Junior Fellow in Surgical Critical Care | University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 20 May 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £43,923 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 19 June 2024 |
| Location: | Southampton, SO16 6YD |
| Company: | University Hospital Southampton NHS FT |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6324718/188-MT1184 |
Summary
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.
Please see below for detailed job description of the role.
Our Critical Care team at University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust have a new post opening and available to you to apply. Join our surgical critical care team and gain exposure in surgical critical care, perioperative medicine, and general intensive care at a busy teaching hospital as a Junior Fellow.
We are looking for enthusiastic applicants with anaesthetic, surgical, medical, or emergency medicine backgrounds. But no previous experience in critical care required. The posts are for 6 months initially, extendable to 1 year.
The post will provide experience in a busy surgical high dependency unit and exposure to general multi-disciplinary intensive care. Exposure to a perioperative medicine and prehabilitation service is also available.
To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents attached.
WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU
As one of the largest acute teaching Trusts in England, we offer learning and development opportunities to help you achieve the career you aspire to. UHS is rated ‘Good’ by the CQC and in the latest national NHS Staff Survey, we were in the top 10 acute trusts for staff engagement and for staff recommending the hospital as a place to work or receive care.
We support flexible working and will consider requests considering the needs of the service. UHS employees can access a range of NHS discounts, are entitled to a minimum of 28 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme.
Southampton is an attractive place to live and work situated on the south coast, with an international airport and direct trains to London. The New Forest National Park and beaches of the Jurassic coast are also right on our doorstep. The city offers living costs 20% lower than London and 14 schools rated outstanding by Ofsted.
YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
WHAT YOU’LL DO
The post will provide training and experience in all aspects of post-operative critical care in a large multidisciplinary unit admitting approximately 1500 patients per year. You will primarily be responsible for the management of post operative surgical patients in the surgical critical care unit but will also have shifts in the general intensive care unit allowing exposure to general intensive care, trauma, and surgical intensive care. You will also have exposure to perioperative medicine, cardiopulmonary exercise testing for risk stratification, shared decision-making high-risk clinics and a prehabilitation service. There are opportunities for research projects with the well-known perioperative critical care research group and for quality improvement projects.
WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR
This post is intended for Junior Fellows who wish to gain experience in the management of Level 2 patients in an
Post-operative Critical Care Unit. Preference will be given to those who have previous experience in Intensive Care Medicine and Anaesthesia.
Salary: MT03: 343,923
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Interviews will be held onThursday, 20 June 2024
Should you have any queries, please use the contact details below to get in touch.
This advert closes on Monday 10 Jun 2024