This 12-month fixed-term clinical fellow post, at ST5 to ST8 level, sits in the Paediatric Critical Care unit at the John Radcliffe Hospital, part of Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The post holder reviews critically ill children, carries out the plans set on twice-daily consultant-led ward rounds, and handles admissions, discharges and deteriorating patients on the wards. The full-time role is split between intensive care, the high dependency ward and the Southampton Oxford retrieval team, with structured training. Applicants need a paediatric, anaesthetic, adult intensive care or emergency medicine background.
What the job involves
- Reviewing and monitoring critically ill children in intensive care and high dependency
- Implementing management plans agreed at consultant-led ward rounds
- Admitting and discharging children
- Liaising with specialty teams
- Reviewing and stabilising deteriorating children on the wards
- Attending the Emergency Department for critically ill and injured children
- Taking part in 24-hour retrievals from the Oxford region and neighbouring district general hospitals, jointly with Southampton
- Providing outreach educational activities to district general hospitals
- Completing an agreed project in research, education or quality improvement where clinical duties allow
- Receiving supervised practical training in airway, vascular access, ventilation, neuro intensive care, renal support, brain death criteria, parent communication and transport of sick children
What’s required
Qualifications
- MBBS or equivalent
- EPALS or APLS
Registration & licences
- Full GMC registration
Experience
- A minimum of 4 years' training in paediatrics, anaesthetics or intensive care medicine
- At least one year at registrar level
- Experience of teaching and presenting
- Experience of audit activities
Skills & knowledge
- Good spoken and written English
- Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills
- Organising and prioritising own workload and time
- Prioritising clinical needs
- Excellent leadership skills
- Working under pressure in a multidisciplinary environment
Other
- Adaptable
- Working within multidisciplinary teams
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
