Senior Clinical Fellow - Wales, United Kingdom - Swansea Bay University Health Board

Description

This is a unique opportunity to be part of a national Critical Care Transfer Service for the people of Wales.

Established to provide high-quality intensive care during the inter-hospital transfer of the critically ill patient.

ACCTS Cymru, in partnership with the Welsh Critical Care Network and EMRTS Cymru, is seeking experienced, motivated, and enthusiastic senior retrieval and transfer medicine specialists to support the development of this bespoke service for Wales.

We are now recruiting Senior Clinical Fellow Doctors to join our team working from our Hub in North Wales (Bangor) and would equally welcome applications from Doctors looking for Full or Part hours.

The service operates during daytime hours 7 days a week from Cardiff and Bangor, with an additional twilight shift (14.If you want to join a progressive and caring healthcare organisation, responding to the needs of the Welsh community then we would like to hear from you.

The Retrieval and Transfer physician will deploy in a team alongside a support worker and a retrieval and transfer practitioner drawn from a pool of nurses and allied health professionals with extensive intensive care experience and specific training in inter-facility critical care transfer.

ACCTS in partnership with WAA/EMRTS will operate a rotary wing model of retrieval and transfer to support long-distance transfers.

Upon completion of appropriate training and a period of targeted clinical experience, it would be expected that you would then take up a full part in the duty rota.

The ability to work both day and night shifts is an essential part of the role.

Whilst a base location will be agreed upon with the successful candidate there may be a need to travel to our various bases, across Wales for education and service delivery requirements and all candidates would be expected to contribute to twilight or overnight cover.

Swansea Bay University Health Board has responsibility for the health of around 390,000 people in the Neath Port Talbot and Swansea areas, with a budget of around £1 billion and employing 12,500 people.

We are a University Health Board working in partnership with Swansea University, Swansea School of Medicine, the School of Health Science and the Institute of Life Science.

Morriston and Singleton hospitals in Swansea and Neath Port Talbot hospital in Baglan, Port Talbot.

The Health Board is part of A Regional Collaboration for Health (ARCH), which is a partnership with Hywel Dda UHB and Swansea University.

Aimed at improving the wellbeing and wealth of South West Wales.

Swansea has a range of shops, cozy cafes, great restaurants, art galleries as well as being able to offer good outdoor lifestyle with its beautiful coastline and beaches on the Gower Peninsula.

Swansea also has excellent sporting facilities including the Wales National pool and liberty stadium home to the Ospreys and Swansea City football club.

To qualify for this exciting role, you must be a doctor with ST4+ equivalent training in Intensive Care Medicine / Anaesthesia who is fully registered with the GMC and who has significant demonstrable experience in the transfer care setting, aligned to the personal specification.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Qualifications & Training
Completed intermediate level training / Stage 2 training in Anaesthesia/ICM OR ST5 equivalent experience
Diploma in Retrieval and Transfer Medicine
Fellowship in Immediate Medical Care
Post graduate qualification in medical education
Competence in management of acute illness and injury in adults
Competent in the assessment, resuscitation and stabilisation of critically unwell patients including emergency anaesthesia, ventilation and invasive monitoring
Such as attendance at EMRTS governance days, training events etc.)

Demonstrable interest in and understanding of retrieval and transfer medicine
Extensive experience of inter- and intra-hospital critical care transfers
Experience in post-graduate / multidisciplinary education
Experience of critical care retrieval and transfer medicine in dedicated service
Prior experience with evidence of working within an established pre-hospital aeromedical or road-based service
Experience in FAST scanning and / or bedside echocardiography
Experience as a clinical tutor or lecturer at post graduate level