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Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

About

The Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (OUH) is one of the largest acute teaching Trusts in the UK, with a national and international reputation for the excellence of its services and its role in teaching and research.

Find out more about the Trust on their web-site at www.ouh.nhs.uk

Watch how OUH goes about delivering compassionate excellence on the ouhnhs YouTube channel

Contact

Address: Oxford Univ Hosps NHS Foundation Trust; OUHC HR Department,; 3rd Floor Unipart House Business Centre; Garsington Road; Oxford; Oxfordshire; OX4 2PG
Contact Number: 01865 741186

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Clinical Fellow Digital Health/Artificial Intelligence Critical Care

Closed for applications on: 1-May-2025 00:00

Vacancy status: Closed

Closed for applications on: 1-May-2025 00:00

Location

Site: John Radcliffe Hospital
Town: Oxford
Postcode: OX3 9DU
Major / Minor Region: Oxfordshire

Contract type & working pattern

Contract: 12 months (Fixed term)
Hours: Full time - 40 hours per week

Salary

Salary: £70,425 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Trainee (ST6-8))

Specialty

Main area: Critical Care

The Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.

The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.

Many of our recruitment programmes use values-based interviewing to identify those who have the skills we seek, who share our values and who are able to deliver compassionate excellence from the outset. We know that this makes a significance difference to your job satisfaction and above all the outcomes and experience of our patients and their families.

For more information about our Values and Value Based Interviewing please visit http://www.ouh.nhs.uk/about/vision-and-values/default.aspx

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The fellowship will take place over twelve months, combining clinical responsibilities with dedicated time (one day per week) to focus on digital health and AI initiatives.

Possible areas of development include:
• Digital Transformation in Healthcare: Leading and contributing to projects that apply digital technologies to transform workflows, optimise patient care processes, and improve clinical outcomes in the critical care setting.
• Usability and User Experience (UX): Developing expertise in the design,
evaluation, and implementation of digital health tools, ensuring they are user friendly and align with the needs of both clinicians and patients in the real world critical care environment.
• Data Analytics in Critical Care: Training in handling and analysing large
datasets from electronic health records (EHR) and bedside monitoring
devices to support evidence-based decision-making.
• Machine learning and AI in the diagnosis and management of respiratory failure. Fellows will participate in clinical research projects involving AI-driven diagnostic and treatment algorithms in respiratory critical care.

Fellows will receive close supervision from senior mentors throughout the fellowship. They are expected to present their work within the department and at conferences and submit publications in relevant scientific journals. Whilst not a defined expectation, participation in the digital critical care datathon organised by the ESICM data science section and Amsterdam UMC is strongly encouraged during the fellowship tenure.

Clinical Duties
Alongside digital health projects, the appointee will deliver clinical duties at the senior level in the corresponding on-call rota both in the Oxford Critical Care and Churchill ICU of Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust. Fellows will develop advanced clinical knowledge and skills in ICM while integrating digital solutions into the practice.
Candidates from any Intensive Care Medicine related speciality are encouraged to apply. Applicants must demonstrate strong airway management and resuscitation skills.

Fellowship Support and Development
Fellows will be actively supported in applying for external fellowships, such as the Topol Fellowship, which focuses on leadership in digital health. Previous fellows from this department have successfully obtained such fellowships, and support will include guidance on applications and mentorship throughout the process. Support for application to higher educational courses can be considered with prior discussion.
Supervision - The fellowship will be overseen by consultants Dr David Clarke, lead for digital health at Oxford Critical Care, Dr Raja Jayaram, fellowship co-lead and program director for Oxford Critical Care fellowships, and experts in digital health and AI.
Regular progress evaluations, including project reports, peer feedback, and competency assessments, will be conducted, with a mandatory six-month successful review to proceed with further advancement in the program.

COVID-19: The COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment at this time, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. We will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters so that we can manage individual and environmental risks and so that we can support those who may be undecided about vaccination. If you are unvaccinated there is helpful advice and information at Oxfordshire County Council Website where you can also find out more about how to access vaccination. There is a current Government consultation underway which will determine whether some new starters may need to be vaccinated.

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Please make sure that you read the job description and person specification attached below, and that your statement in support reflects this as your application will be judged against these criteria.

All candidates will be contacted with an update on the application. The majority of correspondence will be via the e-recruitment system, therefore you should check your emails regularly including junk mail folders in web-based email products.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Person specification

Professional Registration

Essential criteria

GMC registration with licence to practise or eligibility for sponsorship

Qualifications

Essential criteria

FRCA, MRCP, FFICM or equivalent

Desirable criteria

Higher research degree

Experience

Essential criteria

Intermediate to advanced competencies in Intensive Care medicine
Evidence of ability to manage critically ill patients with distant supervision
Minimum two years’ experience in Intensive Care

Desirable criteria

At least 12 months experience in anaesthetics and airway management skills/capabilities in management of critically ill patients.
Experience with digital transformation (evidence of at least one successful implementation)
Some experience with programming, data analysis and database manipulation (SQL/ R /Python)

Skills and Knowledge

Essential criteria

Excellent leadership, organisational, communication, and professional skills to effectively undertake the role of senior clinical Fellow in a busy teaching hospital ICU.
Good written English
Experience of teaching undergraduates and trainees
Knowledge of the organisation of the NHS