Junior Clinical Fellow in Neuro Icu - Oxford, United Kingdom - Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Description

The successful applicants will participate in twice-daily consultant-led ICU ward rounds, conduct daily clinical reviews of critically unwell patients, and be involved in all aspects of their daily medical care.

Excellent teamworking, communication and documentation skills are required. There is plenty of opportunity for leaning and development of skills under expert supervision.

The JCF will be part of the on-call team for the Neurosciences ICU, supervised at all times by the resident Airway doctor tier.

The Neurosciences Intensive Care Unit is a specialist tertiary-referral ICU within the West Wing, a wing of the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK.

The John Radcliffe Hospital is a world-renowned teaching hospital integrating acute and elective services with clinical research and education.

The Neuro-ICU works closed with Oxford Critical Care, the Major Trauma Centre, and the Neurosurgery, Neurology, and Specialist Surgery departments to provide both emergency and elective care to patients with intracranial or head and neck diseases.

The Neuro-ICU is a busy ICU but with a strong ethos of learning, equality, and multidisciplinary engagement. The Junior Clinical Fellows are genuinely welcomed and are an essential part of this Consultant-led team.

JOB TITLE:
Junior Clinical Fellowship in Neurocritical Care

GRADE:
Junior Clinical Fellow

ACCOUNTABLE TO:

Managerial Responsibility:
Dr Martin Birch (Clinical Lead, Neurosciences Intensive Care Unit)

Professional Accountability:
Dr Andrew Brent (Chief Medical Officer)

Administered through:
Mr Colin Nnadi (Clinical Director, Neurosciences Directorate)

DEPARTMENT:
Neurosciences Directorate

PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES:

Clinical

The post-holder's duties will be primarily at the West Wing of the John Radcliffe

Hospital site but the opportunity to work in theatre can be explored once appointed.

Teaching/Research

Opportunities for teaching, training, research and management will be available

within the fellowship programme and will be agreed by the Clinical Lead for

Neurosciences Intensive Care Unit with the post holder prior to commencement of

the fellowship.

Clinical Governance

The post-holder will participate in clinical governance activities, including clinical audit, clinical effectiveness, risk management, quality improvement activities as required by the Trust, and external accrediting bodies.

Personal and Professional Development

The post-holder will be required to keep himself/herself fully up-to-date with their relevant area of practice and to be able to demonstrate this to the satisfaction of the Trust.

Professional or study leave will be granted at the discretion of the Trust, in line with the prevailing Terms and Conditions of Service, to support appropriate study, postgraduate training activities, relevant CME courses and other appropriate personal development needs.

Management

The post-holder will be required to work within the Trust's management policies and procedures, both statutory and internal, accepting that the resources available to the Trust are finite and that all changes in clinical practice or workload, or developments requiring additional resources must have prior agreement with the Trust.

He/she will undertake the administrative duties associated with the care of his/her patients, and the running of his/her clinical department under the direction of the lead clinician and/or directorate chair.

Infection Control

Infection Control is everyone's responsibility.

All staff, both clinical and non-clinical, are required to adhere to the Trusts' Infection Prevention and Control Policies and make every effort to maintain high standards of infection control at all times thereby reducing the burden of Healthcare Associated Infections including MRSA.

All staff employed by the OUH Trust have the following key responsibilities:

Staff must wash their hands or use alcohol gel on entry and exit from all clinical areas and/or between each patient contact.

Staff members have a duty to attend mandatory infection control training provided for them by the Trust.

Staff members who develop an infection (other than common colds and illness) that may be transmittable to patients have a duty to contact Occupational Health.

General

The post-holder will assume a continuing responsibility for the care of patients in his/her charge and the proper functioning of his/her department.

Office accommodation is available for this post.

IMPORTANT GENERAL NOTE

The post-holder must take reasonable care of his/her own health and safety and any other personnel who may be affected by his/her omission.

Trust policies and regulations must be followed at all times.

Junior Clinical Fellowship in Neurocritical Care Job Plan

Post Duration -fixed term 12 months

This job is based in the tertiary referral Neurosciences Intensive Care Unit in Oxford. The job entails providing cover of the 15 level 3 bed tertiary referral Neuro ICU a