The Adult Critical Care Co-ordination and Transfer service (ACCOTS) is the dedicated, commissioned Adult Critical Care Transfer service for the Midlands Region. We are hosted by two acute Trusts (University Hospital of Leicester within the East Midlands and University Hospitals of Birmingham within the West Midlands).
ACCOTS provide consultant led triage, decision support and co-ordination of all referrals and patients who require or are likely to require specialist critical care escort, intensive monitoring, organ support and/or specialist treatment are within our scope. We undertake transfers for escalation of care (including time critical and urgent), repatriation, continuation of care and capacity reasons.
Our Mission statement is "To deliver the highest standards of compassionate critical care to patients undergoing transfer within and from the Midlands Region".
We pride ourselves on being responsive and caring whilst delivering high standards as well as looking after our people.
This is an exciting opportunity to join our enthusiastic, high performing and friendly team within ACCOTS at our East Midlands Base situated in Castle Donington. We are looking to build a substantive medical team of consultants with a minimum 2.0 PA contract
(in extenuating circumstances, we may be able to consider less).
SPA will be paid pro-rata.
ACCOTS within the East Midlands is based at Trent Lane Industrial Estate in Castle Donington. The successful applicant will work alongside the Lead Transfer Nurse and Transfer Practitioners to deliver high quality critical care transfers. As a Duty Consultant you will be responsible for ensuring the following elements;-
* Triage, Co-ordination and decision support for all referrals to ACCOTS.
* Supervision and delivery of clinical care,
* Teaching, training and continued professional development,
* Governance and quality Improvement,
* Exemplary leadership behaviour that supports ACCOTS, values and Strategy.
This role will report into the Clinical Lead and Clinical Director primarily as well as the ACCOTS General Manager.
ACCOTS is hosted by University Hospitals of Leicester (UHL). To find our more about UHL, please see the information below.
Our new strategy, developed with the support and feedback of colleagues, patients, and partners, is our compass for the next seven years
We Have Four Primary Goals
* high-quality care for all,
* being a great place to work,
* partnerships for impact, and
* research and education excellence
And we will embed health equality in all we do - taking active steps to reduce the avoidable differences in healthcare that some people face, working in partnership with communities.
Our strategy is underpinned by new values and we will work to ensure they are an everyday reality for all:
* we are compassionate,
* we are proud,
* we are inclusive, and
* we are one team
This is an exciting moment as we look to the future with clarity on what we already do well and where we need to focus our energies to make an even bigger difference for the people we serve.
About The University Hospitals Of Leicester NHS Trust
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Ravi Chauhan Job title: Clinical Lead Email address: Telephone number:
If you would like to find out more about this position, please contact Ravi Chauhan (ACCOTS Clinical Lead).