Senior Clinical Fellow ST3+ Critical Care

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Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute hospital provider in the Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System (ICS), which is a system of health and care partners working together for our local population.

Within Mid and South Essex there are 149 GP practices, operating from over 200 sites, forming 27 Primary Care Networks and one Ambulance Trust. There are also three main community and mental health service providers who work together through a community collaborative.

We collaborate with other valuable partners, including three Healthwatch organisations, nine voluntary and community sector organisations and three top tier local authorities, with seven district, borough and city councils, as well as our local universities.

Job overview

This is an exciting time to join the MSE group as Clinical Fellow. Mid & South Essex is a vibrant community of 5 units on three geographical sites each with a distinct profile but a shared culture, brought together in an autonomous directorate. The Directorate manages the equivalent of 46 level 3 beds (flexible mx of level 3 and level 2) across the group with over 2500 admissions a year.

Basildon general CCU is a large and busy unit serving a local population of around 450k. Basildon critical care is supported by a large, well established ARCU (Acute Respiratory Care Unit) with a large negative pressure capability and a high-performing Critical Care Outreach Team.

Main duties of the job

You will work under the direction of the duty Critical Care Consultant to deliver care to patients referred and admitted to the Critical Care unit, participating in the established service framework. This includes participating in the morning safety huddle and handover the daily Consultant ward rounds.

You will assist with reviewing the critical care patients at the request of the bedside nurse, nurse in charge or Consultant and work as directed by the Consultant management plan, including but not limited to the ordering of investigations, chasing results, practical procedures, and usual administration tasks - Making referrals, communicating with other specialty teams both written or via telephone, including discharge summaries and transfer letters.

You will attend medical emergency, cardiac arrest and trauma calls, transfer critically ill patients (inter and intra-hospital transfers), supervise and support junior doctors working within critical care on the junior tier rota (FY2-ST2 grades).

Working for our organisation

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Are you looking for a clinical fellow role in Adult Critical Care, then we want to hear from you?

Please see attached Job description for further details of this exciting role.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• MBBS or Equivalent
• Full GMC registration
• Airway Competent

Desirable criteria

• Post Graduate Qualification (ALS, ARLS, IMPACT)
• Post Graduate Examination Pass (FRCA, MRCP, MCEM)
• Further Post Graduate Qualification (MD, Msc)
• FICE and /or CUSIC accreditation
• Advanced Life support accreditation

Experience

Essential criteria

• Significant experience working following graduation
• Demonstrable experience working in adult critical care

Please be aware as per the new Immigration guidelines we cannot sponsor candidates with a salary (full time or pro Rata) under the current minimum threshold.

Please note, the selection processes at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right skills and values, please be advised that the use of AI in applications are monitored. We remain vigilant against candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn't accurately reflect their skills, and you will be required to declare on your application if AI has been used before submitting your application.

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

• JCF Job Description (PDF, 488.4KB)
• Privacy Policy (PDF, 441.0KB)
• Behaviours Framework (JPG, 298.0KB)
• Medical Payscales 2/2025 (PDF, 187.5KB)
• Applicant MS Teams Checklist (PDF, 560.5KB)
• Trust marketing brochure (PDF, 2.1MB)
• General Statements - Clinical Fellow FY1, FY2, MTI and ST1-9 (PDF, 312.4KB)