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- St Thomas' Street
- London
- SE1 9RT
- Contact Number
- 020 7188 7188
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Critical Care Fellow in Medical Education
Closed for applications on: 21-Mar-2024 00:02
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 21-Mar-2024 00:02
Key details
Location
- Site
- St Thomas' Hospital
- Address
- Westminster Bridge Road
- Town
- London
- Postcode
- SE1 7EH
- Major / Minor Region
- London
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- 6 months (Fixed Term 6 months with a view to extend to 12 months)
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week
Salary
- Salary
- £55,329 - £63,152 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (Senior Clinical Fellow)
Specialty
- Main area
- Critical Care / Intensive Care
Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.
Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.
The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.
We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.
Job overview
The Critical Care department at GSTT has an international reputation for clinical excellence and a prominent research profile. As well as serving the local population we provide tertiary critical care to the region.
The critical care directorate comprises six clinical areas and totals 75 beds at the St Thomas’ site. There are 39 level 3 beds in the East Wing of the hospital (15 on EW1 ICU, 13 on EW2 ICU and 11 on EW6 ICU), an overnight intensive recovery unit (11 level 3 beds staffed by anaesthetists), a medical/surgical HDU on East Wing level 10 (15 level 2 beds) and cardiovascular surgical HDU (10 level 2 beds) on East Wing level 8. At the Guy’s site, there are 13 level 2/3 beds on the Guys Critical Care Unit (GCCU).
Our case mix is challenging with a large proportion of complex medical and cardiothoracic patients. We manage a wide spectrum of medical and surgical emergencies.
We are one of the largest severe respiratory failure centres in Europe by case load. The service was commissioned in 2012. This includes a 24/7 consultant-led ECMO/severe respiratory failure retrieval service. We conduct around 100 ECMO retrievals annually. There is also exposure to extra-corporeal CO2 removal. There is ongoing going development of a VA programme for the management of reversible cardiogenic shock and eCPR. The post holder will also have significant exposure to general ITU patients and complex vascular, general surgery and cardiac surgery patients
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PART A: Teaching and education
- To work alongside the Educational Leads and College Tutors in the development and provision of training for our clinical staff, with a focus on medical postgraduate education to doctors in training.
- To assist the development and delivery of undergraduate teaching within the department.
- To support and develop the Critical Care simulation programme for the multidisciplinary team. GSTT has significant simulation expertise within the SAIL centre which can offer training and development in simulation design and delivery.
- To help ensure that the department meets the GMC standards in education.
- We expect our fellows to develop their individual medical education interest and projects and we will support you in presenting these at educational conferences nationally and/or internationally.
PART B: Clinical duties
This post is open to registrar grade (Senior Clinical Fellow) doctor applicants with airway skills (minimum 12 months substantive anaesthesia required).
More information can be found on the attachments.
Working for our organisation
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK’s best known hospitals – Guy’s, St Thomas’, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield – as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.
We are among the UK’s busiest, most successful Foundation Trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.
We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and – as part of King’s Health Partners – we are one of England’s eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research’s biomedical research centres, established with King’s College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.
We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Clinical:
The post holders will, together with colleagues, be responsible for the provision of services to Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust to include:
(a) Diagnosis and treatment of patients of the trust in such hospitals, health centres or clinics or other premises as required.
(b) Continuing clinical responsibility for the patients in your charge, allowing for all proper delegation to, and training of, your staff.
Training of junior staff:
The post holders will take responsibility for the training and direction of the multi-disciplinary staff allocated to him/her under the aegis of the training plan that that post holder has agreed with their supervising consultant.
Clinical Governance:
All medical and dental staff are expected to take part in clinical governance activity, including clinical audit, clinical guideline and protocol development and clinical risk management. They will be expected to produce evidence of their contribution in these areas and their audit of their own clinical work as part of their appraisal.
Educational Programme:
This post is not accredited for postgraduate training. However the post holders will be expected to attend and contribute to educational activities e.g. departmental meetings, multidisciplinary meetings, journal clubs etc.
More information can be found on the attachments
Guy’s and St Thomas’ celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study’s at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity , gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.
Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.
As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.
Flexible working
We are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance and to work in a way that is best for them and our patients. We will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking in to account the individual’s personal circumstances as well the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the recruiting manager as part of the on-boarding process.
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Applicant requirements
Person specification
Qualifications/ Education
Essential criteria
- MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
- FRCA(Primary)/MRCP/MRCS or equivalent qualification
Desirable criteria
- FICM/EDIC or equivalent qualification in intensive care medicine
Professional/ Statutory Registration
Essential criteria
- Eligible for full registration with licence to practice with the GMC at time of appointment
- Eligibility to work in the UK
Previous experience
Essential criteria
- Informal teaching experience
- Ability to provide a complete employment history with no unexplained career gaps
- Evidence that career progression is consistent with personal circumstances
- Evidence that present achievement and performance is commensurate with totality of period of training
- Minimum 12 months substantive experience in intensive care medicine
Desirable criteria
- Experience of design and delivery of undergraduate or postgraduate teaching program
- Participation in delivery of multi-professional education
- Experience of delivering simulation education
Skills/Knowledge/ Ability
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of basic educational principles and their application within clinical settings
- Informal teaching experience
- Valid adult life support (ALS) certification
- Airway skills (minimum 12 months substantive anaesthesia)
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills for a wide range of audiences
- Effective interpersonal skills, including confident and comfortable interaction with colleagues and students
- Effective organisational & time management skills
Desirable criteria
- Good understanding of current issues and challenges within intensive care and medical education
- Critical appraisal skills
- Experience of qualitative/quantitative evaluation of teaching
- Experience of presenting (poster/oral) at conferences or publications
- Proficient use of IT
- Completion of “Train the Trainers” or similar course
- Completion of simulation course
Additional Information
Essential criteria
- Excellent networking abilities
The successful candidate will demonstrate
Essential criteria
- Enthusiasm for medical education and training
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Helen Vollmer
- Job title
- Consultant in Intensive Medicine
- Email address
- [email protected]
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