Junior Clinical Fellow in Critical Care (ST1-2 equivalent) inNewcastle upon Tyne inNewcastle upon Tyne PUBLISHED 11 NOV 2024
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We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our well integrated team.
This clinical fellow post (ST1-2 equivalent) in Critical Care Medicine is at Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust. The post is available from February 2025 for 6-12 months. Please note: this post is critical care only (no anaesthesia placements). This post is suitable for applicants who have successfully completed foundation training (or equivalent).
GMC registration with a license to practise is required at time of application. Candidates must possess previous paid NHS experience.
In addition to the challenges of the role, we can offer you a commitment to teaching, education, research and audit.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification.
These posts are at core trainee level, and successful candidates will be expected to have completed foundation training and to be competent to work with indirect supervision. Prior experience in intensive care is desirable.
It also includes management of referrals from other departments within the hospital, including the Medical Admissions Units and Emergency Department and providing medical support for the nursing outreach service. Supervision and teaching of more junior Critical Care residents is an important part of this post.
The posts are intended to provide experience in adult critical care medicine including intensive care training equivalent to that recommended by the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine.
For an informal discussion and further information regarding the opportunity and Directorate, please contact: Claire Mitchell on telephone or via email at
About us
Clinical:
The post holder will take part in a full shift rota, along with other trainees, which provides 24 hour care for patients including weekends and night shifts. This includes;
- Immediate responsibility for care of up to 22 critical care patients
- Responsible for the admission and discharge of patients
- Liaising with other departments and specialties as appropriate
- Maintaining inpatient records
- Ordering routine and emergency investigations, and receiving and reviewing their results
- Managing routine and unexpected problems on the critical care unit as they arise
- Reviewing and admitting new admissions and referrals from both the emergency department and wards
- Transfer of patient to radiology etc. as appropriate
- Compliance with Trust and departmental protocols and guidelines
As the post holder will be responsible for the assessment and management of critically ill patients with indirect supervision, significant prior experience in intensive care medicine is essential including advanced airway skills and excellent written and spoken English. This post will include care of patients with suspected and conformed coronavirus.
Administrative:
Candidates must possess full GMC registration with a license to practise at time of application
Research:
There are no specific research duties in this post, however there may be opportunities to take part in ongoing clinical trials.
Teaching:
- The department has a strong teaching commitment to junior doctors.
- There is both formal and informal training as well as educational supervision and guidance for the postholders provided in each attachment.
- Formal study-leave to attend relevant regional and national courses, (allocation the same as regional trainees) with reimbursement of expenses (according to Trust policy and up to the annual leave limit) also provided.
- A number of educational sessions are provided, there is also access to the departmental, Trust and regional teaching and courses, such as preparation for FRCA and FFICM examinations. Critical Care units run weekly formal teaching as well as journal clubs, exam practise, self-directed learning and practical procedure teaching. The opportunity exists for the post holder to attend educational sessions within other departments of the hospital.
We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our well integrated team.
This clinical fellow post (ST1-2 equivalent) in Critical Care Medicine is at Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust. The post is available from February 2025 for 6-12 months. Please note: this post is critical care only (no anaesthesia placements). This post is suitable for applicants who have successfully completed foundation training (or equivalent).
GMC registration with a license to practise is required at time of application. Candidates must possess previous paid NHS experience.
In addition to the challenges of the role, we can offer you a commitment to teaching, education, research and audit.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification.
These posts are at core trainee level, and successful candidates will be expected to have completed foundation training and to be competent to work with indirect supervision. Prior experience in intensive care is desirable.
It also includes management of referrals from other departments within the hospital, including the Medical Admissions Units and Emergency Department and providing medical support for the nursing outreach service. Supervision and teaching of more junior Critical Care residents is an important part of this post.
The posts are intended to provide experience in adult critical care medicine including intensive care training equivalent to that recommended by the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine.
For an informal discussion and further information regarding the opportunity and Directorate, please contact: Claire Mitchell on telephone or via email at
About us
Clinical:
The post holder will take part in a full shift rota, along with other trainees, which provides 24 hour care for patients including weekends and night shifts. This includes;
- Immediate responsibility for care of up to 22 critical care patients
- Responsible for the admission and discharge of patients
- Liaising with other departments and specialties as appropriate
- Maintaining inpatient records
- Ordering routine and emergency investigations, and receiving and reviewing their results
- Managing routine and unexpected problems on the critical care unit as they arise
- Reviewing and admitting new admissions and referrals from both the emergency department and wards
- Transfer of patient to radiology etc. as appropriate
- Compliance with Trust and departmental protocols and guidelines
As the post holder will be responsible for the assessment and management of critically ill patients with indirect supervision, significant prior experience in intensive care medicine is essential including advanced airway skills and excellent written and spoken English. This post will include care of patients with suspected and conformed coronavirus.
Administrative:
Candidates must possess full GMC registration with a license to practise at time of application
Research:
There are no specific research duties in this post, however there may be opportunities to take part in ongoing clinical trials.
Teaching:
- The department has a strong teaching commitment to junior doctors.
- There is both formal and informal training as well as educational supervision and guidance for the postholders provided in each attachment.
- Formal study-leave to attend relevant regional and national courses, (allocation the same as regional trainees) with reimbursement of expenses (according to Trust policy and up to the annual leave limit) also provided.
- A number of educational sessions are provided, there is also access to the departmental, Trust and regional teaching and courses, such as preparation for FRCA and FFICM examinations. Critical Care units run weekly formal teaching as well as journal clubs, exam practise, self-directed learning and practical procedure teaching. The opportunity exists for the post holder to attend educational sessions within other departments of the hospital.
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