Clinical Fellow in Retrieval Medicine with London ACCESS (Adult Critical Care Emergency Support Service)

The role is initially for 6 months, 3 months as a Transfer Doctor in ACCESS and 3 months in ICU, with the view of extending to 12 months by mutual agreement.
ACCESS is the London regional adult critical care transfer service committed to ensuring the
secure, reliable, compassionate, and proficient transfer of critically ill patients throughout the
capital., Join the dedicated, multi-disciplinary transfer team as the transfer doctor to complete clinical, capacity and repatriation moves for critically unwell patients.
Take clinical leadership of the team and undertake safe inter-hospital transfers with distant supervision (after an appropriate period of supervision and sign-off)
Ensure thorough and accurate record keeping during transfers
Perform effective clinical handover when handing over to receiving team
Carry out appropriate equipment checks at the beginning and end of the day
Attend daily pan-London briefings
Carry out clinical transfers to the level appropriate to training
Proactively engage in education, governance and QI activities on project days
Have an active role in service development and training

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
Barts Health supports the Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage., Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment., The directorate of Critical Care, Outreach and Resuscitation sits within the division of Surgery, Cancer and Cardiovascular sciences. The directorate manages 3 critical care units
on 3 sites (Charing Cross Hospital currently 24 beds, St Mary's Hospital 16 beds, Hammersmith Hospital GICU 16 beds). The 3 units have a close working relationship and together provide critical care services to support local tertiary level specialist centres as well as providing general critical care services to the local populations. The throughput between all units is more than 3000 admissions per year. The facilities at all 3 sites are very modern. All beds are fully equipped with standardized modular monitoring and with information technology allowing access to pathology and radiology results and patient documentation.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect. We aim to create an equitable working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential.
Our people strategy for 2019-2022 sets out our priorities and an action plan to meet our ambition. In this strategy, we set out the deal we are offering to you in return for living and breathing our values so that they shape everything that you do every single day.
As an Equal Opportunities Employer we actively support applications from individuals' who apply under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme and will process your application as appropriate.
We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications has been received and we regret that we are unable to provide notification if your application is unsuccessful.
After applying via NHS Jobs, your submitted application will be imported into our preferred Third party recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs.
By applying for this post you are agreeing to Barts Heath NHS Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.
Barts Health is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and to child protection. The Trust aims to ensure as far as is possible that anyone, paid or unpaid, who seeks to work in our organisation and who gains access to children, is safe to do so. As such, you may be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Check as part of the recruitment process if appointed to a post with direct access to children or vulnerable adults.

London ACCESS operates 24 hours a day 7 days a week. The shift patterns are 0800 - 2000, 1000 - 2200 and 21:00 - 09:00 across the various sites. A typical week would consist of 3 clinical shifts and one day for project work on a bespoke rota pattern to ensure you can use your time most effectively.
ICU Shifts vary in length from 8 to 13 hours. The work pattern amounts to an average of less than 48 hours per week (including weekends) for all grades. We run a full 7 day service.