Senior Fellow in General Intensive Care

at  University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.
Please see below for detailed job description of the role.
Are you a Senior Fellow in General Intensive Care, wanting more freedom and choice in what direction you take in your career? Here at UHS we have a truly unique opportunity, where you will be able to choose how you split your role, depending on your preferences and career ambitions.
The job offers an opportunity to gain experience in Intensive care Medicine with the possibility of gaining GMC-approved CESR specialist registration in single speciality ICM in the future.

We know that our people are central to our success. So, it’s only right that we reward you with:

• Access to state-of-the-art equipment.
• Opportunities to develop – UHS is one of the largest acute teaching Trusts in England, we offer learning and development opportunities to help you achieve the career you aspire to.
• A minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and a generous pension scheme.
• A range of NHS discounts!

A break from the hustle and bustle of city centre life, with beaches and the New Forest on your doorstep. The city offers living costs 20% lower than London and 14 schools rated outstanding by Ofsted.

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

On this page you will find two helpful attachments
1. ‘Person Specification’ document which provides more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application.
2. ‘Job Description’ document which covers the day-to-day responsibilities in more detail
More on the team: UHS is a highly progressive Trust and the tertiary referral and teaching centre for a large area of the south of England and the Channel Islands. It has a 32 bed General Intensive Care Unit and admits around 2000 patient per year. The Unit has a recently opened and state of the art patient area, along with an older estate that is awaiting similar refurbishment in the 12 months.
The partnership with the University of Southampton has a global reputation as a centre of excellence in anaesthesia and perioperative medicine research. The GICU department has an active research group at many levels, and great enthusiasm for involving all trainees and Fellows in the research programme.
We care for the well-being of all our doctors, particularly through this recent period of pandemic. Attention is paid to work life balance and educational supervision and support. We are a large department but there is a culture of collaboration and co-operation. We are passionate about patient care and clinical research and believe that these are best achieved by well supported staff

Standard elements of ICM training

• You will join the middle grade rota for other Drs in training and have access to competency certification in the full range of General ICM clinical activities. This would be suitable for those training in ICM, in Anaesthetics or in similar specialities.
• Once established, (after at least 6 months), and depending on the wishes of the candidate, there is opportunity to transfer to other clinical areas, (Cardiac ICM, Neuro ICM, Paediatric ICM and General Medicine) as required for single speciality training equivalence. For the right candidate, this could lead to the opportunity to develop a GMC-approved CESR pathway for Specialist Registration in single speciality ICM