Job Description

This role will support the running of both Critical Care units in Gloucestershire Royal and Cheltenham General Hospitals. The post will also support the provision of on call services across both sites.



This role will complement our current junior and middle grade rotas to continue to provide the high level of care for which our units are proud to deliver.



Roles will include the review and management of patients on the Critical Care unit along with review of patients referred to Critical Care.



You will be an integral member of the Adult and Paediatric Cardiac arrest teams as well as the Trauma team.



You will be expected to delivery all procedures required for the management of current inpatients and stabilisation of new admission with the exception of percutaneous tracheostomies.



It is vital that you are able to work within the flat hierarchy we maintain and work with all members of the MDT.



It is hoped that you will also look to support the educational and research programme of the department and you will be supported in these roles



To be eligible to apply for this job you must have minimum of 12 months anaesthetic experience and be able to provide advanced airway maneuvers independently with only remote support available.



You must be proficient at inserting central venous access including dialysis lines.



It is expected that you will have completed a minimum of 12 months of resident Intensive cover.



We expected that all life support courses are up to date.



It is desirable that in addition the applicant has post graduate anesthesia or Intensive care medical qualifications (ie FRCA (Part 1 or higher), FFICM, EDIC etc).



We are a large organisation providing acute services from Gloucestershire Royal Hospital in Gloucester and Cheltenham General Hospital to a population of 652,475 in Gloucestershire as well as caring for patients from surrounding counties and beyond.

Our workforce is almost 8,000 strong and our caring and dedicated staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred, high-quality emergency, elective and specialist care across a range of clinical areas.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision of providing Best Care for Everyone and our success depends on the commitment and dedication of our staff, many of whom are world leaders in healthcare, teaching and research. You could make a real difference to our patients' lives by joining our team.



Critical Care Services lead by Clinical Lead, Simon Webster.

The Critical Care service comprises of 18 other Consultants:

Our Critical Care services are delivered across two unit, one on the Gloucestershire Royal Hospital site and one on the Cheltenham General site.

The two units admit approximately 1,500 patients a year. We support elective surgical services including Upper GI resection work, head and neck cancer services, three counties Gynae-Oncology services, a busy vascular unit. We have a busy medical admissions workload supporting all specialties including interventional cardiology, haematology, oncology, respiratory and renal medicine.

We have the greatest number of paediatric admissions outside of PICU in the South West with between 40 and 50 admissions per year.

We pride ourselves on our MDT approach to patient care and the flat hierarchy within our units. We have the support of an excellent outreach team across both our sites and we work closely together to ensure the best patient care.



Gloucestershire Critical Care department is a dynamic, hard-working unit that delivers excellent outcomes for our patients and is a fantastic place to work, learn and contribute



1. Clinical Responsibilities/Key Responsibilities



a. Provide care to Critical Care patients



b. Reviewing Critical Care referrals from throughout the hospital



c. Support the provision of an on-call rota in a 1:8 frequency



d. Support the MDT on Critical Care



e. Participate in shared decision making for ongoing management of Critical Care patient



2. Professional Development, Education and Training



a. We would hope that you will support the departmental educational program



b. Attendance at teaching when available on duty is expected. This includes



i. Radiology teaching- every Tuesday



ii. Education session- every Friday



iii. Departmental M & M - alternate months



3. Management and Leadership



a. You will be expected to show strong and clear leadership at all times. This will be especially relevant and important when forming part of the out of hours Critical Care team to both the unit and Cardiac arrest teams.



4. Research and Development



a. You will support recruitment into ongoing research projects



b. You are welcome to support the department in its extensive research portfolio including undertaking the role as an Associate PI



5. Communications and Working Relationships



a. High quality, clear and comprehensive communication is expected at all times.



b. You will be expected to regularly communicate with patients and involved them where possible in shared decision making about their ongoing medical management



c. You will be expected to communication with relatives and next of kin in a professional and kind manner at all times but especially around sensitive and upsetting situations



d. You will be expected to communicated effectively with all members of the MDT and other specialties.



6. Clinical Governance



a. The department of Critical Care has robust Clinical governance processes with a monthly CG meeting and two monthly mortality and morbidity review.