Senior Clinical Fellow

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King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1.7 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King's College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in the London Borough of Bromley.

Job overview

We are inviting applications to Senior Clinical Fellow posts in the Critical Care department at King's College Hospital (the department covers both the Denmark Hill and Princess Royal University Hospital sites).

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to gain experience of working in a large tertiary critical care department under the mentorship of consultants with a range of tertiary hospital sub specialist interests
(including, but not limited to: major trauma; neurology and neurosurgery; cardiology and cardiothoracic surgery; haematology including haemoncology.

Main duties of the job

Main duties will involve performing daily reviews on ICU patients and present findings on the MDT ward round in conjunction with the consultant support the clinical decision making of junior medical and nursing staff as the senior member of the critical care team.

Review critically unwell patients outside of critical care- Admit, stabilise and formulate an initial management plan for critically unwell adults

Completely initiate ventilation, use vasopressors, insert CVC and arterial lines and be able to transfer the critically unwell patient.

Working for our organisation

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of £1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and around 14,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King's College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in Bromley.

King's is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone's contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust's carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.

The trust-wide strategy Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we can take Team King's to another level.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Also within time in post the successful candidate will also be asked to support the learning development of other members of the critical care team (including undergraduates); participate in clinical governance and quality improvement and also to set individual goals

Person specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Registerable medical qualification.

Desirable criteria

• [MRCP] or equivalent.

Professional/Statutory Registration

Essential criteria

• Full registration with GMC/GDC with License to Practice at time of appointment

Previous Experiencce

Essential criteria

• At least 1 year of working within critical care OR 6 months working within critical care and 3 years working within an acute medical specialty (anaesthesia, emergency medicine, acute medicine, internal medicine specialties)

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of special commitment to critical care
• Demonstrable research experience
• Demonstrable teaching experience
• Experience of working within the NHS

Communication

Essential criteria

• Effective communicator, able to work in a close-knit team and co-operate with all medical and paramedical staff.

Desirable criteria

• ATLS

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King's College Hospital is part of King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre (AHSC), a pioneering collaboration between King's College London, and Guy's and St Thomas', King's College Hospital and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trusts.

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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.

Documents to download

• JD&PS (PDF, 248.6KB)
• Denmark Hill Site Map (PDF, 1.2MB)
• Princess Royal (PRUH) Site map (PDF, 1.4MB)
• Visa and Sponsorship Information (PDF, 352.6KB)