Senior Clinical Fellow in PCC Medicine & Retrieval Medicine

This post would be suitable for an enthusiastic candidate from a Paediatric or Anaesthetic, Adult Intensive Care and Emergency medicine background interested in training in Paediatric Intensive Care according to the standards of the Intercollegiate Training Committee in Paediatric Intensive Care Medicine (ICTPICM). The appointee will work full time within Critical Care Services at the JRH. The main duties would be spread between the SORT retrieval service, the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit and the High Dependency service. Our Intensive Care fellows are under the supervision of a team of consultants in Paediatric Critical Care. It is expected that a successful applicant will take part in an agreed project such as outreach education, research or quality improvement. Applications from candidates with an academic interest are encouraged and, if successful, there would be opportunities to adapt the basic job plan accordingly. All posts will involve 12 months between the OUH PCC and Southampton Oxford Retrieval Team (SORT- Oxford branch). If you have specific training requirements, we are happy to consider you for an individualized and tailored rotation.. Applicants must be registered with the General Medical Council and be in their ST5-ST8 year of training in Adult intensive care Medicine / Anaesthetics / Paediatrics, Duration: 12 months with the first 8 /9 months spent at OUH PCC and 3 / 4 months with CATS. This post offers a structured training in Paediatric Critical Care and Retrieval Medicine. It is aimed at senior trainees in Paediatricians, Intensive Care Medicine and Anaesthetics who wish to improve their skills in assessment, stabilisation and management of the critically ill child. Supervised practical instruction will be given in:

• Airway skills: Basic & Advanced
• Vascular access: Central venous & arterial
• CVP, Arterial, and Intracranial pressure access and interpretation
• Cerebral function analysis monitoring
• Ventilation - standard techniques, BIPAP pressure and volume controlled modes, pressure release ventilation, high frequency oscillation and Non-invasive techniques.
• Neuro intensive care
• Advanced renal support
• Application of Brain Death Criteria
• Talking to Parents in Critical situations
• Stabilisation and Transport of sick infants and children
  
  Full GMC Registration
• MBBS or equivalent
• A minimum of 4 years training in paediatrics / anaesthetics / ICM
Desirable criteria
• Higher medical degree
• FRCA or MRCPCH or equivalent, A minimum of one year at a registrar level
• Experience of teaching and presenting
• Experience of audit activities
Desirable criteria
• Previous paediatric intensive care & critical care transport experience, Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to organise and prioritise own workload
• Ability to prioritise clinical needs
• Excellent leadership skills.
• Evidence of ability to lead a clinical team.
• Ability to work under pressure in a multi-disciplinary environment, Adaptable
• Able to prioritise and manage time effectively
• Willingness to work flexibly when required
• Good organisational skills
• Able to work under pressure
• Able to work to deadlines, You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
  
  The Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton Hospital in Banbury. Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel. Many of our recruitment programmes use values-based interviewing to identify those who have the skills we seek, who share our values and who are able to deliver compassionate excellence from the outset. We know that this makes a significance difference to your job satisfaction and above all the outcomes and experience of our patients and their families.