Job summary
- Main area
- ICM
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Trainee (ST6-8)
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week (nights weekends)
- Job ref
- 193-MS1498UCG
- Employer
- Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Berkshire Hospital
- Town
- Reading
- Salary
- £63,152 pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 08/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Critical Care Echocardiography Fellow
NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Trainee (ST6-8)
Royal Berkshire Hospital are pleased to announce that following our CQC inspection we have been rated ‘Good’ with inspectors reporting that we have made significant improvements. The Trust’s overall rating has also improved to ‘good’. This is a great opportunity to join our clinical or non-clinical teams to create a positive and motivating environment within our trust. Come and join our team in this exciting time of change as we pride ourselves, our staff and our services on excellence.
At the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust we put our patients at the heart of every element of health and care that we provide. The Trust works together as a community to deliver its vision which is “Working together to provide outstanding care for our community.”
We are Compassionate in our thoughts, words and actions
We are Aspirational and have a true desire to be dynamic and to innovate
We are Resourceful and responsible in the way we work and live
We are Excellent in our development, fairness and sharing best practice
Amazing things happen at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust; delivered by amazing people so why don’t you come and join us. We offer a range of learning and development for all employees may you be clinical or non-clinical.
Job overview
This 6 to 12 month post offers candidates the opportunity to gain experience in Intensive Care Medicine in a busy district general hospital whilst training in critical care echo gaining competency in Focused Intensive Care Echocardiography (FICE) and BSE level 1 echocardiography. There may also be opportunity to develop point of care US skills.
This job would be ideally suited to individuals who are committed to a career in Intensive Care Medicine (ICM) whether accrediting singly or with another specialty. Some experience in ICM is strongly desirable (for example a stage 2 ICM trainee looking to complete an out-of-programme year or special studies module.)
Main duties of the job
The clinical training programme is outcome-based and follows the curriculum developed by the Faculty of Intensive care medicine (FICM). This is described in detail on the FICM’s documents on training and assessment (http://www.ficm.ac.uk). The echocardiography competencies are based on the Intensive Care Society’s recommendations.
www.ics.ac.uk/ics-homepage/.../focused-intensive-care-echo-fice/; http://www.ics.ac.uk/ics-homepage/accreditation-modules/cusic-accreditation/)
Clinical and Educational supervision will be provided by Dr Jodie Smythe, clinical lead for ICM and also level 2 BSE qualified. Within the ICU consultant body we also have a range of FICE mentors and an evolving POCUS group centred around Dr Andrew Walden who has an interest in point of care US and runs regular training courses.
Working for our organisation
The prospective candidate would work 70% of their time on the ICM rota and 30% of their time training in Ultrasound and Echocardiography. The candidate would accredit in FICE and CUSIC and would have the opportunity to develop other more advanced Echocardiography and Ultrasound skills. Specifically the option of working towards the full British Society of Echocardiography (BSE) echo accreditation could be facilitated. There is also the option of gaining competence in venous sonography and abdominal ultrasound scanning. We have developed collaborations in ultrasound research with Dr Kirk-Bailey at the University of Surrey (pleural effusions in critical care PECC study) and Professor Tim Harris at Bart’s and the London (barriers to implementation of lung ultrasound amongst trainees)
Intensive Care Medicine at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We are able to provide advanced respiratory, cardiovascular and renal support to all our patients. We have a national reputation for percutaneous tracheostomy insertion (and are able to train in this domain); renal replacement techniques; bronchoscopy and mechanical ventilation. There is a 24 hour Critical Care Outreach Service and weekly ‘recovery after critical care’ clinic. Exposure to standardisation and processes of care will be encouraged. We have an advanced nurse practitioner training programme, which started in September 2017 and currently train 4 trainee advanced critical care practitioners.
We are a recognised regional centre for training in ultrasound and echocardiography. We have close links with the cardiology department and Dr Elkington, consultant cardiologist is one of our local BSE supervisors. Our department have trained a large cohort of trainees to complete FICE. Dr Walden helped develop the CUSIC competencies for the Intensive Care Society and chairs the Focused Acute Medicine Ultrasound (FAMUS) group. Both FICE and CUSIC courses are run three times a year in the trust education centre or local venues and are attended by delegates from around the country with excellent feedback
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- MB ChB, MBBS or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- MCEM / MRCP / FRCA / FICM or equivalent
Experience
Essential criteria
- Provider status in one of the following: ALS, ATLS, or APLS
Desirable criteria
- Post registration experience of working in other specialties relevant to intensive care medicine
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Jonathan Hughes
- Job title
- ICM Consultant Clinical Tutor
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Dr Mike Raffles
Consultant ICM
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