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Applications are invited for Clinical Fellow Higher (ST3-5/ST6+) in Intensive Care Medicine at Addenbrooke’s Hospital. Posts are available in both the John Farman ICU and the Neurocritical Care Unit (NCCU) starting from the 07 August 2024 for a period of six to twelve months, though other dates and contract lengths may be considered.
These posts are particularly suitable for candidates considering out of programme experience from their base specialty at intermediate, or advanced level of ICM training, or those requiring additional post-CCT experience in a major teaching hospital. Trainees from a Medicine, Anaesthesia, Emergency Medicine or Surgery background are all equally welcome.
Main duties of the job
The John Farman ICU at Addenbrooke's Hospital is a 32 bed mixed level 2/3 ICU, with excellent multidisciplinary working. The unit admits over 1500 patients annually including 100 liver transplants per year. We provide Critical Care services for all specialties except neuro-intensive care, major trauma and cardio-thoracics. The Intensive Care team is also responsible for the Rapid Response Team which cares for deteriorating patients throughout the hospital; ICU middle grade doctors rotate through the RRT rota. Every trainee is allocated an educational supervisor and there is an on-going educational program.
NCCU cares for patients with traumatic brain injury, subarachnoid haemorrhage, ischemic stroke, complex multi-system trauma, and medical neurological diseases. We are closely linked with the University Department of Anaesthesia, the Wolfson Brain Imaging Centre, the East of England Major Trauma Centre, and clinical and research groups within Neurosciences, Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, and many other groups in Cambridge. NCCU currently comprises 27 beds with surge capacity for 31 and admits around 1200 patients per year, and provides specialist neuro critical care and general intensive care facilities for trauma, neurology, stroke, and neurosurgical services.
Please note that these posts do not carry Postgraduate Dean’s approval or training recognition.
Full Registration and a Licence to Practice with the General Medical Council at time of commencement is required.
Working for our 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). Non-UK applicants must possess the IELTS/OET exam before obtaining a GMC licence to practice.
Applications from job seekers who require skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information please visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.
It is a requirement for skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) will also be subject to this requirement.
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
These fellowships rotate between two prestigious tertiary adult ICUs at Addenbrooke’s Hospital: the NeuroCritical Care Unit (NCCU) and the John Farman ICU. NCCU specialises in the management of patients with polytrauma, neurology and neurosurgery. The John Farman is the regional ICU for transplant and hepatology, in addition to providing tertiary services for other medical and surgical specialities.
As well as an amazing clinical experience, opportunities exist for training/experience in other areas of interest such as management, echocardiography, bronchoscopy and education. The Intensive Care Unit is involved in a number of multi-centre research studies, as well as its own program of research, and trainees are welcome to contribute to this work.
Please refer to the Job description and Person specification attached for further details on the main responsibilities and duties for this post.
Person specification
Shortlistable
Essential criteria
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
