Description
Applications are invited for Senior Clinical Fellow posts in Neurocritical Care (Intensive Care) at The National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, for a 6-month period, that can be extended to a year or more, subject to satisfactory appraisal.
The posts are also suitable for those wanting to further their experience of neurocritical care for specialist training and are also suitable for CESR equivalence in neurocritical care and higher general intensive care medicine.
The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery provides neurological and neurosurgical services on a regional, national and international basis. The neuroscience critical care unit is a 28 bedded unit with approximately 850-950 admissions a year of which 35-40% are planned elective admissions.
The successful applicant will:
- Share the responsibility for the assessment, resuscitation and treatment of all patients referred to the Critical Care Unit, working as part of a team with the on-call ICU consultant.
- Work alongside our trainees on a full shift rota.
- Share the responsibility for direct clinical supervision and teaching of the trainee staff, nurses and medical students.
- Assist in the provision and development of a safe, effective and efficient critical care service and support the Trust in its aim to provide the best possible care to patients.
- Carry out all duties at the highest possible standard taking responsibility for individual patients in their care.
- Comply with Trust Health and Safety policies and employ the basic principles of infection control practice to maintain a safe and healthy environment for patients, visitors and staff.
- Maintain good electronic clinical records and effective working relationships with medical, nursing and allied healthcare professionals on the critical care team.
- Take an active role in the departmental clinical governance activity.
Applicants must be eligible for full registration with the GMC at time of appointment and hold a current licence to practise. Non-UK trained doctors must be on the GMC register by date of appointment having completed both PLAB1 and PLAB2.
The salary for this position is £67,325 a year per annum + London Weighting.