Job responsibilities
Job Title: Critical Care
Doctor
Location: Exeter and
Eaglescott Airbases, Head Office
Reports to: HOD Clinical Services
or nominated deputy
Hours: Zero
hours contracted. Minimum 2 shifts per month.
Grade: GMC Registered Doctor. Specialty Trainee 4 and
above.
Salary: NHS
doctor contract pay scale pro-rata
Leave: 25 days per year plus bank holidays
pro rata
Probation: 12 months
Notice: 4 weeks during probation, 12 weeks
thereafter
Sickness: 0-6 months service - 2 weeks full and 2 weeks half pay;
6-12
months service 4weeks full and 4 weeks
half pay;
from permanent employment - 26 weeks full and26 weeks half pay
thereafter
Contract: This is a permanent position
Cross Cover: N/A
Leave Group: Managed within Critical Care Doctors
Support: Internal:
Head of Clinical Services, Clinical Manager, Clinical Governance Lead Doctor, Research
Lead Paramedic, Operations Manager, HEMS Delivery Manager, PHEM Fellows, Patient
Services Auditor, Operations Director
External: Acute Hospitals, Plymouth University
SUMMARY
A Critical Care Doctor
is a Registered Medical Practitioner with the General Medical Council with
contemporaneous experience of working in critical care providing Pre-Hospital
Emergency Medicine role, preferably as part of a HEMS Service.
Working
from our Exeter and Eaglescott Airbases, their patient care, teaching and
mentoring responsibilities will help ensuring the safe, effective, caring and responsive
delivery of our clinical service.
For
every patient they encounter, they deliver high quality, safe,
effective and compassionate
pre-hospital clinical care as part of a team responding on our Air Ambulance
helicopters, or on a Critical Care Car, in accordance with Devon Air Ambulance
Trading Company Limited (DAATCL)s policies and procedures. By supporting research
and audit they will provide support to the Clinical Leadership Team in
developing our service, and through delivery of education, practice supervision
and facilitation of Clinical Governance, they will ensure our clinical team are
safe, effective and current in their practice.
RESPONSIBILITIES, DUTIES,
SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
Communications
and relationships
Work within established
and ad-hoc multi-disciplinary teams.
Communicate and contextualise
highly complex and highly sensitive information.
Maintain patient
confidentiality whilst ensuring patient treatment needs are met.
Comply with DAATCLs
Information Governance policy and procedures and the General Data Protection
Regulations.
Communicate reassurance
and empathy in situations which are time pressured and emotionally demanding.
Manage conflict or
opposing views sensitively but promptly to ensure high quality patient care.
Participate in
reflection and learning within a team environment, highlighting and sharing
aspects where improvement can be made.
Provide accurate
written accounts of incidents when requested.
Participate in regular
1:1 meetings with their Line Manager.
Communicate and
interact across DAA departments.
Be an ambassador for
Devon Air Ambulance, maintaining public relations and promoting the service.
Knowledge and experience
Contemporaneous
experience of working in a critical care role providing Pre-Hospital Emergency
Medicine, preferably as part of a HEMS Service.
Detailed knowledge of
current JRCALC Clinical Practice Guidelines followed by HCPC Registered
paramedics.
Evidence of current Continual
Professional Development (CPD) with associated learning undertaken.
Understanding of a wide
range of work procedures and practices, some of which are non-routine.
Excellent working knowledge
of CQC Key Lines of Enquiries and their implication on clinician practice.
Training/Qualifications
General Medical Council
Registered Medical Practitioner.
Professional
prehospital qualifications e.g. Dip IMC / FIMC or close equivalent.
Full UK driving licence
with a maximum of 3 penalty points.
Willingness to
undertake statutory training and any professional development as deemed
appropriate by the organisation.
Planning and organisational
skills
Plan and evaluate
patient treatment, extrication and transportation requirements.
Systematically and
objectively weighs evidence and considers range of possibilities when solving
problems.
Support the Head of
Clinical Services reviewing and evaluating the clinical aspects of our service.
Plan education sessions
for our team and key stakeholders both internally and in collaboration with
Higher Education establishments.
Creative and intellectual
effort
Reflect and evaluate on
operational challenges and consider alternative options.
Identify own
CPD requirements and ensure maintenance of all qualifications and competencies
Emotional effort
Frequent exposure to
highly distressing and traumatic circumstances.
Requirement to treat
and/or communicate with relatives of severely injured or deceased patients.
Hot debriefing of
operational members of the team following their participation in demanding or
emotionally challenging incidents.
Hosting of airbase visits from patients and
their relatives.
Physical skills and effort
Frequent
requirement for the manual handling and movement of
patients including the use of specialised equipment.
Frequent requirement
for the use of fine motor skills during patient treatment.
Must be able to
swim at least 200m.
Accountability, autonomy and judgement
Accountable as a
registered professional with the GMC for upholding the standards detailed
within the GMCs Good Medical Practice guidance.
Accountable for
maintaining the personal qualifications required for the role.
Accountable for
maintaining personal awareness of organisational communications, policies and
procedures through our Centrik management system.
Accountable at airbase
level for the ordering, storage, and audit of doctor only Controlled Drugs,
ensuring compliance with legislation and DAATCL policy and procedures.
Demonstrates sound
judgement in reviewing clinical records and practice and considering where
patient harm may have occurred and escalate to the Head of Clinical Services
where appropriate.
Financial, physical and
information resources
Accurate completion of
patient clinical records/clinical database.
Accurate recording of
operational activity.
Responsible for handling and operating medical and
aircraft equipment in accordance with training and procedures.
Responsible for the delivery of enhanced and critical
care provision in accordance with:
Statutory requirements
Regulatory requirements
DAATCL policy and procedures
Policy and service
Support the Head of
Clinical Services and Clinical Governance Lead Doctor in reviewing proposed clinical/equipment
trials/evaluations and highlight any concerns from a Critical Care delivery perspective.
Supports research and
audit in relation to the clinical delivery of DAATCLs service and liaises with
the Senior Consultant where evidence suggests changes in care.
Working conditions
Works clinical shifts up
to 12 hours in duration covering the full 24 hour period, including during the
hours of darkness, within the organisations rostering system.
Works in confined
spaces, high and low temperatures, as well as adverse weather conditions such
as rain and snow.
Leadership and people
Supports the Clinical
Manager in providing feedback on clinical performance of Critical Care
paramedics.
Provide mentorship and
support to the Critical Care Doctors.
Requirement to lead
ad-hoc teams on scene of an incident when less experienced clinical staff are
present.
Provides positive
support to all members of the operational members of the team and ensures myths
are busted and accurate representation of the organisations vision, mission
and values and strategic direction.
Undertake on average a
minimum of 2 operational Critical Care Doctor shifts per month.
