Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description for a more detailed overview of the main responsibilites for this post.

Person specification

Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria

• Registered with General Medical Council (UK)
• CCT in Intensive Care Medicine or Anaesthesia
• Substantive employment in Acute NHS Trust within South West Critical Care Network
• Successful completion of relevant life support/resuscitation/trauma courses previously

Desirable criteria

• Diploma in Retrieval Medicine or other relevant diploma or membership
• Higher Degree in allied subject
• Postgraduate qualification in medical education
• FICE accredited

Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria

• Competent in the assessment, resuscitation and stabilisation of critically unwell patients including emergency anaesthesia, ventilation and invasive monitoring
• Sound judgement and decision-making
• Good understanding of the principles of clinical governance

Desirable criteria

• Ability to manage complex work and prioritise effectively
• Competent in the assessment, resuscitation and stabilisation of critically unwell paediatric patients

Experience
Essential criteria

• Demonstrate interest and understanding of transfer medicine
• Experience of critical care transfer
• Willingness to undergo further training in critical care transfer
• Experience in postgraduate / multidisciplinary education

Desirable criteria

• Experience of critical care transfer and retrieval and/or pre-hospital emergency medicine in dedicated service
• Experience using simulation for education
• Completed regional educational supervisor training

Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria

• Ability to cope with stressful situations and take responsibility
• Good communication and organisational skills
• Ability to manage CPD to a high standard
• Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team in the hospital environment
• Ability to lead a multidisciplinary team in the hospital environment

Desirable criteria

• Leadership qualities

Additional & Aptitudes
Essential criteria

• Respecting everyone
• Embracing change
• Recognising success
• Working together
• Evidence of entitlement to live and work in the United Kingdom

Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston-super-Mare, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer.

The Trust is committed to investing in and caring for all of our staff. We will support you in maintaining and improving your health and wellbeing, as well as your career development through management and training support - developing exceptional people for exceptional careers.

We hope that you will decide to join us and become part of this exciting journey, helping us to shape our future together.

UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we're meeting our pledge.

With strong links to the University of Bristol and University of West of England we are the major medical research and training centre in the region, using findings to continually improve our patient care and attracting the highest calibre clinical staff from across the UK.

To comply with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 all applicants must be able to speak fluent English to an appropriate standard which will be assessed at Interview.

IMPORTANT:

Please ensure you check your emails regularly as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process. We may also contact you by texting the mobile number, if provided, on the application form. Due to high volumes of applications, vacancies may be closed