Job overview
We are seeking an exceptional candidate for a Senior Clinical Fellow (SCF) position in Critical Care, with a particular emphasis on either Echocardiography or Research. This prestigious role is designed to significantly develop your skills in critical care echocardiography or perform and develop research within our ICU and combine that with refining to your clinical expertise in the Intensive Care
Key responsibilities include providing high-level clinical care to patients in the Intensive Care Unit; engaging in specialised training and practice in critical care echocardiography or contribute to ground-breaking research initiatives; contributing to educational program; developing managerial skills including in participating in quality improvement.
Main duties of the job
Approximately half of your time will be dedicated to advancing your main skill area—either echocardiography or research. Echo fellows join the UCLH critical care echo service, where you will be trained to perform full scans and interpret them in the context of critical illness to level to standards and beyond. Research fellows will work with the research teams to produce and develop research in areas such as hyperinflammation, sepsis, echocardiography, haem-oncology and perioperative medicine.
We are committed to nurturing people in Intensive Care. As part of our team, you will gain an invaluable blend of clinical, educational, and management skills that will benefit you throughout your professional journey.
Working for our organisation
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.
We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:
1. University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
2. National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
3. Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
4. University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
5. Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
6. University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
7. The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
8. University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street
We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.
We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.