ST3 Clinical Fellow in ICU

The James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to appoint two Clinical Fellows in Intensive Care Medicine. The posts are to reflect the needs of the Anaesthetic and Intensive Care Department and to support the introduction of newer working practices.

Main duties of the job

The pay band you will be offered will be that operational at the time you sign your contract in line with Medical and Dental terms and conditions of service.

Role

The on call team consists of ICU Consultant and ICU Junior, a Consultant Generalist on call with experienced middle grade anaesthetist resident for obstetrics and pain, and theatre junior anaesthetist (up to 2200hrs). The team out of hours, although having allocated priorities to roles, work collectively to cover the needs of the patients. This includes:

• Obstetric anaesthesia and analgesia
• Emergency theatre work
• Intensive Care ward work
• Inter and Intra Hospital Transfers
• Anaesthetic support to the wards and Accident and Emergency Department

Out of hours cover will usually include holding an emergency bleep. Anaesthetists are called for Cardiac, Obstetric and Trauma Emergencies and pain management issues for all ages of patient and they are expected to respond in an appropriate manner. The support of seniors will always be available. The Anaesthetists works as a team during the out of hour’s period and although priority call of duty will be to the area, designated demand may require flexibility.

The post will be employed at ST3 level supervision. The duties of the post will be to provide care for patients working with the department of anaesthesia and intensive care medicine. Support for development in areas such as clinical audit and participation in unit research will be offered.

The department operates a full shift system and integrates Anaesthetic trainees, Clinical Fellows and Speciality Doctors on the same tier rotas.

There are 3 on call rotas for juniors in the Anaesthetic/ICU department and during 1 year you will be expected to be in Rota 2: ICU rota.

We want to attract the best and brightest people to work with us and that means we will look after you from the moment you apply for a role at the Trust and throughout your career with us. Our staff are central to everything we do, and we believe that investing in you is crucial if we want to enable you to reach your full potential.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Rokas Laurinaitis Job title: Consultant and Clinical Lead Email address: Sign in to view email Telephone number: 01493 452452