Clinical Fellow Neurocritical Care ST1+ (MT03)

Clinical Fellow Neurocritical Care ST1+ (MT03) NHS Medical & Dental: Local Appointment nodal point 3 (MT03)

Main area: Critical Care
Grade: NHS Medical & Dental: Local Appointment nodal point 3 (MT03)
Contract: Fixed term: 6 months (due to limited funding)
Hours: Full time - 40 hours per week (out-of-hours detailed in attached Job Description)
Job ref: 309-UCLH-6001

Site: National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery, UCLH
Town: London
Salary: £49,909 per annum + London weighting (see JD for out-of-hours)
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 20/03/:59
Interview date: 04/04/2025

Job overview

Applications are invited for Clinical Fellow posts in Neurocritical Care (Intensive Care) at The National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, for a 6-month period, that can be extended to a year or more. We have ten posts available that will commence 6th August 2025. Interviews will take place early April 2025. The successful applicants will work under consultant supervision at a level best matched to their learning needs and experience.

Applicants must be eligible for full registration with the GMC at time of appointment and hold a current licence to practise. This post is full-time and is covered by the Medical and Dental Staff Terms and Conditions of Service.

Main duties of the job

The posts would be suited to anyone wishing to experience intensive care medicine in a nurturing environment with a view to improving their curriculum vitae with the aim of applying for core training in intensive care medicine, emergency medicine, acute medicine, neurology or neurosurgery. Despite being a neurosciences intensive care unit, many of the principles of intensive care medicine remain the same as for a general ICU. The posts are also suitable for those wanting to further their experience of neurocritical care for specialist training.

Working for our organisation

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.

The successful candidate will
• Share the responsibility for the assessment, resuscitation and treatment of all patients referred to the Critical Care Unit, working as part of a team with the on-call ICU consultant.
• Work alongside our trainees on a full shift rota. This is a full shift rota and the successful candidate will be required to be resident in the hospital during the working hours allocated to them on the rota.
• Share the responsibility for direct clinical supervision and teaching of the trainee staff, nurses and medical students.
• Assist in the provision and development of a safe, effective and efficient critical care service and support the Trust in its aim to provide the best possible care to patients.
• Carry out all duties at the highest possible standard taking responsibility for individual patients in their care.
• Comply with Trust Health and Safety policies and employ the basic principles of infection control practice to maintain a safe and healthy environment for patients, visitors and staff.
• Maintain good electronic clinical records and effective working relationships with medical, nursing and allied healthcare professionals on the critical care team.
• Take an active role in the departmental clinical governance activity.

The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery provides neurological and neurosurgical services on a regional, national and international basis. The neuroscience critical care unit is a 28 bedded unit with approximately 850-950 admissions a year of which 35-40% are planned elective admissions. We provide care for neurology, acute stroke and neurosurgical patients, in one of the largest dedicated neurocritical care facilities in the UK. There is excellent senior support 24/7 for the unit, with two daily ward rounds by ICU consultants and a dedicated anaesthetic registrar to help with airway management, line placement and training, and other out-of-hours intensive care issues. There are opportunities to be involved with teaching, MDT simulation sessions, clinical governance and quality improvement projects to strengthen portfolios for applications for training posts, as well as developing technical skills and competencies in Intensive Care Medicine. The successful applicant will join a team of 17 doctors, including HEE trainees from various specialities (ICM, IMT and neurosurgery), Clinical Fellows (ST1+), CESR ICM fellows and senior neuroanaesthesia fellows (ST5+) as part of an EWTD compliant full shift rota. This post is a remunerated as a locally employed doctor in line with the 2016 terms and conditions of service.

There are weekly MDT neurocritical care meetings to discuss patients with neurologists, neurosurgeons, clinical psychologists and AHP. The monthly M&M meetings include interesting learning cases where decision making, and ethical dilemmas are discussed. There is a formal weekly educational programme, consisting of consultant/senior delivered teaching, journal club, as well as informal bedside teaching, tea trolley teaching, in situ MDT simulation and a CVC simulation course for the junior clinical fellows. Some of the consultants are POCUS accredited and can mentor FUSIC heart, lung and transcranial ultrasound. You will be allocated an Educational Supervisor to enable regular appraisal and support in the development of a learning plan and portfolio.

At UCLH, we have a real 'One Team' ethos, and our values - safety, kindness, teamwork and improving, are central to the way we work. This is supported by our staff, who voted us as the NHS Acute Trust to work for in the whole of England.

At UCLH we take equality of opportunity seriously and are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer, with a culture that creates a real sense of belonging and trust. It is our fundamental aim, to recruit, retain and promote a diverse mix of people who are representative of our local communities. Applications are encouraged from candidates of all backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives to support our world class research, innovation and creativity.

Person specification Knowledge and Qualifications

• Eligible for full registration with the GMC at time of appointment and hold a current licence to practise
• Enthusiasm to become involved in research activity

Experience

• Foundation year 2 competencies OR 2 years' work as a doctor after gaining medical degree.
• At least one post foundation year experience in medicine, EM, anaesthesia or ICM
• Some experience of either NHS intensive care or NHS anaesthetics

Skills and Abilities

• Competent at assessment of the acutely unwell patient.
• Working knowledge of an ITU
• Attendance at ALERT, CCrISP, BASIC, IMPACT courses

This vacancy may close before the current listed closing date. You are advised not to delay submitting your completed application.