St Mary’s Hospital

Contact Details
  • Address: St Mary’s Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Praed Street, London, W2 1NY
  • ICU Department Contact Details - 020 3312 6196
  • Faculty Tutor Name:  Dr Thomas Smith
Unit Structure
  • Number of Beds: 32                    
  • Number of Admissions per year: Level 3: 633      Level 2: 551
  • Percentage of Elective vs Emergency Admissions: 13.5% Elective
Overview of Case Mix within the Unit:
  • Integrated level 2 and level 3 unit with mixed specialties throughout the unit.
  • Major trauma centre ICU including cardiothoracic trauma and neurosurgical trauma.
  • Quaternary vascular services and emergency neurosurgery services for North West London and beyond.
  • There is no split site working within this Unit
Research projects being undertaken within this Unit:

Participation in numerous multi-centre international research trials, including AI trials, trauma research and sepsis.

Current trials on the unit include Septic, MAST, CRASH-4, committed, STOP-D, PANGEA, SOS, MOSAICC
Overview of the staffing for the Unit (including medical, ACCP, AHPs)
Medical staffing for the unit consists of 3 registrar grade doctors and 3 SHO grade doctors for each long day and night shift. There are additional short day shifts on the rota which increases the number of resident doctors on weekdays. We have a mixture of HEE trainees, CESR trainees and International Fellows.

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 – can be sought, we have an onsite PICU and there is an opportunity to attend PICU ward rounds
  • Interhospital transfers
  • Acting up as an ICM Consultant (for Stage 3 trainees)
  • Other: Opportunity to attend echo, bronchoscopy, ultrasound departments, major trauma calls
Departmental Teaching:
  • Weekly protected teaching time on Wednesday afternoons for all resident doctors in ICU in a consultant-led teaching programme
  • Opportunity to attend management meetings for senior trainees
  • Weekly bedside echocardiography teaching
  • Local simulation opportunities

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

  • Quarterly cross-site clinical governance meetings
  • 6 weeks quality and safety meeting
  • M&M open to all trainees.
The medical specialties and subspecialties it is possible to complete within theTrust/Health Board:
  • Stage 1:  Emergency Medicine, Medicine & Anaesthesia  
  • Stage 2: Neuro ICM, Paediatric ICM and Cardiothoracic ICM

Which SSYs are offered in your unit:                     

  • Academic Research
  • Education
  • Neuro ICM            
Other facilities: 
  • St Mary’s Hospital is well connected to public transport links being next door to Paddington National Rail Station and close to the Elizabeth line and several London Underground lines.
  • Parking is limited but available on a case-by-case basis.
  • We offer 2 on-call rooms which are shared amongst resident doctors and sleep facilities in the resident doctor’s mess.
  • St Mary’s Hospital has a newly refurbished library and ICT facilities.