ICM Senior Clinical Fellow (ST4 - ST7)

Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for a clinical fellow to join our Intensive Care team. The RUH ICU admits approximately 1000 patients per year with 85% as emergencies, including critically unwell children.

Our patient cohort is a 60% medical - 40% surgical split with a mean age of 61, average length of stay 2.7 days and a standardised mortality ratio of 0.93 (meaning that more of our patients survive compared to similar sized units).

In December 2024 we move to a brand-new ward, B36, which has a 16 bed capacity across a number of negative, neutral and positive pressure ventilated rooms. The new ward will offer excellent facilities for both patients, their relatives and staff, with increased numbers of spaces to work and rest compared to our current unit.

Day shifts are staffed by 2 consultants and 3 resident doctors (2 SHO, 1 Middle Grade) as a minimum, 7 days a week. We offer multiple training opportunities throughout the week including radiology meetings, ICU follow up clinic and FUSIC club. Management / leadership opportunities are offered to our more senior trainees. Our monthly journal club, M&M and clinical governance sessions are a good learning opportunities for doctors in training. We have a strong track record in research and quality improvement with several professors working in the department.

Main duties of the job

Fellowship Opportunities - Echocardiography and Leadership

You will work on our senior resident rota

Educational development time will be rostered in line with the recommended hours provided to Severn Deanery trainees

You can use this time for you own learning on any subject of your choice

Our department has an established ICM echo fellowship which is well linked with our cardiology department. Echo fellows can learn FUSIC, EDEC or BSE level echo depending on the time they have available and their previous skills.

You would be welcome to take an active part in echocardiography clinical governance and to attend echocardiography department meetings.

You will have access to appropriate and high-quality platforms to enable practice of echocardiography skills in the critical care environment (GE Vivid S70 and TOE probe; Echo reporting station on ICU)

You will have the opportunity to support the FUSIC training offered in our department.

Several consultants in our department hold senior management positions (Divisional Director for Surgery, Divisional Director for FASS, South West Critical Care Network Clinical Lead) and the opportunity for shadowing and leadership opportunities is also available.

About us

At the RUH we put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone's contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.

We are proud to be in the top 20 best hospitals to work for in the country.

We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks - celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.

A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.

We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We've even got a pool!

We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more about living and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about our extensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we're providing healthcare fit for the future with the landmark Dyson Cancer Centre and our passion for research.