Senior Clinical Fellow in Critical Care and Medicine

Applications are invited for a Senior Clinical Fellow in Critical Care and Medicine at the Whittington Hospital NHS Trust, to start on 6th August. This post is for 6 months, but can be longer by mutual agreement, andis suited to applicantsundertaking their alternative pathway qualification in critical care where the medicinecomponent is required. Duties involve day-to-day management of patients on our 11 bedded adult Critical Care Unit with about 700 admissions a year, as well as supporting the Critical Care Outreach service, on a full shift rota. The Unit is fully covered by Consultant Intensivists in a dedicated rota. There is a weekly ITU teaching program, weekly anaesthetic teaching sessions and many other training opportunities are available within the Trust. The Whittington Hospital is a busy, friendly teaching hospital situated in North Central London. The Emergency Department sees 85,000 new patients per year who come from diverse backgrounds with a broad range of clinical problems. Please note, this post may close early if sufficient applications are received.

Assessment & clinical management of critically ill patients both within the ICU and across the wider hospital who are referred for assessment, admission and on-going care. This includes prompt review of referrals from ED or the ward teams at night as the Critical Care Outreach nurse service only operates 8am-8pm 7 days a week