Job overview
The ARCC (TVW) Transfer Service is hosted by Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, in partnership with South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust. The Transfer Consultant role involves working alongside a dedicated team of Transfer Practitioners (Paramedics/Ambulance Nurses) and Emergency Care Assistants (ECAs)
to deliver duty shifts. The primary role of the service is to triage, coordinate and provide clinical support for all referrals to ARCC TVW, supporting the referring and receiving hospitals and clinical team(s) to prioritise, maximise the utilisation of resources.
Main duties of the job
Collaborative working with Transfer Doctors and Transfer Practitioners to deliver high-quality care.
Remote clinical support and decision-making guidance for Transfer Doctors and Transfer Practitioners, particularly when staffed by non-consultant grades.
Work in close collaboration with the Single Point of Contact (SPOC), and
consultants at the transferring and receiving hospitals to coordinate a safe and successful patient transfer.
Active contribution to the administration, development, and operational delivery of the ARCC (TVW) service.
Participation in clinical governance activities including audit, research, service evaluation, and continuous quality improvement.
Participation in clinical governance activities including audit, research, service evaluation, and continuous quality improvement.
Delivery of training and supervision for Transfer Doctors, Transfer Practitioners, and new Duty Consultants.
Contribution to the ARCC (TVW) outreach programme, acting as a named point of contact and liaison for a designated hospital.
Working for our organisation
Why colleagues think we are
What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
Alongside NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement and pension scheme, you'll have access to NHS discount schemes.
We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
What do we stand for?
Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
We are working hard to increase diversity at all levels within the trust. We believe a diverse workforce can have a positive effect on both staff wellbeing and patient outcomes.
We welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, candidates with disabilities and care-experienced candidates.
We make employment decisions by matching our service needs with the skills and experience of candidates, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.
Person specification
Other
Essential criteria
1. Ability to travel between bases
Qualifications & Training
Essential criteria
2. FULL GMC Registration with a Licence to Practice in the UK
3. CCT or equivalent in Anaesthesia or ICM or both
4. Successful completion of relevant life support/resuscitation/trauma courses previously
Desirable criteria
5. Diploma in Retrieval Medicine or other relevant diploma or membership
6. Postgraduate qualification in medical education
7. FICE accredited
Experience
Essential criteria
8. NHS Consultant (or equivalent)
9. Ongoing clinical activity within an Intensive Care Medicine or Anaesthesia setting with an interest in Intensive Care Medicine (two shifts monthly)
10. Extensive experience within Intensive Care Medicine or Anaesthesia of independently assessing, resuscitating, stabilising and treating critically ill and injured adult patients (synonymous with Level 4 capability of the FICM curriculum and Stage 3 learning outcomes for Intensive Care within the RCoA curriculum
11. Demonstrate an interest and understanding of transfer medicine
12. Advanced airway skills (able to deliver unplanned emergency anaesthesia outside the operating theatre to a critically ill patient with remote supervision)
13. Compliance with GMC Good Medical Practice, appraisal and revalidation requirements
14. Previous experience working with ARCC TVW
Desirable criteria
15. Experience of critical care transfer and retrieval medicine in dedicated service
16. Experience using simulation for education
17. Experience in postgraduate/ multidisciplinary education
Aptitude and personal characteristics
Essential criteria
18. Respecting everyone
19. Embracing change
20. Recognising success
21. Working together
Skills, Knowledge & ability
Essential criteria
22. Competent in the assessment, resuscitation and stabilisation of critically unwell patients including emergency anaesthesia, ventilation and invasive monitoring
23. Sound judgement and decision-making
24. Good understanding of the principles of clinical governance
25. Ability to communicate effectively through good verbal and written skills
26. Evidence of the ability to communicate with patients, colleagues and staff at all levels
27. Speak fluent English to at least I.E.L.T.S level 7.5
28. Ability to cope with stressful situations and take responsibility
29. Ability to work effectively and productively in a team
30. Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team in the hospital environment
31. Ability to lead a multidisciplinary team in the hospital environment
32. Fitness levels suƯicient to carry out critical care transfer work (e.g. delivering clinical care to the patient on a critical care transfer trolley, carrying equipment short to medium distances, manual handling of patients)
33. Be comfortable working in the ambulance environment which includes confined space and motion
Desirable criteria
34. Ability to manage complex work and prioritise effectively
35. Competent in the assessment, resuscitation and stabilisation of critically unwell paediatric patients
36. Knowledge and skills in Human Factors and Crisis Resource Management
37. Leadership and Management Training
PPE requirements: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.
COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.
Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight, however if we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before the advertised date.
Application information: If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records (ESR) system.
Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.
Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interviews will not be reimbursed.
Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.
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