Job summary
- Main area
- Surgery
- Grade
- Specialty Registrar
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (12 month contract)
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week (to include resident on call at night and weekends)
- Job ref
- 38-24-ClinFell
- Employer
- Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Gloucester Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Gloucester
- Salary
- £61,825 Per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/11/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Fellow in Critical Care
Specialty Registrar
Join us at an exciting time for Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust! We have an ambitious plan for our journey to Outstanding and are looking for aspirational, committed individuals to join us, making a real difference to both staff and patients.
As a former winner of England for excellence award: Tourism destination of the year, the beautiful city of Gloucester and the scenic regency spa town of Cheltenham are fantastic places to work and live.
As a hospital Trust we are currently involved in over 100 clinical trials and studies, whilst also providing acute elective and specialist services to a population of over 620,000.
By joining Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust new colleagues can look forward to a warm welcome and a future full of opportunities and support.
Job overview
Overview
We wish to appoint a Clinical Fellow to join our Critical Care team at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GHNHSFT).
Job purpose
This role will support the running of both Critical Care units in Gloucestershire Royal and Cheltenham General Hospitals. The post will also support the provision of on call services across both sites.
This role will complement our current junior and middle grade rotas to continue to provide the high level of care for which our units are proud to deliver.
Integral to the responsibilities of our posts are the following objectives:
- to ensure the delivery of a high-quality patient-centred clinical service
- to work in accordance with our trust’s procedures and operating policies
- to work within the framework of team decisions
- to show initiative, enthusiasm and flexibility
Main duties of the job
You will form part of the resident team and out of hours provide airway cover for the unit.
Day time work consists of taking part in daily ward rounds, undertake procedures and jobs to support the care of Critical Care patients along with reviewing referrals.
You will also support the Outreach team and work closely with the wider Critical Care MDT.
Working for our organisation
We are a large organisation providing acute services from Gloucestershire Royal Hospital in Gloucester and Cheltenham General Hospital to a population of 652,475* in Gloucestershire as well as caring for patients from surrounding counties and beyond.
Our workforce is almost 8,000 strong and our caring and dedicated staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred, high quality emergency, elective and specialist care across a range of clinical areas.
We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision of providing Best Care for Everyone and our success depends on the commitment and dedication of our staff, many of whom are world leaders in healthcare, teaching and research. You could make a real difference to our patients’ lives by joining our team.
*Figures based CCG data on the number of people registered at a GP surgery in Gloucestershire
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Critical Care Services lead by Clinical Lead, Simon Webster.
The Critical Care service comprises of 18 other Consultants:
Our Critical Care services are delivered across two unit, one on the Gloucestershire Royal Hospital site and one on the Cheltenham General site.
The two units admit approximately 1,500 patients a year. We support elective surgical services including Upper GI resection work, head and neck cancer services, three counties Gynae-Oncology services, a busy vascular unit. We have a busy medical admissions workload supporting all specialities including interventional cardiology, haematology, oncology, respiratory and renal medicine.
We have the greatest number of paediatric admissions outside of PICU in the South West with between 40 and 50 admissions per year.
We pride ourselves on our MDT approach to patient care and the flat hierarchy within our units. We have the support of an excellent outreach team across both our sites and we work closely together to ensure the best patient care.
Gloucestershire Critical Care department is a dynamic, hard-working unit that delivers excellent outcomes for our patients and is a fantastic place to work, learn and contribute.
Clinical responsibilities
- Provide care to Critical Care patients
- Reviewing Critical Care referrals from throughout the hospital
- Support the provision of an on-call rota in a 1:8 frequency
- Support the MDT on Critical Care
- Participate in shared decision making for ongoing management of Critical Care patients
- Take part in audit
- Assist in recruitment to ongoing research projects
Education and training
While these posts are not educationally approved nor recognised by the Royal College for training purposes, they are educationally sound and well supported.
The department offers weekly formal teaching sessions on Friday afternoons to which all staff are encouraged to attend.
Continuing professional development
The department encourages post holders to take part in audit, Quality Improvement (QI) activity on the units. In addition, the department is active in recruiting to several ongoing research projects and opportunities to take part including taking on the role of associate Principal Investigator are encouraged.
Clinical Governance
The department of Critical Care has robust Clinical governance processes with a monthly CG meeting and two monthly mortality and morbidity review.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Full General Medical Council registration
Clinical Experience
Essential criteria
- Minimum of 6-12 months anaesthetic experience and completion of IAC
- Ability to manage independently an airway out of hours
- Ability to work closely with Critical Care MDT
Desirable criteria
- Previous Critical Care experience
- ALS
- APLS
Essential personal attributes
Essential criteria
- Flexibility and willingness to work together with colleagues to support on call commitments
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Ability to communicate effectively with clinical colleagues
- Able to work co-operatively as a team member
Desirable criteria
- Previous Critical Care experience
- Ability to think laterally
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
- Simon Webster
- Job title
- Clinical Lead for Critical Care
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 422 6812
- Additional information
Mark Eveleigh - Specialty Director for Anaesthetic and Critical Care Services
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