Job summary
This is a unique opportunity to be part of a national Critical Care Transfer Service for the people of Wales. Established to provide high-quality intensive care during the inter-hospital transfer of the critically ill patient.
ACCTS Cymru, in partnership with the Welsh Critical Care Network and EMRTS Cymru, is seeking experienced, motivated, and enthusiastic senior retrieval and transfer medicine specialists to support the development of this bespoke service for Wales.
We are now recruiting Senior Clinical Fellow Doctors to join our team working from our Hub in North Wales (Bangor) and would equally welcome applications from Doctors looking for Full or Part hours. Whilst this role is based in North Wales, we operate from a base in South Wales in Cardiff also. The service operates during daytime hours 7 days a week from Cardiff and Bangor, with an additional twilight shift (14.00-02.00 am) currently working out of Dafen.
If you want to join a progressive and caring healthcare organisation, responding to the needs of the Welsh community then we would like to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
ACCTS is a predominately road-based service deployed with dedicated critical care transfer vehicles and equipment. The Retrieval and Transfer physician will deploy in a team alongside a support worker and a retrieval and transfer practitioner drawn from a pool of nurses and allied health professionals with extensive intensive care experience and specific training in inter-facility critical care transfer. ACCTS in partnership with WAA/EMRTS will operate a rotary wing model of retrieval and transfer to support long-distance transfers.
Upon completion of appropriate training and a period of targeted clinical experience, it would be expected that you would then take up a full part in the duty rota. The ability to work both day and night shifts is an essential part of the role.
Whilst a base location will be agreed upon with the successful candidate there may be a need to travel to our various bases, across Wales for education and service delivery requirements and all candidates would be expected to contribute to twilight or overnight cover.
About us
Swansea Bay University Health Board has responsibility for the health of around 390,000 people in the Neath Port Talbot and Swansea areas, with a budget of around £1 billion and employing 12,500 people. We are a University Health Board working in partnership with Swansea University, Swansea School of Medicine, the School of Health Science and the Institute of Life Science. The HB has three major hospitals providing a range of services: Morriston and Singleton hospitals in Swansea and Neath Port Talbot hospital in Baglan, Port Talbot.
The Health Board is part of A Regional Collaboration for Health (ARCH), which is a partnership with Hywel Dda UHB and Swansea University. Aimed at improving the wellbeing and wealth of South West Wales.
Swansea is Wales' second-largest city, and sits on the five-mile sweep of Swansea Bay. An ideal base for exploring South-West Wales, there is also much on offer for visitors in Swansea itself. Swansea has a range of shops, cozy cafes, great restaurants, art galleries as well as being able to offer good outdoor lifestyle with its beautiful coastline and beaches on the Gower Peninsula. Swansea also has excellent sporting facilities including the Wales National pool and liberty stadium home to the Ospreys and Swansea City football club.
Job description
Job responsibilities
A full and detailed Job Description is attached to this advert.
To qualify for this exciting role, you must be a doctor with ST4+ equivalent training in Intensive Care Medicine / Anaesthesia who is fully registered with the GMC and who has significant demonstrable experience in the transfer care setting, aligned to the personal specification. It is essential that you are ambitious, highly motivated, and able to remain calm under pressure.
Selection for this rewarding role is demanding and consists of several clinical scenario assessments as well as group work and a formal interview. An assessment event will be held at one of the ACCTS operational bases at a date to be confirmed.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Person Specification
Qualifications & Training
Essential
- Full GMC registration with license to practice and up to date appraisal / revalidation
- ST4 or equivalent experience
- Holds FRCA or FFICM
- Successful completion of relevant life support / resuscitation / trauma courses previously
Desirable
- Completed intermediate level training / Stage 2 training in Anaesthesia/ICM OR ST5 equivalent experience
- Substantive Consultant post within Wales
- Diploma in Retrieval and Transfer Medicine
- Fellowship in Immediate Medical Care
- Higher Degree (MD/MSc)
- Post graduate qualification in medical education
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Competence in management of acute illness and injury in adults
- Competent in the assessment, resuscitation and stabilisation of critically unwell patients including emergency anaesthesia, ventilation and invasive monitoring
- Sound judgement and decision making
- Ability to manage complex work and prioritise effectively
- Good understanding of the principles of clinical governance
Desirable
- Previous attendance on an EMRTS/ACCTS clinical attendant scheme, and/or prior engagement with the EMRTS service. (Such as attendance at EMRTS governance days, training events etc.)
Experience (Should be within 5 years)
Essential
- Demonstrable interest in and understanding of retrieval and transfer medicine
- Extensive experience of inter- and intra-hospital critical care transfers
- Experience in post-graduate / multidisciplinary education
Desirable
- Experience of critical care retrieval and transfer medicine in dedicated service
- Prior experience with evidence of working within an established pre-hospital aeromedical or road-based service
- Prior experience with evidence of working within an established secondary retrieval service
- Prior experience working in within a trauma centre (experience of major trauma, major haemorrhage, massive transfusion)
- Experience in FAST scanning and / or bedside echocardiography
- Evidence of relevant teaching/instructing in critical care or transfer
- Experience using simulation for education
- Experience as a clinical tutor or lecturer at post graduate level
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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 .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website .
Employer details
Employer name
Swansea Bay University Health Board
Address
ACCTS Critical Care hub, Ysbyty Gwynedd Bangor
Bangor
LL57 2PW