Clinical Fellow in Critical Care - Southport, United Kingdom - Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

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Southport, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Description

Southport and Ormskirk Hospital Sites

Critical Care

1x Fixed Term (12 Months)

MT03 ( plus on-call allowance)

We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated individual to work within the Critical Care Unit at Southport and Formby District General Hospital as a Clinical Fellow.

The clinical duties of the post are within critical care unit and involve working on a full shift pattern, supporting the non-anaesthetic resident rota.

The Critical Care Unit based on the Southport and Formby District General Hospital site, provides Level 2 and 3 care for a general ICU population, as well as a Postoperative Critical Care Unit (POCCU).

The unit is currently constituted as 18 critical care bed-spaces (funded to 11) which can be used flexibly.

The department is actively engaged with the management of deterioration within the hospital and has critical care outreach over 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS trust is a recently formed organisation, which brought together St Helens and Knowsley NHS Trust and Southport and Ormskirk Hospitals NHS Trust.

One of the Critical Care Units is located at Southport and Formby District General Hospital.

The appointee will participate in the non-anaesthetic resident rota, providing support to assess and managed critically ill patients who require high dependency (level 2) and/ or intensive (level 3) care.

Although the duties will be principally based on the Southport site, the appointee may be occasionally expected to work on the Ormskirk site.

In it not anticipated that travel to other sites within the trust is expected within the role.

Participate as a member of the team supporting the non-anaesthetic resident rota on the critical care unit at Southport and Formby District General Hospital

Participate in clinical governance, audit, quality improvement and research activity within the department at S&O

Support the S&O department in making the most efficient use of the resources available, thus be prepared to work flexibly and deputise, if appropriate, for absent colleagues and undertake additional duties in occasional emergencies or unforeseen circumstances

The Secretary of State has approved the partnership between St Helens & Knowsley Teaching Hospitals and Southport & Ormskirk Hospitals.

From 1 st July we have come together as a single organisation under the name Mersey & West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

The Trust delivers acute hospital care, intermediate care, community, and primary care services to a population of over 600,000 people with a combined workforce of around 9000 dedicated and skilled staff from 17 locations including Whiston, Southport & Formby, St Helens, Ormskirk and Newton hospitals.

The Trust provides regional services for burns, plastic surgery and spinal injuries to more than 4 million people across Mersey and West Lancashire, Cheshire, the Isle of Man and North Wales.

Our Vision is to deliver 5 Star Patient Care:
CARE that is evidence based, high quality and compassionate

SAFETY that is of the highest standards

COMMUNICATION that is open, inclusive and respectful

SYSTEMS that are efficient, patient centred and reliable

PATHWAYS that are best practice and embedded, but also respect the individual needs of patients

Our achievements include:

Trust rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018

Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)

Awarded National Preceptorship Accreditation for our Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme

Please see our Wellbeing & Benefits booklet for more information on our staff benefits.

Please see Job Description for full details.

Advertising Date: 16th April 2024

Closing Date: 30th April 2024

Shortlisting Date: 1st May 2024

Interview Date:

TBC