Senior Clinical Fellow in Intensive Care Medicine

at  Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

This post is specifically aimed at highly motivated senior doctors who aim to gain entry to the GMC specialist register to Intensive Care Medicine via the CESR pathway. Successful applicants will be mentored from Consultants who have undergone this process themselves. There will be regular meetings where your experience to date will be reviewed and guidance given on practical experience / placements required in additional to qualifications, managerial, leadership, research and teaching experience required to provide equivalent experience of a peri-CCT doctor.
The clinical commitment is based on the intensive care unit at Royal Surrey Hospital and will include day-shifts, night-shifts and weekend shifts. There is excellent presence of senior cover - with consultants on site until 10pm every day and airway-trained colleagues readily at hand 24/7. The Unit is adjacent to the operating theatre suite.
There are 28 flexibly staffed intensive care beds and dedicated side-rooms, and the unit runs at a high occupancy rate. It has undergone a rapid expansion in the last five years, associated with the expansion of specialist cancer services. Over 1300 patients are admitted annually with ~60% coming from surgical specialties. The unit has paperless electronic records. High quality ultrasound is available throughout the hospital departments with state-of-the-art machines in ICU, theatres and the ED.
Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.
We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.
We have received an overall Good rating from the CQC with Medical care (including older peoples care), End of Life Care and Maternity services being deemed Outstanding by the CQC.
Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.
Although it isn’t the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.
A video about the Royal Surrey - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HsiGn9joTQ
Opportunity for a doctor with experience in intensive care medicine or acute specialties including anaesthesia, emergency medicine and acute medicine (level of ST4+ equivalent), ideally with advanced airway skills looking to build a portfolio of experience and skills prior to seeking entry to the specialist GMC register for Intensive Care Medicine.
Guidance and support from experienced clinicians who have gained entry to the specialist register via the CESR route.
A peri-operative team that are known internationally for Enhanced Recovery and high-risk major surgery
Active research department lead by Prof Lui Forni (General Secretary European Society of Intensive Care Medicine ESICM) with opportunity to be involved in a range of NIHR Portfolio and commercial studies, publish in peer-reviewed journals and potentially present at international meetings.
Opportunity to learn bedside ultrasound including FICE (Focused Intensive Care Echocardiography) and Lung ultrasound lead by Dr Justin Kirk-Bayley (Course Director and faculty of several national ultrasound courses)
Experience in major robotic surgical centre, with specialist cancer services. Tertiary centre for hepatobiliary, oesophageal surgery, maxillo-facial oncological and reconstructive surgery and major gynaecological oncology surgery.
Opportunities to gain experience in service development, leadership and quality improvement projects.
Opportunities to work in a dedicated multi-disciplinary intensive care team which includes nurses, physiotherapists, pharmacists, dieticians, speech and language therapists, psychologists, hospital managers and the critical care outreach team.
Opportunity to gain experience in critical care follow-up, rehabilitation and psychological support for patients
The post is for six months in the first instance with opportunity to be extended
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