Senior Clinical Fellow in Intensive Care

The appointee will share the responsibility for the assessment, resuscitation and treatment of all patients referred to the Critical Care Unit, working as part of a team which includes the on-call ICU consultant. The new appointee will be expected to see patients in the Emergency Department, theatre recovery and the wards following referral from colleagues in other specialities. The appointee will take responsibility for ensuring their ongoing medical education as agreed at Directorate level. They will share the responsibility for direct clinical supervision and teaching of the trainee staff, nurse clinicians and medical students. They will be allocated an Educational Supervisor. They will be expected to participate in an active audit programme. There will be the opportunity to develop skills in transthoracic echocardiography up to the level of FICE accreditation. There will be the opportunity to participate in simulation based teaching and training.

Due to the imminent requirement to fill this post, the successful candidate must hold full registration with the GMC and have existing right to live and work in the UK, at the time of application.Candidates who are not GMC registered or do not hold existing right to live and work in the UK, at the time of application will not progress through shortlisting stage.

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites. We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care. Our services: Acute Care Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites. Primary Care Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital. Community Services Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre. Specialist Regional Services We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales. Achievements:

• Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme