Job summary
This 6, 12 or 18 month post offers candidates the opportunity to gain experience in Intensive Care Medicine (ICM) within a busy District General Hospital. Accreditation as the University Department of Critical Care Medicine was awarded in 2022 and in parallel with exceptional clinical experience, this post will also offer the exciting opportunity for dedicated clinical research time.

Main duties of the job
This job would be ideally suited to individuals who are committed to or strongly considering a career in ICM or a related acute speciality, and who are hoping to develop an ongoing interest in clinical research. It would also be appropriate for Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine (FICM) trainees seeking their special skills Stage 2 training with appropriate prospective approval. Some experience of ICM is strongly desirable.

The clinical training programme is outcomes-based and follows the curriculum developed by FICM. This is described in detail in FICM's guidance on outcome-based training and assessment (http://www.ficm.ac.uk).

About us
Our ICU has recently been rated 'Outstanding' for patient care by the CQC and the Trust overall has a 'Good' rating. The unit currently admits nearly 1100 level 2 and level 3 patients per year into 23 beds. The case mix is predominantly medical with trauma and surgical patients making up about 20%. Around 90% of our admissions are emergencies with the remainder being high risk surgical cases including, colorectal & urological procedures. There are about 60 paediatric admissions and stabilisations a year, the vast majority of which are retrieved via the Southampton and Oxford Retrieval Team (SORT), but some remain for the initial stages of their stabilisation and treatment. The Trust is a tertiary referral cancer centre and includes all specialties except neurosurgery, transplant, vascular and cardiothoracic surgery. The trust has a primary coronary angioplasty service with the fastest door to needle times in the country as well as the fastest door to needle times for stroke thrombolysis. There is an excellent interventional radiology department with 24-hour service provision and frequent close working with ICU. We also receive excellent support from our microbiology department with daily ward rounds on the ICU.

Job responsibilities

• Participate in provision of ICM within the department at a resident doctor level at a level appropriate to the candidates experience
• Undertake the NIHR Associate Principal Investigator programme
• Support recruitment to and data collection for ongoing studies within the ICU
• Attend Urgent Care research committee meetings
• Be involved in the management and co-ordination of studies within the ICU

Essential qualifications and experience

• GMC registration
• Provider status in one of the following: ALS, ATLS, or APLS

Desirable qualifications and experience

• MCEM / MRCP / FRCA or equivalent
• Post registration experience of working in other specialties relevant to emergency medicine, intensive care medicine, acute medicine or anaesthesia

Details
Salary: £55,355 to £77,348 a year per annum
Contract: Fixed term, 12 months
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 193-MS2290UCG
Closing date: 04 November 2026

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.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Contact
ICM / Anaesthetics Consultant Dr Joshua Moorhouse, joshua.moorhouse@royalberkshire.nhs.uk, 01183227249

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