ACCOTS Duty Consultant

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

Castle Donington

Salary

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Training post

Trust type

Teaching

Posted

5 days ago

About the role

The Adult Critical Care Co-ordination and Transfer service (ACCOTS) is the dedicated, commissioned Adult Critical Care Transfer service for the Midlands Region. We are hosted by two acute Trusts (University Hospital of Leicester within the East Midlands and University Hospitals of Birmingham within the West Midlands). ACCOTS provide consultant led triage, decision support and co-ordination of all referrals and patients who require or are likely to require specialist critical care escort, intensive monitoring, organ support and/or specialist treatment are within our scope. We undertake transfers for escalation of care (including time critical and urgent), repatriation, continuation of care and capacity reasons. Our Mission statement is "To deliver the highest standards of compassionate critical care to patients undergoing transfer within and from the Midlands Region". We pride ourselves on being responsive and caring whilst delivering high standards as well as looking after our people. This is an exciting opportunity to join our enthusiastic, high performing and friendly team within ACCOTS at our East Midlands Base situated in Castle Donington. We are looking to build a substantive medical team of consultants with a minimum 2.0 PA contract (in extenuating circumstances, we may be able to consider less).SPA will be paid pro-rata.

Person specification

Essential

Full GMC registration with license to practise.
Specialist register entry in a relevant specialty (Intensive Care Medicine, Anaesthesia).
oDemonstrable training, competency and currency (ongoing regular exposure) to the delivery of in-hospital critical care.
Compliance with GMC Good Medical Practice, appraisal and revalidation requirements.
NHS Consultant (or equivalent).
Experience in Intensive Care Medicine or Anaesthesia with an interest in Intensive Care Medicine
Extensive experience within Intensive Care Medicine or Anaesthesia of independently assessing, resuscitating, stabilising and treating critically ill and injured adult patients (synonymous with Level 4 capability of the FICM curriculum and Stage 3 learning outcomes for Intensive Care within the RCoA curriculum).
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Excellent non-technical skills.
Able to demonstrate effective leadership of, and working within, a high performing small team.
Flexible and adaptable to changing situations
Able to work under pressure and in emotive situations
Excellent problem-solving and decision-making skills
Ability to work unsupervised and manage own workload
Effective time management and organisational skills.
Fitness levels sufficient to carry out critical care transfer work (e.g. delivering clinical care to the patient on a critical care transfer trolley, carrying equipment short to medium distances, manual handling of patients).
oBe comfortable working in the ambulance environment which includes confined space and motion.

Desirable

Higher qualification in retrieval/transfer medicine (e.g. Diploma in Retrieval and Transfer Medicine or international equivalent).
Formal training or postgraduate qualification in leadership and management
Relevant specialist courses (e.g. Advanced Life Support, European Trauma Course, point of care ultrasound, difficult airway management).
Previous critical care transfer and/or retrieval medicine experience in a dedicated service (e.g. another ACCTS, retrieval service in Australasia, long-distance aeromedical retrieval service).
Clinical leadership and management experience
Evidence of specific training in non-technical skills
Evidence of specific training in advanced communication