Ulster Hospital

Contact Details
Unit Structure
  • Number of Beds: Funded 6 ICU 4 HDU                        
  • Number of Admissions per year: 700
  • Percentage of Elective vs Emergency Admissions: Approx 10% v 90%
Overview of Case Mix within the Unit:
  • Modern state-of-the-art purpose-designed Unit.
  • 16 bed spaces (8 side rooms with privacy glass) 700 patients per year admitted (approx.)
  • 65% level 3; 35% level 2 patients, bed occupancy of 90-105%. 63% medical, 37% mix of elective (10%) and emergency surgical patients
  • There is no split site working within this Unit
Research projects being undertaken within this Unit:

Currently closing out UK ROX

MOSAICC

SHORTER

Awake Prone –Pending

SPICE IV – Pending
Overview of the staffing for the Unit (including medical, ACCP, AHPs)

Medical: - 8 consultants delivering 20 sessions of regular daytime cover Monday- Friday.

Out of hours includes predictable weekend work of full ward-round and review of all admissions.

8 doctors in training on full shift rota, background usually mix of ACCS, Core medical trainees, Acute or respiratory ST3-7 trainees.

When available also 1 supernumerary ST7 ICM trainee on separate advanced trainee on-call rota.

Full complement of nursing, physiotherapy, support, dietician, technician colleagues

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) 

Other: Long experience in delivering training, popular and well-reviewed unit. Recently achieved top-10
Departmental Teaching:
  • Monday lunchtime - Anaesthetics teaching,
  • Tuesday morning - ICU teaching,
  • Wednesday morning- anaesthetics teaching,
  • Thursday morning - Journal club
  • 6 days per year of regional ICU teaching   

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

Morbidity/mortality reviews - 2 monthly

Monthly Directorate & Audit Meetings

Monthly ICU ward meetings

ICU Quality Group

All deaths reviewed in multi-disciplinary setting
The medical specialties and subspecialties it is possible to complete within theTrust/Health Board:
  • Stage 1:  Emergency Medicine, Medicine & Anaesthesia   

Which SSYs are offered in your unit:                     

  • Critical Care Echo                       
Other facilities: 
  • There is onsite parking facilitated,
  • Specific dedicated on call room,
  • Out of hours hot food vending machines and
  • Non-clinical work spaces
  • Simulation rooms