Senior Clinical Fellow Point of Care Ultrasound - Guildford, United Kingdom - Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust
Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust
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Guildford, United Kingdom

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Clinical fellow post is available from February 2024 for an initial period of six months, renewable by mutual agreement, Applicants can be trainees in anaesthetics or intensive care medicine, an acute medicine specialty or emergency medicine (A&E), anaesthetics or intensive care medicine; they must have experience of intensive care medicine and preferably have airway skills.

They should possess MRCP, FRCA or MCEM as appropriate to their background.


This post, one of the first of its kind nationally, involves both clinical commitments on our intensive care unit (ICU) and a substantial commitment to acute point of care imaging.

This is an exceptional opportunity to spend time with two of the country's most successful point of care ultrasound trainers, to learn from them and gain accreditations relevant to training and spend time with a radiologist highly experienced in teaching ultrasound.


Post holders will receive training in trans-thoracic echocardiography in accordance with the intensive care society's FICE scheme (Focused Intensive Care Echocardiography) with a view to completing accreditation well within six months.

Once trained, the post-holder could gain experience through learning further echocardiography, potentially expanding to further BSE level 1 or full BSE accreditation or the new European Diploma of Echocardiography, as desired.

Secondly, the post-holder would receive extensive training in point of care ultrasound with a view to completing accreditation to level 1 thoracic standard (RCR) and further modules to allow completion of the intensive care society's CUSIC scheme (Core Ultrasound in Intensive Care) or the Society of Acute Medicine's new FAMUS scheme (Focused Acute Medicine Ultrasound), thereafter contributing to the training of their peers and refining their skills.

These further modular imaging competencies offered include critical care lung ultrasound, extended vascular ultrasound, DVT ultrasound and basic & advanced abdominal scanning.

Additionally we offer cross-sectional imaging teaching, neuraxial ultrasound scanning and FAST scanning for trauma.

These skills will be valuable for the post-holder's future clinical practice and enhance their career prospects as highly desirable skills.

Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust.

Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career.

Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.


We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care.

Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.


We have received an overall Good rating from the CQC with Medical care (including older peoples care), End of Life Care and Maternity services being deemed Outstanding by the CQC.

Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on.

We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years.

There has never been a better time to join us.

In addition to time in acute imaging the successful post-holder will spend time in ICU. The unit is adjacent to the operating theatre suite. There are 28 flexibly staffed intensive care beds and dedicated isolation rooms.

The unit runs at a high occupancy rate and has undergone a rapid expansion in the last five years, associated with the expansion of specialist cancer services.

Over 1300 patients are admitted annually with over 50% coming from surgical specialties. The unit now has paperless electronic records.

High quality ultrasound is available throughout the hospital departments with state of the art machines in ICU, theatres and the ED.

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information about the role.
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