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Critical Care Clinical Fellow London London- 33 GP (HOSP) - 40 hours Critical Care and Anaesthesia-Cleveland Clinic London UK0219 This is a Critical Care Clinical Fellow position responsible for managing critically ill patients in the medical, neurological and cardiothoracic intensive care unit. A suitable candidate should be proficient in advanced airway management, leading an adult cardiac arrest team (CALS), vascular line placements, nasogastric tube insertion, and invasive monitoring. Other more specialised skills are desirable, including intracranial pressure monitoring, management of renal failure & replacement and use of cardiac pacing systems. An ideal candidate would be a Specialist Registrar (ST4 and above) and holds relevant certifications such as Primary FRCA and/or FFICM or equivalent. Successful clinical fellows will work alongside leading London consultants to provide care for patients in ICU. Fellows are expected to be integral members of the team in delivering high quality care. The medical, educational and advanced digital training opportunities will provide skill and knowledge basis that can be taken back to their career development in the NHS with shared expertise transforming healthcare across all sectors.

• Working collaboratively with specialist consultants and nursing professionals to ensure that patients’ treatment and care needs are met
• Being a part of the rolling rota covering a 24-7 acute service under the supervision of consultants in critical care medicine
• Managing Critical Care patients including those with multi organ failure, requiring cardiopulmonary support including intubation, ventilation and management of arrhythmias.
• Leading and assisting with new admissions and inpatient consultations, including morning and evening multidisciplinary ward rounds
• Proactively identifying patients who qualify for early mobilisation, are at risk for decline or may have a longer length of stay

• Participating in the regular in-house learning sessions and other educational activities as well as taking up educational responsibilities
• Adhering to the best practice guidelines, clinical audits, and governance
• Active involvement in clinical governance meetings, including but not limited to mortality review, safety event reporting, peer review, and other relevant activities.
• Continual commitment, and participation in mandatory trainings, including Epic electronic medical record system
• If interested, participating in professional development opportunities such as medical management & leadership, education & simulation or academic research programmes within CCL or the main campus in Cleveland, US. A tailored visit to main campus in Ohio will be available to all Fellows appointed to these roles

• MBBS or equivalent
• Primary FRCA

• Current UK visa or permission to work
• FRCA or/and FFICM or equivalent (desirable)
• Intercalated BSc, BA, BMedSci or equivalent (desirable)
• Higher degrees including MSc, PhD or MD (where research thesis not part of first medical degree) (desirable)
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• Primary FRCA and/or FFICM or equivalent

• Management of the post cardiac surgical critical care patient
• Ability to organise and prioritise complex demands
• Effective communication skills
• Competent in airway management including endotracheal intubation and the management of airway emergencies
• Competent in leading an adult cardiac arrest team (CALS),
• Competent in the insertion of arterial and central venous lines and nasogastric tubes
• Competent in the management and transport of the ventilated patient
• Competent in the initial management of the unstable critically ill patient IT skills using electronic patient care systems (desirable)
• Evidence of working in a multi-disciplinary team (desirable)
• Insertion and interpretation of PA catheters (desirable)
• Management of the patient with a tracheostomy(desirable)
• Planning and implementing quality improvement projects and quality improvement research(desirable)

• ST4 level or equivalent and above
• Perioperative patient management experience to include cardiac, neuro and GI surgery patients
• Minimum of 1 year training and working in a critical care unit under supervision
• ST6 level and above with experience of leading the unit out of hours and managing patients following cardiothoracic surgery and neurosurgery (desirable)
• Experience in the management of external cardiac pacing, invasive monitoring, tracheostomy, intracranial pressure monitoring, renal failure & replacement and spinal drains (desirable)
• Experience in ECMO, TTE, TOE (desirable)
• Management of the long term critically ill rehabilitation patient (desirable)

• Commitment to good team working and relationships
• Good leadership skills
• Demonstrates probity (displays honesty, integrity, aware of ethical dilemmas, respects confidentiality)
• Enthusiasm and ability to work under pressure
• Demonstrates empathy and understanding
• Supportive and caring attitude to patients and colleagues
• Evidence of achievement outside medicine (desirable)
• Evidence of altruistic behaviour, e.g. voluntary work (desirable)
• Evidence of involvement in management commensurate with experience (desirable)
• Evidence of training in appraisal skills (desirable)