Ninewells Hospital

Contact Details
  • Address: Ninewells Hospital, George Pirie Way, Dundee, DD1 9SY
  • ICU Department Contact Details - 01382 633 820
  • Faculty Tutor Name:  Dr Emma Fadden
Unit Structure
  • Number of Beds:  13 ICU, separate HDUs
  • Number of Admissions per year: Level 3: 475  
  • Percentage of Elective vs Emergency Admissions: 90% emergency
Overview of Case Mix within the Unit:
  • Mixed surgical and medical unit within a Major Trauma Centre. Almost entirely level 3, with separate level 2 areas in medicine and surgery. Surgical specialties include upper GI, vascular and neurosurgery.
  • Other admissions include stabilisation of critically ill children and emergency cardiothoracic cases pending transfer to tertiary centres.
  • There is split site working 
Research projects being undertaken within this Unit:
  • Recruitment into multiple trials – 3rd highest recruiter in Scotland to end of financial year 2025 (1st when unit size taken into account).
  • Current trials include GuARDS, GenOMICC, TRAITS, MOSAICC. Recently REMAP-CAP. Upcoming RELEASE, INTACT-2.
Overview of the staffing for the Unit (including medical, ACCP, AHPs)
  • 1 consultant daytime, on-site 08:00 – 18:00.
  • Resident rota includes Clinical Development Fellows and doctors training in anaesthesia/ICM/ACCS, at least one of whom per shift holds IAC. Out-of-hours there is a senior anaesthesia trainee who supports the ICU residents in the assessment and management of critically ill patients.
  • MDT includes nurses (shift lead Band 6 or 7), physiotherapists, critical care pharmacist, dietetics, occupational therapy, speech & language and trauma service psychologist.
 

Training

Training opportunities when working at this Unit:
  • Training in point of care ultrasound
  • Opportunity to attend theatre for airway experience
  • Exposure to paediatric emergencies
  • Interhospital transfers
  • Opportunity to attend a Cardiac Catheterisation lab
  • Acting up as an ICM Consultant (for Stage 3 trainees)
Departmental Teaching:

  • 10 minute teaching after morning handover

  • Bedside/tea-trolley teaching on the unit (medical and nursing staff)

  • Departmental Critical Care teaching (joint ICU/SHDU/MHDU, weekly, hybrid)

  • Joint (North & East) regional ICM FICM Curriculum education sessions (alternate months)

  • Joint (South East & East) regional ICM journal club (weekly, online)

  • Anaesthesia department teaching (weekly, available for ICU residents to attend session appropriate to level of training)

  • Viva practice

  • MDT Airway simulation day

  • MDT Transfer Simulation course

Details of clinical governance meeting days and/or M & M:                  

  • ICM M&M meeting (hybrid format, weekly)
  • Option to attend SHDU and MHDU M&M meetings
The medical specialties and subspecialties it is possible to complete within the Trust/Health Board:
  • Stage 1:  Anaesthesia, Emergency Medicine, Medicine
  • Stage 2: Neuro ICM
  • SSY: Academic Research, Critical Care Echo, Education, QI in Healthcare
Other facilities: 
  • Free on-site parking
  • On-call bedroom for resident overnight
  • Departmental coffee room with access to fridge, microwave, tea/coffee/biscuits 24/7, optional paid access to hospital doctors’ mess
  • Hot food available from multiple locations during the day
  • Office space away from the clinical area with computer access available for residents.