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Job summary

Main area
Critical Care Medicine
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Local Appointment nodal point 4 (MT04)
Contract
Fixed term: 12 months (N/A)
Hours
Full time - 40 hours per week (N/A)
Job ref
387-S9203AFR
Employer
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
General and Cardiac Intensive Care Units – Bristol Royal Infirmary
Town
Bristol
Salary
£65,048 - £73,992 pa pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
11/11/2025 23:59

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Clinical Fellow in Critical Care Medicine

NHS Medical & Dental: Local Appointment nodal point 4 (MT04)

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Job overview

Have you completed core training in ICM, Anaesthesia or another acute speciality? Do you have a passion for delivering high quality care and working in a multiprofessional team? Do you want to gain more experience in Intensive Care in both tertiary referral and DGH settings in the UK?

 

UHBW Critical Care Department is looking to recruit doctors to join our Critical Care team at the equivalent level of an ST3+ trainee. These are full-time roles open to applicants with GMC registration, or senior trainees who would be suitable for Trust-based GMC sponsorship. The posts are based in the adult ICUs of the Bristol Royal Infirmary and Bristol Heart Institute and also working across the DGH ICU on our Weston site, with the opportunity to develop your clinical and leadership skills. The units provide a wide range of different services and experiences across our two hospitals. You will work in a multiprofessional team alongside other doctors to provide care to our patients on a full-shift rota pattern.

Main duties of the job

In addition to the clinical experience and training available there are opportunities to develop projects in numerous areas, including echocardiography and POCUS, Digital Technologies and IT, Tracheostomy and Advanced Airway Skills, Clinical Research, Quality Improvement and Management and Leadership. Our Bristol site has recently been selected as a nationally-funded Severe Acute Respiratory Failure and ECMO centre, and this service has been live since November 2022. 20% of the role is non-clinical and this will allow time for a project to be developed with the support and mentorship of members of the Consultant group. Travel expenses will be available for travel to the Weston site and the Trust has a programme to support International Medical Graduates coming to work in the NHS. We cannot offer relocation expenses for this role.

 

We are looking for hard-working, self-motivated and organised doctors who want to increase their experience in a range of ICU environments while developing their own career. You will need to be able to work on our ST3+ rota and have full GMC registration (we can also consider GMC Sponsorship in selected cases).

Working for our organisation

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward- thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more information, please contact Dr Dan Freshwater-Turner (ICM Consultant and recruitment lead). [email protected]

Person specification

Knowledge and Experience

Essential criteria
  • Previous experience in Critical Care Medicine equivalent to completion of core training
  • Able to assess, resuscitate and stabilise acutely sick patients
  • Able to participate as key member of cardiac arrest team
  • Demonstrates good clinical judgement
  • Understands audit and governance processes
Desirable criteria
  • Completed specialist skills courses (e.g. difficult airways, ATLS/APLS, ultrasound course,
  • Designed and / or completed audits

Skills and Abilities

Essential criteria
  • Advanced airway skills including ability to intubate critically ill patient with distant supervision
  • Ability to site invasive lines (e.g. arterial, central venous, vascath) with distant supervision
  • Ability to organise and prioritise workload
  • Good communication skills
  • Honesty and reliability
  • Ability to work effectively within a team
  • Flexibility
  • Inquiring and critical approach to work
  • Demonstrates initiative
  • Appropriately assertive
Desirable criteria
  • Ability to take on administrative roles within the Department
  • A willingness to undertake additional clinical duties when necessary, including cover for colleagues on leave

Qualifications and Training

Essential criteria
  • Registered with General Medical Council (UK) with a License to Practice
  • Completed core training in ICM or anaesthesia or equivalent
  • Possession of RCoA Certificate of Initial Assessment of Competence or equivalent
  • Advanced Life Support provider
Desirable criteria
  • FFICM/FRCA/MRCP/MRCS (Part 1) or equivalent
  • Other membership, fellowship or diplomas
  • Previous experience of working in critical care in the British Healthcare system (not observing)

Additional and Aptitudes

Essential criteria
  • Supportive
  • Respectful
  • Innovative
  • Collaborative

Other

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of entitlement to live and work in the UK

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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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Dan Freshwater-Turner
Job title
Consultant Anaesthesia ITU
Email address
[email protected]
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