Senior Clinical Fellow in Critical Care & Anaesthetics

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Job overview

Basingstoke Critical Care is excited to offer two posts for experienced Critical Care doctors wanting to develop their skills within Critical Care and beyond.

These posts are central to delivering effective patient care at Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and form part of our exciting new strategy to expand the delivery of our national peritoneal malignancy program. The post will be based in Basingstoke Critical Care Units and will involve working a full on-call pattern withing Basingstoke Critical Care with opportunity to develop additional skills in Anaesthetics as agreed with the Critical Care Department.

We have 18 Critical Care beds across 2 units (CCA and CCB) looking after the full range of medical specialties including supporting a 24 hour PCI service. In addition to this we run the largest cytoreductive surgical program in the UK for patients with primary colorectal and appendix tumours including Pseudomyxoma Peritonei (over 300 patients annually).

The successful applicants for these two posts will have arrange of educational opportunities available to them including gaining some anaesthetic and airway management skills that may aid transition to a career in Anaesthesia, developing their POCUS skills, or undertaking research into major surgical perioperative care in conjunction with the Peritoneal Malignancy Institute.

Main duties of the job

A formal job plan will be agreed between the appointee and the clinical supervisor. The principal component of this job is to hold one of 8 posts covering a 24/7 rota in Critical Care. We use a bespoke rota design software package (DB rotas) that means that these shifts are not necessarily in a rolling 1:8 basis but allow the holders to request working patterns around leave requests and other prior commitments.

Duties will include being part of the Senior Critical Care rota overseeing emergency admissions from the wards, the Emergency Department, Theatres and the Cath Lab. Additionally we will expect you to partake in ICU handover, regular ICU ward rounds, invasive procedures on ICU, and also to undertake quality improvement work and contribute to the educational program for the junior medical team. Out of hours you will be supported by a consultant in intensive care and consultant general anaesthetist, both non-resident.

For those post holders interested in furthering their Anaesthetic skills there could be opportunities across a range of surgical disciplines including General Surgery, Peritoneal Malignancy, Urology, ENT, O&G, Paediatrics and Trauma & Orthopaedics.

Working for our organisation

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.

The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.

Tackling Climate Change: Hampshire Hospitals aims to embed sustainability and net zero carbon principles into the delivery of care across all its services. To find out more, search HHFT Climate Action or contactclimateaction@hhft.nhs.uk.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further details, please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

All candidates applying for this post will be contacted by email once the short-listing process is complete.

For further information on this post please contact Dr Samantha Wilson on 01256 313461 or samantha.wilson@hhft.nhs.uk.

Person specification

Professional Qualifications

Essential criteria

• MBBS or equivalent
• Licence to practice and full registration with GMC

Desirable criteria

• Life support course instructor
• Train the Trainers Course attended
• Experience as faculty in simulation courses

Clinical Experience

Essential criteria

• 18 months experience in Intensive Care medicine
• Prior clinical experience in the NHS

Desirable criteria

• Critical Care research experience

Clinical Skills and Ability

Essential criteria

• Punctual and reliable
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to establish and maintain good professional relations with others
• Manual dexterity performing clinical procedures
• Independent practice for insertion of Arterial lines and Central venous access

Desirable criteria

• Teaching skills
• POCUS experience

Orther Specific requirements

Essential criteria

• Physically and mentally fit with satisfactory occupational health clearance
• Able to work evenings and weekends

Our commitment to you:

We are committed to equality and diversity in both the provision of our services and how we recruit and manage our staff. Applications are encouraged from everyone with the necessary attributes for the job, irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity.

Happy to Talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible and part time working will be considered.

The paperwork:

• HHFT is committed to putting the safety and care of our patients first - as well as helping us to protect you and your colleagues. Therefore, we would recommend that you are vaccinated against COVID-19 and that you understand that we are treating COVID-19 positive patients within our services.
• Shortlisted candidates will be contacted at least 5 working days before the scheduled interview date. Applications will be submitted directly into our preferred third party recruitment system (Trac). All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs via email - please ensure to check your junk/spam folders.
• All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering their first six months in post.
• In compliance with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, all applicants must be able to communicate fluently in English to an appropriate standard which will be assessed as part of the selection process.
• This vacancy may close before the current listed closing date. If you intend to apply you are advised not to delay submitting your completed application.
• We believe that using technology wisely reflects strong time management and a commitment to innovation. However, it's essential to personalise your recruitment application to showcase your unique skills and experiences. Over-reliance on generic, AI-generated content may result in rejection if multiple candidates submit applications with similar language or structure. In such cases, recruiting managers may reach out for further clarity where applications appear consistent with others, to better understand your individual strengths.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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

• Job Description & Person Specification (PDF, 747.8KB)
• HHFT Employee Rewards & Benefits (PDF, 723.8KB)
• Tackling Climate Change at Hampshire Hospitals (PDF, 4.9MB)