Job summary
This 12-month post offers candidates the opportunity to gain experience in Intensive Care medicine and Anaesthesia in a busy district general hospital. This post has been available at the RBH for the last 7 years and is designed for PICU trainees to enable the candidate to achieve a CCT/CSER in PICU grid training. This job would be ideally suited to individuals who are PICU trainees and have at least 6 months experience working in a PICU.
Main duties of the job
This post will provide experience in Intensive Care Medicine and Anaesthesia for trainees with a background in paediatrics.
Successful applicants would receive the same training opportunities as doctors in training and dedicated time for study leave. Educational supervision would be provided and support with undertaking quality improvement projects/audits to support specialist training applications.
About us
Our ICU has just been rated outstanding for patient care and the Trust overall has a Good rating from the CQC. The unit currently admits nearly 1000 level 2 and level 3 patients per year into 21 beds.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Intensive Care Medicine
T he case mix is predominantly medical with trauma and surgical patients make up about 20%. Around 95% of our admissions are emergencies with the remainder being high-risk surgical cases including, colo-rectal, robotic urological procedures and cervical spinal surgery cases. There are about 80 paediatric admissions and stabilisations a year the vast majority of which are retrieved via the Southampton and Oxford Retrieval Team (SORT). The Trust is a tertiary referral cancer centre and includes all specialties except neurosurgery, transplant, vascular and cardiothoracic surgery. The trust has a primary coronary angioplasty service with the fastest door to needle times in the country as well as the fastest door to needle times for stroke thrombolysis. There is an excellent interventional radiology department staffed by five consultants. We also get excellent support from our microbiology department with daily ward rounds on the ICU.
Anaesthesia section
The successful candidate would join an enthusiastic and friendly anaesthetic department for six months of their placement. They will develop competence in assessing and managing a wide range of elective and emergency theatre cases under appropriate supervision. Surgical specialities delivered at RBH include orthopaedics, general surgery, urology (including robotic cases), ENT, dental, gynaecology and bariatrics. The trainee will have a named educational supervisor to ensure they get the most out of their time with us. The trainee will be encouraged and supported to complete quality improvement projects and will be supported to attend the teaching on offer monthly simulation and weekly teaching sessions.
Research
We have a strong urgent care research team running clinical trials across the ICU, ED and AMU. Dr Walden and Dr Keating run the Urgent Care research team of five research nurses and a research assistant
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
1. MB ChB, MBBS or equivalent MRCPCH or equivalent GMC registration
Desirable
2. Educational diploma or equivalent
Experience
Essential
3. Minimum of 1 years' experience in Paediatric Intensive Care medicine Experience of working in a Paediatric retrieval team
Desirable
4. Provider status in one of the following: ALS, ATLS, or APLS