Job summary
Neurocritical Care Fellowship at Southmead Hospital, Bristol
Location: Southmead Hospital, Bristol, UK Duration: 6-24 months Educational Budget: up to £5000 per annum (12 month rotation +)
Southmead Hospital, Bristol, a leading neurosciences centre in the UK, is delighted to offer an exciting Neurocritical Care Fellowship designed for those who are passionate about advancing their skills in the dynamic field of neurocritical care.
As a Neurocritical Care Fellow at Southmead Hospital, you will be fully integrated into our highly skilled team, gaining hands-on experience in managing critically ill patients with neurological disorders. Our state-of-the-art Neuro Intensive Care Unit (NICU) is equipped with advanced monitoring and therapeutic modalities, providing a cutting-edge environment for learning and clinical excellence.
High-Volume Centre: Work in one of the busiest units in the UK, renowned for its excellence in neurocritical care, neurology, neurosurgery, neurotrauma and interventional neuroradiology. Southmead Hospital has a 24 hour a day 7 day a week acute stroke thrombectomy service and is one of the busiest centres in Europe. It delivers some of the highest neurotrauma survival rates in the UK
Unique Rotations: Benefit from immersive rotations including in Interventional Neuroradiology and Neurosurgery, allowing you to gain a deep understanding of the interdisciplinary nature of neurocritical care.
Expert Mentorship: Train under the guidance of experienced consultants who are committed to fostering your clinical and academic development.
Research Opportunities: Engage in cutting-edge research and quality improvement projects, with opportunities to present your work at national and international conferences. Recent NIHR-supported research includes novel work on beta-blockade in traumatic brain injury
Generous Educational Budget: Up to £5000 annual educational budget is provided to support activities such as a PG Cert
Simulation-Based Training: Participate in regular simulation training sessions to enhance your decision-making, procedural skills, and multidisciplinary team communication.
Applicants must have full registration with the GMC. This fellowship is ideal for candidates who are within the final year of training or who are post-CCT. We would consider candidates Applicants should possess a strong foundation in critical care medicine, including FFICM qualification or equivalent and a keen interest in the care of patients with acute neurological and neurosurgical disorders.
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Main duties of the job
Southmead ICU is a 48-bed unit. We accept over 2500 admissions per year, of which 77% are emergency admissions. We are the regional adult Major Trauma Centre, and the regional centre for neurosurgery (with some superregional subspecialties), vascular surgery, urology, renal medicine and transplant surgery, plastic and reconstructive surgery. We are a burns unit and the trust also provides a 24 hour interventional radiology service including the supra-regional stroke thrombectomy service. We run have an active post-ICU follow-up clinic
The ICNARC standardised mortality ratio (SMR) for Southmead ICU is consistently less than 1 and the hospital has been the top performing Major Trauma Centre in the country for the past 10 quarters in terms of unexpected survivors per 100 major trauma patients.
The post has previously been approved for Special Skills Year in Neurocritical Care. The department has also previously hosted Special Skills Year Trainees in Quality Improvement and Transfer Medicine, in association with the Retrieve Service.
About us
North Bristol NHS Trust is the largest Trust in the South West region and one of the largest trusts in the country. Last year treating over 100,000 inpatients, over 35,000 outpatients, 90,000 ED patients and helped deliver over 6,000 babies. Employing more than 9,500 staff, with approximately 1,050 inpatient beds and income in excess of £540 million (2015-2016).
The Trust provides Medical, Surgical, Neonatal, Maternity Care for its local population.. It also provides sub regional, regional and supra regional services in Neurosciences, Orthopaedics, Pathology, Plastic Surgery and Burns, Renal Medicine and Transplant and Urology and is the Major Trauma Centre for the West Country.
The local health service is being remodelled to concentrate on acute facilities and where appropriate to provide more care close to patient homes through a network community hospitals and facilities. The Trust currently delivers these services from a new hospital on the Southmead site that open in May 2014. At Southmead Hospital, we also have our excellent maternity and women's health services, the Bristol Breast Care Centre and the Trust's Severn Pathology Service.
The Trust has Cossham Hospital in Kingswood that recently underwent a £19m refurbishment and the Bristol Centre for Enablement at Cribbs Causeway.
The Trust has University Teaching status and is associated with both the University of Bristol and the University of the West of England.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This is an exciting opportunity for motivated individuals to further develop their CV and join a team of dynamic clinicians delivering care in state-of-the-art facilities. The posts will commence in August 2024 for a period of 1 year and include funding for a day a week protected time for professional development. There is a service commitment to a 1 in 5/1-in-6 on call rota working in a senior clinical and leadership role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This is an exciting opportunity for motivated individuals to further develop their CV and join a team of dynamic clinicians delivering care in state-of-the-art facilities. The posts will commence in August 2024 for a period of 1 year and include funding for a day a week protected time for professional development. There is a service commitment to a 1 in 5/1-in-6 on call rota working in a senior clinical and leadership role.
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
- MB BS (or equivalent) Full and unrestricted registration with the GMC
- FFICM or FRCA or equivalent or appropriate diploma relevant to postgraduate training.
- Experience of Critical Care in relevant sub-specialties to NBT. Experience and familiarity with UK hospital systems and practices. At least 4 years' experience an acute specialty appropriate to ICU with recognised postgraduate experience in an approved training post or posts offering equivalent responsibility and training.
- Competent in Intensive Care at Senior Fellow level. Accepts responsibility and able to take leadership role.
- Evidence of excellent communication skills for interaction with patients and their relatives, colleagues and staff at all levels. Able to establish and sustain good working relationships with colleagues and all members of the multi-disciplinary team.
- Significant demonstration of interest in research.
- Ability to provide informal teaching and clinical supervision of anaesthetic and intensive care medicine trainees.
- Evidence of recent CPD and progress through training at a rate appropriate to seniority and responsibilities of the post.
- Demonstrate professional attributes appropriate to senior fellow responsibility.
- Ability to fulfil all of the duties of the post including acute on-call commitments, evening and weekend working. Fluent in English (IELTS Level 7 or equivalent). Prepared to be flexible in working patterns. Mobility and dexterity compatible with clinical requirements of the post.
Desirable
- Prizes Higher degree
- Accreditation in Intensive Care. ALS Provider status. ATLS Provider status (or equivalent)
- Evidence of extensive experience in sub-specialties reflected in the job description. Intermediate or Advanced training in ICM
- Good oral and written presentation skills
- Papers published in peer-reviewed journals. Good Clinical Practice certification within last 3 years. Experience in presenting research at local, national and international meetings. Experience of application for study grants. Contribution to national and international guidelines.
- Demonstrate experience in, and a willingness to continue teaching medical undergraduates and postgraduates, with evidence of effectiveness. Ability to inspire, motivate and develop trainee staff. Experience of teaching and training non-medical staff. Teaching qualifications.
- Contribution to audit and service development. Good organisational skills Knowledge of the political context within which we operate. Knowledge of contemporary NHS management issues. Completion of a general management course or programme.
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
- MB BS (or equivalent) Full and unrestricted registration with the GMC
- FFICM or FRCA or equivalent or appropriate diploma relevant to postgraduate training.
- Experience of Critical Care in relevant sub-specialties to NBT. Experience and familiarity with UK hospital systems and practices. At least 4 years' experience an acute specialty appropriate to ICU with recognised postgraduate experience in an approved training post or posts offering equivalent responsibility and training.
- Competent in Intensive Care at Senior Fellow level. Accepts responsibility and able to take leadership role.
- Evidence of excellent communication skills for interaction with patients and their relatives, colleagues and staff at all levels. Able to establish and sustain good working relationships with colleagues and all members of the multi-disciplinary team.
- Significant demonstration of interest in research.
- Ability to provide informal teaching and clinical supervision of anaesthetic and intensive care medicine trainees.
- Evidence of recent CPD and progress through training at a rate appropriate to seniority and responsibilities of the post.
- Demonstrate professional attributes appropriate to senior fellow responsibility.
- Ability to fulfil all of the duties of the post including acute on-call commitments, evening and weekend working. Fluent in English (IELTS Level 7 or equivalent). Prepared to be flexible in working patterns. Mobility and dexterity compatible with clinical requirements of the post.
Desirable
- Prizes Higher degree
- Accreditation in Intensive Care. ALS Provider status. ATLS Provider status (or equivalent)
- Evidence of extensive experience in sub-specialties reflected in the job description. Intermediate or Advanced training in ICM
- Good oral and written presentation skills
- Papers published in peer-reviewed journals. Good Clinical Practice certification within last 3 years. Experience in presenting research at local, national and international meetings. Experience of application for study grants. Contribution to national and international guidelines.
- Demonstrate experience in, and a willingness to continue teaching medical undergraduates and postgraduates, with evidence of effectiveness. Ability to inspire, motivate and develop trainee staff. Experience of teaching and training non-medical staff. Teaching qualifications.
- Contribution to audit and service development. Good organisational skills Knowledge of the political context within which we operate. Knowledge of contemporary NHS management issues. Completion of a general management course or programme.
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).
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
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
