Trust Grade SHO in Intensive Care Medicine in Kettering

Kettering Anaesthetic department is looking to appoint a Trust Grade doctor to join our existing team providing junior doctor cover. The job includes a full shift system with resident on-call duty either in the Intensive Care Unit or theatres. There is dedicated 24 hour Consultant cover with immediate day time and distant night time supervision. The post-holder will be part of the in Hospital cardiac arrest and trauma team. The Anaesthetic Department currently has 29 consultants and 10 Associate Specialists, as permanent staff. A total of 11 trainees from CT1 to ST7 grade along with 11 trust grade doctors currently provide the resident on-call cover for theatres and intensive care. Applicants for the post should have completed at least 2 years of anaesthetics training previously.

Main duties of the job include:

• Working on the Intensive Care Unit as part of the wider team, assessing new patients, admitting new patients, initial stabilisation, resuscitation, invasive procedures, ongoing care and discharge planning.
• Attending critically unwell patients at first presentation in the 24 hour Emergency department.
• Supporting our cardiology colleagues with unstable patients in the Cath Lab.
• Supporting the simulation lead to deliver quality clinical simulation sessions to a variety of staff.

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University Hospitals of Northamptonshire (UHN) brings together Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust. As a group, we are committed to improving services for our communities through collaboration, modernising care delivery and striving for excellence. Working together enables us to share expertise, strengthen services and create greater opportunities, and there may be a requirement to work across sites depending on service needs.

Our Excellence Values are Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Integrity and Courage. UHN welcomes applications from all backgrounds and is committed to an inclusive working environment. We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and hold the Gold Award under the Employer Recognition Scheme. Candidates who identify as members of the Armed Forces community and meet the essential criteria will be guaranteed an interview.

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for a full list of all Roles and Responsibilities.

Essential qualifications include:

• Full GMC registration and Licence to practice (or expected at time of appointment).

Desirable qualifications include:

• Primary FRCA or equivalent.
• An interest in clinical simulation and simulation-based education.

Essential knowledge and experience include:

• A minimum of 4 months experience at Foundation Year level in Anaesthetics/ITU.

Desirable knowledge and experience include:

• Current ALS certification.
• APLS/ATLS or equivalent.

Essential skills include:

• Evidence of participation in clinical audit or quality improvement projects.
• Active participation in QI/audit projects.

Desirable skills include:

• Evidence of continuing medical education.

Key competencies/personal qualities and attributes include:

• Good organisational skills.
• Effective communication skills, fluent in verbal and written English.
• Ability to recognise when to ask for help.
• Good team working skills.
• Passionate and committed to bring our Dedicated to Excellence values to life, improving the way we work with each other, particularly focusing on empowerment, equality, diversity and inclusion of our staff, patients and service users.

Desirable competencies include:

• Ability to demonstrate an interest in the specialty of ITU.
• Evidence of engagement in teaching and education.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.