Job overview
Applications are invited for the role of Locum Clinical Fellow Higher (ST6+) / Senior for the Adult Critical Care Transfer Service (East of England) with Anaesthesia (Cambridge University Hospitals), to provide at least 2 duty shifts per month.
The East of England Adult Critical Care Transfer Service is recruiting locum Clinical Fellow Higher (ST6+) / Senior Doctors, partnering with a Transfer Practitioner (Critical Care Nurse / ODP) and a dedicated ambulance and driver to undertake duty shifts. Following initial induction, training and sign-off period with direct consultant supervision, Fellows will undertake ongoing clinical shifts with remote supervision from Duty Consultants. These are ad hoc locum duties, but in order to maintain currency at least 2 shifts per month will be required.
Main duties of the job
The locum Clinical Fellow Higher (ST6+) / Senior role has been developed for anaesthetists and intensivists who have independent experience in anaesthesia or ICM specialist training programme. Transfer medicine offers a unique opportunity to apply anaesthetic, emergency medicine and intensive care skills in the care of the critically unwell patient in a remote but supported environment. They should ideally have at least 5 years’ experience in anaesthesia and ICM, with some time spent in the UK or equivalent system.
Please note that these posts donotcarry Postgraduate Dean’s approval or training recognition.
Please also note that work for this role will be via the CUH Medical Locum Bank. This provides an agreement that is not a contract of employment and does not confer any employment rights on you (other than those to which workers are entitled). This means that the Trust is under no obligation to offer you any work and equally, you are under no obligation to accept any work that the Trust may offer you. As such, we are unable to sponsor any skilled worker visas for this role.
Full Registration and a Licence to Practice with the General Medical Council at time of application is required.
Working for your organisation
The applicant must have demonstrable skills in listening, reading, writing and speaking in English that enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues, as set out in the GMC’s Good Medical Practice (2013).
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Clinical
• To provide an expert critical care transfer service for patients throughout the region in need of in-transit critical care support
• To provide high-quality, safe clinical care in accordance with GMC guidelines • To co-operate with other departments and agencies to meet the objectives of Transfer
• To work flexibly within a nominally fixed timetable
Organisational
• To supervise and support allied health professionals
• To ensure personal knowledge of, and compliance with the Service’s and Host Trust’s policies
We pride ourselves on the teamwork, energy and commitment of our excellent staff – they are our most important assets. Recognising this, we have taken a positive approach to supporting them in their work through schemes to help work-life balance, improvements in the working environment and initiatives to make it easier for staff to explore new career opportunities and to develop professionally and personally.
Please refer to the Job description and Person specification attached for further details on the main responsibilities and duties for this role.
For further details / informal visits contact:
Dr Anne Booth, Clinical Director for East of England (ACCT) (Anne.Booth2@nhs.net)
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