Consultant Adult Critical Care Transfer Service (ACCTS) Cymru in Bangor

Bangor Full-Time On-site

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Caring for each other - in every human contact in all of our communities and each of our hospitals.
Working together- as patients, families, carers, staff and communities so that we always put patients first
Always improving - so that we are at our best for every patient and for each other.

Job overview

Join a dynamic and forward-thinking team that combines cutting-edge transfer and retrieval medicine with critical care and anaesthesia.

This exciting role is perfect for doctors, offering a unique opportunity to work at the forefront of critical care transfers in Wales.

Each year, approximately 800 critical care transfers (Level 2 and Level 3) are undertaken across Wales. In response to the growing demand for critical care and the regionalisation of specialist services, the Welsh Government launched the Adult Critical Care Transfer Service (ACCTS) Cymru in 2020. As networks continue to develop and evolve, the number of transfers is set to rise, reflecting the increasing need for this essential service.

ACCTS Cymru is a road-based service, deploying with state-of-the-art critical care transfer vehicles and equipment. Every mission is supported by a highly skilled team, including a critical care transfer physician, a support worker, and a retrieval and transfer practitioner. These practitioners bring diverse expertise, with backgrounds in critical care nursing all with extensive intensive care experience and specialised training in inter-facility critical care transfer.

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The Critical Care Transfer Physician has an advanced level of relevant knowledge and skills in order to support the assessment, care and management of critically ill or unwell patients.

Successful candidates will be deployed within this role as part of a multidisciplinary team configuration: predominantly by road, but also on occasion by air. Therefore, the role requires the practitioner to be able to operate comfortably and effectively in these environments and undergo further training applicable to these aspects of the role including:

Timely response to transfer requests from the critical care network made via the EMRTS Critical Care Hub (ECCH) and/or the duty transfer coordinator.

Participate in multidisciplinary handover in the referring unit, taking responsibility for the patients ongoing nursing care needs throughout the transfer

Provide and/or support appropriate assessment, stabilisation and clinical intervention in the referring hospital as part of the Critical Care transfer team, prior to transfer, in line with the Critical Care clinical and equipment standard operating procedures.

Working closely with the duty co-ordinator and practitioner in planning and executing the safe and efficient transfer of critically ill patients that meet the Service criteria for dispatch

Coordinated activity in line with the Adult Critical Care Transfer Service standard clinical and operational operating procedures

Working for our organisation

Swansea Bay University Health Board has responsibility for the health of around 390,000 people in the Neath Port Talbot and Swansea areas, with a budget of around £1 billion and employing 12,500 people. We are a University Health Board working in partnership with Swansea University, Swansea School of Medicine, the School of Health Science and the Institute of Life Science. The HB has three major hospitals providing a range of services: Morriston and Singleton hospitals in Swansea and Neath Port Talbot hospital in Baglan, Port Talbot.

The Health Board is part of A Regional Collaboration for Health (ARCH), which is a partnership with Hywel Dda UHB and Swansea University. Aimed at improving the wellbeing and wealth of South West Wales.

Swansea is Wales' second-largest city, and sits on the five-mile sweep of Swansea Bay. An ideal base for exploring South-West Wales, there is also much on offer for visitors in Swansea itself. Swansea has a range of shops, cozy cafes, great restaurants, art galleries as well as being able to offer good outdoor lifestyle with its beautiful coastline and beaches on the Gower Peninsula. Swansea also has excellent sporting facilities including the Wales National pool and liberty stadium home to the Ospreys and Swansea City football club.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more details in relation to this post, please click on the supporting documents section to find the full job description and person specification. These are available bilingually, in both English and Welsh.

Selection for this rewarding role is demanding and consists of several clinical scenario assessments as well as group work and a formal interview.

Swansea Bay University Health Board is committed to supporting its staff and processes to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing service users experience. In our commitment to increase the number of staff able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we would particularly welcome applications from Welsh speakers.

Equality remains at the centre of the Health Boards policy-making, service delivery and employment practices. We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race, religion, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and applications are welcomed from persons with disabilities. A disability will not prejudice your application. If you are unable to submit your application in the requested format because of a disability please contact the Recruitment Team, who will agree a more suitable way for you to apply. All disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria listed in the Person Specification will be invited to interview.