Senior Clinical Fellow (Trust Grade ST5+) in Obstetric Anaesthesia

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Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary's, Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea and Western Eye.

With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.

We are an NHS Trust of approximately 14,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.

We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.

With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.

We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.

Job overview

Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea Hospital is one of the oldest maternity hospitals in the UK and is internationally renowned for the care of women with complex medical and obstetric problems. It is a busy high risk obstetric unit with nearly 6,000 deliveries per year and is a tertiary referral centre for fetal care.

There are currently 10 consultant anaesthetists with an interest in obstetric anaesthesia and 20 consultant sessions on labour ward/elective caesarean section lists plus a high risk clinic on Thursday afternoons. There are two theatres for elective and emergency work, and a high dependency unit. Elective caesarean sections occur every weekday.

Posts are available for six to twelve months and are suitable for contribution to the Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR), and have RCoA approval for OOPE/OOPT.

Previous candidates have participated in quality improvement projects, audit cycles and research, and have achieved the equivalent competencies for an SIA in obstetric anaesthesia as detailed in the Royal College of Anaesthetists curriculum (2021). Clinical fellows receive identical training to those with National Training Numbers.

Applicants should have a minimum of 4 years of anaesthetics experience, an interest in obstetric anaesthesia, and should be registered with the GMC with a licence to practise. FRCA or equivalent is desirable.

Main duties of the job

This post is based on the labour ward at Queen Charlotte's Hospital working under the supervision of the labour ward consultant anesthetists Daytime work is scheduled for labour ward. Fellows are expected to attend weekly multi-disciplinary obstetric medicine meetings where all high risk cases are discussed. Multi-disciplinary CTG teaching occurs on Tuesdays. In addition to labour ward duties, the clinical fellow will also gain experience in major gynaecology-oncological surgery and day case intravenous sedation.

While the successful applicant can take over existing research projects it is preferable that they bring their own ideas to the department. It is desirable to have some previous experience of research but not essential. The fellow will be expected to write ethics applications, protocols and also take part in departmental audits. Previous fellows have successfully submitted work for presentation at major meetings and publication in peer reviewed journals such as IJOA.

The obstetric anaesthesia service places a very strong emphasis on junior staff training. The post-holder will be expected to participate in the training of core trainees attached to labour ward.

The post-holder is expected to work in a professional and courteous manner with the nursing, midwifery, paramedical, surgical, other medical colleagues, clerical staff and the managerial staff.

Working for our organisation

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career. Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We encourage staff to have the Covid vaccination to protect themselves, patients, other colleagues as well as the wider community. Please note it is an operational requirement to comply with infection prevention and control procedures within the Trust such as lateral flow testing, handwashing and the wearing of masks, according to the procedures in place at any time or location.

As part of our continued response to Covid19 we are still conducting the majority of our interviews virtually.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part-time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

General Responsibilities

The rota is a 1 in 8 full shift system, compliant with the junior doctor contract (2019). The fellow is expected to help with elective caesarean sections and emergency work. The fellow covers a gynae-oncology list in main theatre of Hammersmith Hospital when needed. There is also the opportunity to attend high risk obstetric clinics and the high risk obstetric anaesthetic clinic.

Scope & purpose of job description: The job description is not intended to be an inflexible or finite list of tasks and may be varied from time to time after consultation/discussion with the post holder

Audit: The fellow will be expected to write ethics applications, protocols and take part in departmental audits, preferably bringing their own ideas to the department.

Teaching is a core skill: the successful candidate will have an opportunity to teach junior doctors and other members of the multi-disciplinary team. We regularly perform in situ low-fidelity simulation and have recently achieved funding for a high-fidelity simulation suite. We also host annual Regional Training Days in Obstetrics for Stage 1 and Stage 2 trainees in North West London.

Clinical Governance: Regular Clinical Governance, Critical Incident and Mortality & Morbidity meetings happen within the Division of Anaesthesia, on all sites within the Trust.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• On GMC register with licence to practice
• FRCA or Equivalent

Desirable criteria

• CCT or eligible for entry
• Additional degrees or diplomas

Language

Essential criteria

• Candidates are able to speak and write English to the appropriate standard necessary to fulfill the job requirements

Academic Achievements including Research/Publications

Essential criteria

• Active interest in research projects
• Teaching Skills

Desirable criteria

• Medical Publications and articles in peer reviewed medical journals and medical text books

Management Skills

Essential criteria

• Knowledge of finance/budgets management of staff, relevant courses

Desirable criteria

• Attendance at Management Training Course

Clinical skills

Essential criteria

• Experience in all forms of General and Emergency Anaesthesia

Desirable criteria

• Other specialist interests

RRelevant Experience in Specialty/Sub-Specialty

Essential criteria

• Experience in sub-specialty areas of Obstetric Anaesthesia

Desirable criteria

• Other specialist interests

Teaching & Training

Essential criteria

• Experienced in teaching and training

Desirable criteria

• Trained teacher/trainer

Audit

Essential criteria

• Involvement in Audit programmes
• Computer & IT Skills

Academic achievements including research/publications

Essential criteria

• Active interest in research projects
• Teaching Skills

Desirable criteria

• Medical Publications and articles in peer reviewed medical journals and medical text books

Please ensure you check your emails regularly as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process. If you are shortlisted you will be contacted by email and text message (if you provide a mobile contact number).

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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

• Job Description and Person Specification (PDF, 592.3KB)
• Functional Requirements Form (PDF, 240.6KB)
• Aspire to values (PDF, 132.8KB)
• Our Strategy 2023-25 (PDF, 230.4KB)