Resident Medical Officer (RMO) Adult Intensive Care Unit
Cromwell Hospital, London, SW5 0TU
Salary: £76,000 a year
Hours: 30 hours a week. Shifts from 08:00 to 20:00 (short days), 20:00 to 08:00 (short nights), 08:00 to 08:00 (long days).

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Cromwell Hospital is seeking an anaesthetic or Intensive Care Medicine (ICM) speciality doctor or trainee, to join the team at The Cromwell hospital ICU to actively develop their clinical skills and experience a wide range of clinical specialities. The department prides itself on fostering a supportive and collaborative environment for junior medical colleagues to develop.

Notwithstanding the clinical experience particularly around complex medical patients with critical illness, the successful candidate will work in a department that is particularly active in teaching and quality improvement schedules.

You will join a team of 5 full time residents (RMOs) and you will be expected to fulfil 120 hours per month (shifts either 24 hours or 12 hours).

Main duties of the job

• Key Responsibilities
• You will hold responsibility for the day-to-day management of all patients on the ICU in conjunction with the Intensive Care consultant.
• A full ward round with the MDT is held each morning and a secondary clinical round every evening, including holidays and weekends.
• Review and assessment of direct referrals to the ICU or via the Outreach service.
• You will participate in the development and updating of administrative and clinical protocols.
• In addition, you will actively participate in education programmes in the hospital and will show a willingness to undertake continuing professional development. They will attend the Journal Club.
• You'll be expected participate in the hospitals quality improvement action plan and adverse incident / sentinel event reporting program and will attend Morbidity and Mortality Meetings

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Job description
MAIN CLINICAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The main duties and responsibilities are outlined in this job description, subject to review.

• The post holder will hold responsibility for the day-to-day management of all patients on the ICU in conjunction with the Intensive Care consultant.
• A full ward round with the MDT is held each morning and a secondary clinical round every evening, including holidays and weekends.
• Review and assessment of direct referrals to the ICU or via the Outreach service.

NON-CLINICAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• The post holder will participate in the development and updating of administrative and clinical protocols
• The post holder will actively participate in education programmes in the hospital and will show a willingness to undertake continuing professional development. They will attend the Journal Club.
• The post holder will participate in the hospitals quality improvement action plan (to be discussed with Dr Waheed on appointment) and adverse incident / sentinel event reporting program and will attend Morbidity and Mortality Meetings

Person Specification
Experience and Knowledge
Essential

• Good understanding of both spoken and written English
• Broad training in all aspects of Intensive Care Medicine
• Ability to manage the acutely unwell and deteriorating patient
• Ability to recognise the dying patient and administer end of life care
• Evidence of an interest in research

Skills and abilities
Essential

• Analytical skills
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Ability to develop personal research projects and exercise initiative
• Ability to present at conferences and seminars with authority and coherence
• Attendance at internal seminars clinical audit, mortality and morbidity meetings
• Excellent written communication skills and the ability to write technical reports clearly and succinctly for publication
• Ability to demonstrate innovative and original thinking
• Ability to organise and prioritise work with minimal supervision
• Ability to meet deadlines

Experience
Essential

• Experience as an RMO in ICU

Qualifications
Essential

• Relevant RMO Qualification

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. Applicants must have current UK professional registration.