Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

Intensive Care Medicine and Anaesthesia Clinical Fellow

The closing date is 28 May 2025

Job summary

This post offers candidates 6 or 12 months the opportunity to gain experience in Intensive Care medicine within a busy district general hospital. In parallel to this there is also dedicated time for gaining experience, mentorship and accreditation within point of care ultrasound.

This job would be ideally suited to individuals who are committed to or investigating a career in Intensive Care Medicine (ICM) or wider acute care specialities. Some experience in ICM is strongly desirable.

The clinical training programme is outcomes based and follows the curriculum developed by the Faculty of Intensive care medicine (FICM). This is described in detail on the FICM's documents on outcome-based training and assessment (http://www.ficm.ac.uk).

Main duties of the job

The prospective candidate would work 70% of their time on the ICM rota and 30% of their time training in Ultrasound and Echocardiography. The candidate would aim to accredit in FUSIC heart and FUSIC lung whilst also having the opportunity to develop other more advanced Echocardiography and Ultrasound skills. Specifically the option of working towards the full British Society of Echocardiography (BSE) echo accreditation could be facilitated. There is also the option of gaining competence in venous sonography and abdominal ultrasound scanning. There would also be the opportunity to undertake teaching sessions with Dr Andrew Walden who is an acute medic within the trust but was instrumental in bringing point of care ultrasound to the hospital and involved in the development of the national training guidelines.

About us

Our ICU has recently been rated 'Outstanding' for patient care by the CQC and the Trust overall has a 'Good' rating. The unit currently admits nearly 1000 patients a year. The case mix is predominantly medical with trauma and surgical patients making up about 20%. Around 90% of our admissions are emergencies with the remainder being high risk surgical cases including, colo-rectal & urological procedures

Date posted

14 May 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Doctor - other

Salary

£70,425 a year pa

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

193-MS1198UCG

Job locations

Royal Berkshire Hospital

London Road

Reading

RG1 5AN

Job description

Job responsibilities

Objectives of the fellowship would include:

Participate in provision of ICM within the department and hospital at a resident doctor level
Work towards gaining FUSIC heart accreditation
Work towards gaining FUSIC lung accreditation
Develop advanced echocardiography/ultrasound skills according to prior experience, including BSE accreditation if appropriate
Participate in ultrasound based research programmes
Participate in POCUS club

There will also be the opportunity to collaborate with teaching and education fellows to provide ultrasound as part of Intensive Care Medicine at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Objectives of the fellowship would include:

Participate in provision of ICM within the department and hospital at a resident doctor level
Work towards gaining FUSIC heart accreditation
Work towards gaining FUSIC lung accreditation
Develop advanced echocardiography/ultrasound skills according to prior experience, including BSE accreditation if appropriate
Participate in ultrasound based research programmes
Participate in POCUS club

There will also be the opportunity to collaborate with teaching and education fellows to provide ultrasound as part of Intensive Care Medicine at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

GMC registration MB ChB, MBBS or equivalent

Desirable

MCEM / MRCP / FRCA or equivalent. Educational diploma or equivalent

Experience

Essential

Provider status in one of the following: ALS, ATLS, or APLS Experience of working in the NHS

Desirable

Post registration experience of working in other specialties relevant to emergency medicine, intensive care medicine, acute medicine or anaesthesia Minimum of four months experience in Intensive Care medicine

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

GMC registration MB ChB, MBBS or equivalent

Desirable

MCEM / MRCP / FRCA or equivalent. Educational diploma or equivalent

Experience

Essential

Provider status in one of the following: ALS, ATLS, or APLS Experience of working in the NHS

Desirable

Post registration experience of working in other specialties relevant to emergency medicine, intensive care medicine, acute medicine or anaesthesia Minimum of four months experience in Intensive Care medicine

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Berkshire Hospital

London Road

Reading

RG1 5AN

Employer's website

https://www.royalberkshire.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Berkshire Hospital

London Road

Reading

RG1 5AN

Employer's website

https://www.royalberkshire.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)