Job summary
Adult Critical Care Directorate Senior Clinical Fellow in Intensive Care and Echocardiography
February 2024 start For 6 or 12 months
Main duties of the job
Clinical fellows are required to work as part of the critical care medical and multidisciplinary team on adult intensive care. The fellow will also core member of the ICU POCUS team. The duration of the post is 6 or 12 months. The clinical fellow in echocardiography will receive specific mentoring and training in echocardiography as applied to critical care. This is to answer the perceived need for critical care echocardiography training and the new BSE/ICS accreditation processes. This will include transthoracic as well as transoesophageal echocardiography and the aim is to achieve advanced level of echocardiography (BSE, EDEC or similar). The post holder will also be encouraged to make use of a whole range of teaching opportunities including in-house courses and our echocardiography simulator laboratory and weekly echocardiography meetings. There may be some opportunity to attend the cardiology outpatient echocardiography lab by arrangement. The post holder is not required to have any previous echocardiography experience, but this post is aimed at doctors who intend a career in intensive care medicine.
Successful candidates will gain experience in management of adult ICU patients, including advanced respiratory support, advanced cardiovascular monitoring (including pulmonary artery floatation catheters), intra-aortic balloon counter-pulsation, trans-thoracic and trans-oesophageal echocardiography and renal replacement therapy.
About us
St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across southwest London. A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people.
Our main site, St George's Hospital in Tooting - one of the country's principal teaching hospitals - is shared with St George's, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George's Hospital also hosts the St George's, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region.
As well as acute hospital services, we provide a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages following integration with Community Services Wandsworth in 2010.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Summary: St Georges Hospital is the primary teaching hospital in south-west London and provides all of the tertiary specialities. Clinical fellows are required to work as part of the critical care medical and multidisciplinary team on adult intensive care. The duration of the post is 6 or 12 months. The fellow will be part of the ICU POCUS team. The clinical fellow in echocardiography will receive specific mentoring and training in echocardiography as applied to critical care. This is to answer the perceived need for critical care echocardiography training and the new BSE/ICS accreditation processes. This will include transthoracic as well as transoesophageal echocardiography and the aim is to achieve advanced level of echocardiography (BSE, EDEC or similar). The post holder will also be encouraged to make use of a whole range of teaching opportunities including in-house courses and our echocardiography simulator laboratory and weekly echocardiography meetings. There may be some opportunity to attend the cardiology outpatient echocardiography lab by arrangement. The post holder is not required to have any previous echocardiography experience, but this post is aimed at doctors who intend a career in intensive care medicine. Although the opportunities for echocardiography training are significant, the overriding commitment of the post holder will be a service on the adult intensive care unit. The rota is a full shift system with 1:8 weekend day and night shifts. It is made up of day shifts (08:00-17:30), weekends (08:00-21:00) and nights (20:00-09:00) on the Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit.
We welcome application from overseas, but prior experience of the UK healthcare system is desirable, andGMC registration is essential.
As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID19
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Summary: St Georges Hospital is the primary teaching hospital in south-west London and provides all of the tertiary specialities. Clinical fellows are required to work as part of the critical care medical and multidisciplinary team on adult intensive care. The duration of the post is 6 or 12 months. The fellow will be part of the ICU POCUS team. The clinical fellow in echocardiography will receive specific mentoring and training in echocardiography as applied to critical care. This is to answer the perceived need for critical care echocardiography training and the new BSE/ICS accreditation processes. This will include transthoracic as well as transoesophageal echocardiography and the aim is to achieve advanced level of echocardiography (BSE, EDEC or similar). The post holder will also be encouraged to make use of a whole range of teaching opportunities including in-house courses and our echocardiography simulator laboratory and weekly echocardiography meetings. There may be some opportunity to attend the cardiology outpatient echocardiography lab by arrangement. The post holder is not required to have any previous echocardiography experience, but this post is aimed at doctors who intend a career in intensive care medicine. Although the opportunities for echocardiography training are significant, the overriding commitment of the post holder will be a service on the adult intensive care unit. The rota is a full shift system with 1:8 weekend day and night shifts. It is made up of day shifts (08:00-17:30), weekends (08:00-21:00) and nights (20:00-09:00) on the Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit.
We welcome application from overseas, but prior experience of the UK healthcare system is desirable, andGMC registration is essential.
As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID19
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Medical Degree (2)
- Full GMC registration (2)
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- At least 6 months experience in intensive care medicine. (2)
- Ability to take responsibility for assessment and clinical care of patients. (2)
- Experience of NHS or similar healthcare system (2)
Desirable
- Experience in cardiology, cardiothoracic surgery, neurology or neurosurgery (2)
- Experience in anaesthesia, medicine or surgery (2)
Skills
Essential
- Skills appropriate for a senior doctor in intensive care including advanced airway management. (2)
- ALS or CALS qualification within 4 yrs. (2)
Desirable
- Completed QIP or audit in intensive care. (2)
- Evidence of activity in research or teaching (2)
- Intensive care related course, conference (2)
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge appropriate to the role of senior doctor on intensive care (2)
Desirable
- Postgraduate medical qualification. (2)
Other
Essential
- Ability to manage priorities and work within a team (2)
- Excellent written and oral communication skills (2)
Desirable
- Non-technical skills training (2)
- Management course (2)
- Previous publications (2)
- Clear career aim (2)
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Medical Degree (2)
- Full GMC registration (2)
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- At least 6 months experience in intensive care medicine. (2)
- Ability to take responsibility for assessment and clinical care of patients. (2)
- Experience of NHS or similar healthcare system (2)
Desirable
- Experience in cardiology, cardiothoracic surgery, neurology or neurosurgery (2)
- Experience in anaesthesia, medicine or surgery (2)
Skills
Essential
- Skills appropriate for a senior doctor in intensive care including advanced airway management. (2)
- ALS or CALS qualification within 4 yrs. (2)
Desirable
- Completed QIP or audit in intensive care. (2)
- Evidence of activity in research or teaching (2)
- Intensive care related course, conference (2)
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge appropriate to the role of senior doctor on intensive care (2)
Desirable
- Postgraduate medical qualification. (2)
Other
Essential
- Ability to manage priorities and work within a team (2)
- Excellent written and oral communication skills (2)
Desirable
- Non-technical skills training (2)
- Management course (2)
- Previous publications (2)
- Clear career aim (2)
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
