Senior Clinical Fellow in Intensive Care Medicine - Leeds, United Kingdom - Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Leeds Teaching Hospitals

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Leeds, United Kingdom

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BACKGROUND This is a 12-month clinical trust grade post in Leeds Teaching Hospitals commencing August 2023 and designed to provide comprehensive experience in all aspects of critical care medicine.

This post is suitable for applicants wishing to gain or develop their experience in Intensive Care Medicine.

Typical applicants undertake this position with a view to gaining tertiary centre experience in ICM whilst considering their career plans with respect to either entering the national training programme or the CESR pathway to become a fully trained consultant in Intensive Care Medicine or Anaesthesia.

Leeds General Infirmary (LGI) provides tertiary surgical and medical services for the large population of West Yorkshire as well as some centrally commissioned services covering all of Yorkshire.

Our services include major trauma, cardiology, stroke and neurology, cardiac surgery, neurosurgery, vascular and ENT.

The successful applicants will join an existing team of Intensive Care and Anaesthetic trainees on the rota, supported by a wider team of Medical SHOs and Allied Health Professionals.

There is extensive support from the 15 Critical Care Consultants and this post provides an excellent environment to experience a complex, diverse and busy intensive care environment.

There is also occasional potential to cover shifts at Saint James University Hospital, which is a regional centre for oncology, hepatobiliary surgery and thoracic surgery, as well as a liver and kidney transplant centre.

SJUH also provides the acute general medical and general surgical services for Leeds. 2. OBJECTIVES OF THE POST 1.

To work with other critical care colleagues in the provision of a comprehensive critical care service to Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

2. To develop and / or consolidate expertise and experience in intensive care medicine. 3.

To support service plans for the specialty, taking account of the changes in clinical practice and new technologies available. 4. To participate in and progress Clinical Governance. 5.

3.2 Experience The appointee must have sufficient experience that they are able to competently manage the acutely deteriorating patient who requires intensive care support.

This includes management of the airway of an unconscious patient.

3.3 Research Although this is a clinical post, the appointee will have the opportunity to actively participate in research projects.

All main Anaesthetic and Intensive Care Medicine journals are available in the Hospital Library. The involvement of trainees in research is encouraged and supervision is provided.

There is the opportunity to become involved in multi-centre randomised control trials and learn about becoming an associate Principle Investigator.

PC access and other I.T.

TEACHING The Trust as a Teaching hospital recognises the importance of links with the University of Leeds School of Medicine for the Undergraduate teaching and all Clinical fellow and medical staff are required to provide an appropriate contribution to the undergraduate teaching programme. The post holder will be required to participate in the informal teaching of medical students, nurses and operating department practitioners/assistants. The post holder will have access to the Trusts extensive and spacious library in the Clinical Sciences Building that houses approximately 5,500 books and several hundred journals.

Staff in this library will also arrange loans of books etc. from the Medical School Library and the National Lending Library based at Boston Spa. 5.

JOB PLAN AND WORKING ARRANGEMENTS Aim This post is designed to provide clinical service to, and experience in, Intensive Care Medicine, primarily in Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds.

Opportunities may be available to cover shifts at St Jamess University Hospital, where appropriate.

Objective The post should attract those wanting to specialise in anaesthesia or ICM and it will provide extensive experience in ICM for a wide range of medical and surgical specialties.

It will also give significant opportunities for clinical audit and research.

Summary of post Critical care in LGI is provided in three areas:

a 14-bedded General ICU (primarily caring for trauma, vascular and medical patients), a 16-bedded Neurosciences ICU and a 16-bedded Cardiac Surgical ICU.

Duties include the management of all aspects of patient care in the critical care environment, as part of a team comprising trainees in anaesthesia and ICM, core trainees from other acute specialties, advanced nurse practitioners and consultants.

A wide case-mix of patients is admitted to critical care in

LGI:
Acute cardiology, neurology and stroke patients Regional specialist units for: o Interventional Cardiology, including Primary PCI, TAVI and Electrophysiology o Stroke Thrombolysis and Thrombectomy o Vascular Surgery - open and endovascular procedures o ENT and Max-Fax Surgery o Major Trauma o Plastics and Reconstructive Surgery, including Hand Transplantation o Card