F3 Junior Clinical Fellowship in Neuro Critical Care

Employer: The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust
Responsible to: Clinical Director, Neuroanaesthsia & Neuro Critical Care, The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust.
The post is being advertised as Full time. Less than full time (LTFT) applications will be considered but it will require proportionate amount of Out Of Hours shifts. The successful candidate will be based on the neuro-intensive care. They will be expected to provide resident cover during working hours and out of hours.
Duties of the post
A. To provide cover for Neuro-intensive Care
B. To participate in medical audit including attendance at the departmental audit meetings held once a month
C. Opportunities to deliver teaching to undergraduate medical students
D. Opportunities to contribute to ongoing research projects

The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust is the only NHS trust to hold dual accreditation for the Investors in People. We invest in people and we invest in wellbeing standards and have been awarded Gold status for both. The Walton Centre is a leader in the treatment and care of neurology and neurosurgery, placing the patient and their family at the heart of everything we do. As the only specialist hospital trust in the UK dedicated to providing comprehensive neurology, neurosurgery, spinal and pain management services we are proud to be rated as an Outstanding Trust by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), and champion change throughout the field of neuroscience. Originally formed in 1992, the Trust received Foundation Trust status in 2009.
With around 1,450 staff, The Walton Centre treats more than 127,000 outpatients and 18,000 inpatients each year. We have leading specialists and incredibly dedicated staff delivering excellent clinical outcomes for brain, spinal and neurological care nationally and internationally. Teams across our site in Fazakerley, Liverpool, offer a world-class service in diagnosing and treating injuries and illnesses affecting the brain, spine and peripheral nerves and muscles, and in supporting people suffering from a wide range of long-term neurological conditions.

Applications are invited for a Trust F3 Junior Clinical Fellowship in Neuro Critical Care at The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool. This is a Fixed Term Post for 12 months to cover maternity leave on the non-airway skilled rota tier within the Neuro Critical Care Unit.
The posts involves daytime & Out of Hours (OOH) resident shifts on Neurocritical Care Unit. The successful candidate will be working along with Specialty Trainees & ACCPs on the unit. The Specialty Trainees are on a separate 1:8 rota.
The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust (WCFT) is an independent specialist neurosciences NHS Trust hospital providing a high quality, integrated and multidisciplinary neurosciences service to Merseyside, North Wales, the Isle of Man and part of West Lancashire which totals a population of 3.2 million. The Centre is adjacent to the Aintree University Hospitals.
The Centre is based in a purpose built building, opened in 1998. The Centre is virtually self- contained and has about 160 neuroscience beds available to the admitting specialities of neurosurgery, neurology and pain relief though the majority are occupied by neurosurgical patients. Critical care facility comprises a 16 bedded dedicated Neuro-Intensive Care Unit and a 4 bedded high dependency area.
Further enquiries may be made to Dr Martina McMonagle, Consultant in Neuroanaesthesia & Intensive care & FICM Faculty Tutor, on .