Senior Clinical Fellow in Vascular Anaesthesia

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Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:

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

Trauma

To provide high quality trauma and emergency anaesthesia within a one-to-one consultant supervised environment initially, and then go on to manage cases within the major trauma centre with indirect supervision.

To gain specialist trauma anaesthetic experience which includes major pelvic and spinal work, cases expedited to the major trauma theatre including emergency neurosurgery cases and unstable penetrating trauma, cases that proceed to IR, as well as in the ED as a key part of the trauma team.

Regional

The post will be available as a full time or part time post. Job plan of a part-time post will be by agreement with the Supervisor of the Post. The post holder will undertake regional anaesthesia days and will also attend acute pain rounds. They will take part in the senior registrar on call rota which is 1:8.

Study leave and annual leave will have to be taken during weeks when not on call, or sessions moved accordingly. There is a strong departmental tradition of performing research and audit in this service and of publishing results. Previous experience of research and completed audit will be expected.

Main duties of the job

REGIONAL:

Clinical experience

ICHCT is shifting focus and practice to ambulatory surgery. It is a unique setup, where surgical procedures are done on a day surgery basis. The surgical services provide comprehensive care specializing in ambulatory surgery in the areas of:
• General surgery
• Oncology (specialising in cancers including breast, head and neck and thyroid cancer)
• Plastic surgery
• Urology surgery
• ENT surgery
• Orthopaedic surgery

Regional Anaesthesia services are expanding significantly to facilitate the performance of several surgeries on a day surgical basis. It is equipped with ultrasound machines and taught by experts and fellowship trained regional anaesthetists. A variety of blocks are performed that caters to ambulatory practice.

TRAUMA

Anaesthesia services are provided in multiple locations at St Marys hospital. The primary clinical area is the 4th floor theatre suite, where most emergency work is located. Other locations include the day surgery theatres, as well as the surgical innovation centre in the Patterson building.

The emergency theatre suite runs each day: 2 orthopaedic trauma theatres, one neurosurgical emergencies theatre, one plastic/reconstruction theatre, a booking list/flexi theatre, one dedicated paediatric emergency theatre, one general emergency case theatre and one acute vascular hybrid theatre.

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.

The statutory requirement to be fully Covid-19 vaccinated as a condition of employment from April 2022 is subject to legislative review. At Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, we strongly encourage and support vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID19. The successful applicant may have contact with patients and service users and as part of our pre-employment checks and risk assessments, we will ask all candidates to confirm whether or not they have been fully vaccinated or have a medical exemption.

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

Please review the full job descriptions attached prior to application for the specific subspeciality.

The posts will be available as a full time (described below) or part time post. Job plan of a part-time post will be by agreement with the Supervisor of the Post.

The post holder will undertake regular regional or trauma anaesthesia days and the post holder will also attend acute pain rounds. The post holder will take part in the senior registrar on call rota alongside the other clinical fellows and ST 6-7's. Currently this rota is 1:8.

The post will be covered by the same arrangements for study leave and supervision that apply to trainees in HEE approved posts. Study leave and annual leave will have to be taken during weeks when not on call, or sessions moved accordingly. There is a strong departmental tradition of performing research and audit in this service and of publishing results. Previous experience of research and completed audit will be expected.

Person specification

Education/ Qualifications

Essential criteria

• On GMC's register with a Licence to Practice or eligible to apply for GMC registration and a Licence to Practice
• On GMC's Specialist Register or within 24 months of being admitted to the register by the date of the interviews or eligible for specialist registration
• FRCA or equivalent
• ATLS / ETC or equivalent
• Evidence of experience in critical care

Desirable criteria

• Cardiac or Vascular Experience
• MD, PhD

Clinical Expertise in Specialty/Sub Specialty

Essential criteria

• IT Skills and computer literacy
• Experience of treating patients after injury

Desirable criteria

• Previous work in a major trauma centre

Leadership/ Management Skills

Essential criteria

• Able to take responsibility, show leadership, make decisions, exert appropriate authority
• Ability to lead the education of other medical professionals
• Ability to work across specialties and be collaborative

Teaching and training

Essential criteria

• Experience of teaching and training undergraduates/postgraduates and junior medical staff

Desirable criteria

• Have set up or lead a teaching programme

Audit

Essential criteria

• Understanding of principles of clinical audit
• Experience of clinical audit and quality improvement

Desirable criteria

• Have presented quality improvement work or audit at a conference

Academic Achievements including Research/Publications

Desirable criteria

• Peer reviewed publication/s in anaesthesia, intensive care or emergency medicine

Language

Essential criteria

• Able to speak and write English to the appropriate standard necessary to fulfil the job requirements

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).

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 Regional (PDF, 512.3KB)
• Functional Requirements Form (PDF, 232.6KB)
• Aspire to values (PDF, 132.8KB)
• Our Strategy 2023-25 (PDF, 230.4KB)