25 Oct
University College London Hospitals
London
Job description
Job overview
We welcome applicants with a background in Medicine, Anaesthesia, Emergency Medicine or Surgery. The successful candidate will be appointed to a core trainee level rota.
Previous critical care experience is desirable but not essential.
We provide support & direct admission from our busy Emergency Department (which sees upwards of 130,000 patients annually), and we take complex external referrals.
The department runs a 24 / 7 nurse led outreach service, which is supported by the ICU doctors. The department also runs a fortnightly critical care follow-up clinic.
Jobs for this role are for start dates from April 2025 to August 2025. Other start dates may be considered by positions available.
This vacancy may close before the current listed closing date. You are advised not to delay submitting your completed application.
Main duties of the job
The unit has specialist interest in long term weaning, psychology of critical illness, acute respiratory distress syndrome, sepsis, infection control, peri-operative medicine & emergency medicine, and has expertise in areas such as echocardiography, diagnostic ultrasound, cardiopulmonary exercise testing, experimental, translational and health services research.
Successful candidates will be supported to seek experience in these areas & will be supported in their preparation for speciality exams in Anaesthesia, Medicine, Surgery or Emergency Medicine, through established educational collaboration with these departments at UCLH.
All applicants must have full GMC registration and MBBS or equivalent. Desirable qualifications for this post include MRCP,MRCS, Primary FRCA or MCEM (or equivalents).
Working for our organisation
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population.
We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas.
Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.
We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites :
University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street
We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease.
It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.
We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH.
We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.
▶️ Anaesthetic Practitioner (Band 5 RN/ODP)
🖊️ University College London Hospitals
📍 London