Clinical Fellow in Paediatric Intensive Care Medicine

at  Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

The clinical fellow post in Paediatric Intensive Care Medicine provides training in all aspects of Paediatric Intensive Care Medicine. The PICU at St. Mary’s Hospital is recognised for training for Year 1 of the two year Grid training programme in Paediatric Intensive Care Medicine.
The PICU at St. Mary’s has established itself as a major referral centre for children with life threatening medical illnesses. The Department of Paediatrics is developing, as its major clinical and research area, the field of Infectious Diseases.
A collaboration between St. Mary’s PICU and GOSH (Great Ormond Street Hospital) PICU has developed into the independent retrieval service of PICU patients to the North Thames PICUs; this is CATS, the Children’s Acute Transport Service and is based at GOSH. CATS staffing includes SMH PICU consultants and ten Fellows – two or three of these rotate from SMH - and provides training in all aspects of retrieval medicine.
There are many research interests within the department and the PICU is proud of its research portfolio. Areas of current research include clinical trials including in non-invasive respiratory support, bronchiolitis care, artificial intelligence models for ventilation, endotyping of paediatric sepsis patients and point-of-care ultrasound in critical care. The unit is a specialist centre for high consequence infectious diseases.
The fellow will be involved in the day to day running of the PICU/HDU at St Mary’s. While on duty, the fellow will at all times be expected to take responsibility for every aspect of intensive care, including airway and ventilation, vascular access and general management of newly admitted and existing patients on the PICU/HDU. The fellow will always remain under the supervision of one of the Consultant Intensivists. The fellow will be expected to participate in the development and updating of PICU/HDU protocols.
There is an active teaching programme on the PICU including simulation and POCUS training, the opportunity to attend theatre lists and adult ICU days, and a core PICU curriculum training programme. Attendance and participation in postgraduate courses will be expected.
Fellows are expected to take part in Work-Place Based Assessments including Case Based Discussions, as in-line with the PICU Core Curriculum through the Intercollegiate Training Committee in Paediatric Intensive Care Medicine (ICTPICM).
The PICU timetable is divided into early shifts, long day shifts, and night shifts. There are two consultant ward rounds each day commencing at 08.30 and 16.30.
On call: The rota is a 15 person full shift rota, middle grade and in line with the New Junior Doctor Contract
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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.
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General responsibilities
When working a long day or a night shift, Fellows are expected to focus on the management of the patients on the PICU. When working on an early shift, Fellows are expected to work with the long day team, when necessary. There are education weeks, where Fellows will be able to attend meetings, prepare presentations for PICU meetings, attend operating theatre lists and augment their training appropriate to their training needs which will be discussed with their educational supervisors.

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