the East of England School of anaesthesia; and we have rotating Doctors in ACCS & Internal Medicine Trainees.
You will be expected to participate in 1 in 8 on call rota and the main work will be out of hours and some fixed sessions during week days in Intensive Care at the registrar level.
Person specification
Essential
Essential criteria
- MBBS or equivalent
- Minimum of 6 months anaesthetic training with basic airway competence
- Current ALS or commitment to achieve within 6 months of commencing post
- Full GMC registration with a license to practice
- Evidence of achievement of core anaesthesia competencies
- Experience working in ITU at CT3 and above.
- Understanding of NHS management structure
- Team worker
- Good interpersonal skills, especially communication
Desirable criteria
- MRCP
- Primary FRCA
- Intercalated BSc, BA, BMedSci or equivalent
- ATLS, APLS,
- Periods of training in related specialty, eg Medicine, A&E
- Evidence of some management training, eg attendance at specific management course, specific management qualification
- Higher degree (MD, PhD)
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Sri Nallapareddy
- Job title
- Clinical Lead for ICU
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01473 702800
- Additional information
Requests for visits to the hospital are welcomed and should be made to Dr Sri Nallapareddy Clinical Lead for ICU, Critical Care Unit, Garrett Anderson Centre,The Ipswich Hospital, Heath Road, Ipswich IP4 5PD. Telephone: Ipswich (01473) 702800
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