Job summary

We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our well integrated team.

This Adult NECTAR clinical fellow post (ST3+ equivalent) in transfer medicine is at [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]. Note that this post requires 2 years prior postgraduate training in critical care/anaesthesia/medicine (including a minimum of 3 months post-foundation critical care experience) and candidates must already hold initial Anaesthesia Competencies.

Main duties of the job

This post is at registrar level, and successful candidates will be expected to have prior experience in intensive care and to be competent to work with indirect supervision.

The adult NECTAR service provides transport for critically ill adults within the North East & North Cumbria, Yorkshire, and also further afield.

This post is intended to provide experience in adult critical care, transport & retrieval medicine including training equivalent to that recommended by the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine.

About us

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

With around 2 million contacts with patients every year, we deliver care from: Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI), Freeman Hospital, Newcastle Dental Hospital, Cramlington Manor Walks, Urgent treatment centres, Newcastle Fertility Centre, Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria, Northern Genetics Service.

These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.

We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under 'Documents to download' or 'Supporting documents'.

For further information on [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Job responsibilities

• Interhospital transfer of critically ill adults and children (with an appropriate level of supervision) by land and air
• Supporting NECTAR practitioners with triage and delivery of practitioner led transfer
• Preparing and presenting case reviews
• Develop communication and shared learning
• Teaching on stabilisation training days
• Multidisciplinary team teaching and simulation

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

• Primary Medical Qualification.
• Full GMC registration with a license to practise at time of application

Desirable

• Post graduate intensive care qualification.

Clinical Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Satisfactory completion of at least 2 years of post- foundation training in anaesthesia and/or medicine and/or Intensive care).
• Previous paid experience of working in the NHS as a doctor
• Minimum 3 months prior intensive care experience
• Evidence of significant advanced airway skills
• Good history & examination skills.
• Able to formulate a working diagnosis.
• Able to order appropriate investigations.
• Image interpretation relevant to practice.
• Knows when to appropriately seek assistance from a senior colleague.

Desirable

• 1 year Intensive care training.
• 1 year Anaesthesia training.
• Additional general medicine training.

Maintaining Clinical Competence

Essential

• Written evidence of satisfactory training to date e.g. workplace assessments
• Experience of supervising junior staff.
• Ability to teach clinical skills.

Desirable

• Suitable procedural skills

Teaching

Essential

• Experience of supervising junior staff.
• Ability to teach clinical skills.

Clinical Governance, Audit and Research

Essential

• Experience of audit projects.

Desirable

• Experience of audit projects and research.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

Employer details

Employer name: [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]

Address: Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4LP

Employer's website: https://careers.nuth.nhs.uk/why-us

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact: HR Advisor Victoria Cowan - [contact hidden]