Junior Clinical Fellow in ICM with Interest in Ultrasound

Job summary

Critical Care in East Kent is at an exciting period of redevelopment, having attracted national in-vestment to significantly expand capacity and grow our service.East Kent Critical Care operates across three units: Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital, Margate (9 beds), and the Kent and Canterbury Hospital (8 beds) and the William Harvey Hospital (expanding to 24 beds).This post is based at QEQM Hospital and it is designed for doctors who have completed foundation training who are looking to pursue a career in Anaesthetics or Intensive Care Medicine.They will gain experience in the management of critically ill patients in a supportive environment whilst improving their CV in the area of interest of Research. Successful applicants will work under the close supervision of consultant intensivists and senior trainees. The department is very active in the following areas; teaching, research and point of care ultrasound and echocardiography.

Main duties of the job

As a Junior Clinical Fellow in Intensive Care Medicine, your primary responsibilities during on-call times include reviewing critically ill patients in the ICU, emergency department, and hospital wards. You will be involved in admitting patients to the ICU under the supervision of a Consultant and will be responsible for ordering and interpreting necessary investigations. Ensuring safe and effective handover between shifts is crucial, along with participating in audits, patient safety initiatives, and morbidity and mortality meetings. You will also engage in multidisciplinary meetings and be an active participant in the teaching programme that follows the FICM syllabus.

A significant part of the role involves the development of critical care ultrasound skills. This training will take place on standard weekdays (Monday to Friday), with dedicated time allocated within the rota for skill development, supervised by Dr. Ana Alegria, the Site Ultrasound Lead. During the 12-month post, there is an opportunity to achieve accreditation in FUSIC Heart (formerly known as FICE) or BSE Level 1 and to pursue service improvement projects. Depending on your progress and interest, there is also the potential to continue echocardiography training towards BSE Level 2 or to pursue FUSIC Lung, Abdomen, and Vascular modules. The ICU department is equipped with one advanced echocardiography machine and two handheld ultrasound machines, providing ample resources for training and skill enhancement.

About us

We are a pioneering Trust, on an exciting journey of healthcare transformation, with award-winning research and innovation, and a strong team ethos. We're looking for positive clinical leaders who want to help us deliver first-class patient care to a fascinating and complex population and be part of something special.

As you would expect from a large teaching Trust, we prize training doctors, nurses and other health professionals and we already work closely with local universities and King's College, University of London. We now have the exciting new opportunity of working with Kent and Medway's new Medical School, jointly provided by the University of Kent and Canterbury Christchurch University, which opened in September 2020.