Nottingham University Hospitals

Contact Details
  • Address: Nottingham University Hospitals, Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham, NG7 2UH
  • ICU Department Contact Details - 01159 249924
  • Faculty Tutor Name: Dr Sarah Linford & Dr Richard Greenhow
Unit Structure
  • Number of Beds: 66             
  • Number of Admissions per year:

            Level 3: 46     Level 2: 20

  • Percentage of Elective vs Emergency Admissions: 70% emergency 30% elective
Overview of Case Mix within the Unit:  
  • Queens Medical Centre:

Major trauma centre, Neurosurgery, Neuro-interventional radiology, Orthopaedics, Spinal surgery, Vascular surgery, HPB, General surgery, Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Respiratory, Neurology, ENT, Maxillofacial surgery, Maternity, General medicine

  • City Hospital:

Thoracic surgery, Upper GI surgery, Colorectal surgery, Urology, Gynaecology, Burns and Plastics, Haematology, Oncology, Renal, Cardiology, Respiratory, Infectious diseases, Maternity critical care

  • There is split site working within this Unit
 
Research projects being undertaken within this Unit:
MAST 
REMAP-CAP
ADAPT-SEPSIS/ RISC
UK ROX
Vitdalize 
SEISMIC-R
SIGNET
MARCH
SOS
MOSAICC 
T4P
GenOMICC
PANDOS
POPPY
Overview of the staffing for the Unit (including medical, ACCP, AHPs)
  • 39 ICM consultants
  • 18 ACCPs across three units
  • 2 tier resident doctor (senior and junior resident doctor) rota with 24/7 coverage of both sites

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:

  • Resident doctor teaching programme on 1st and 2nd Wednesday of each month

  • Journal Club

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

  • Quality Service Improvement meetings monthly
  • M+M monthly
The medical specialties and subspecialties it is possible to complete within theTrust/Health Board:
  • Stage 1:  Emergency Medicine, Medicine & Anaesthesia
  • Stage 2: Neuro ICM and Paediatric ICM

Which SSYs are offered in your unit:                     

  • Critical Care Echo
  • QI in Healthcare         
Other facilities: 
  • Nottingham City Hospital has resident doctor office with rest facilities, a doctors’ mess and a post graduate medical education centre with medical library.  There is onsite parking available.
  • Queens Medical Centre has access to coffee room, 24/7 access to hot food, doctors’ mess, postgraduate medical centre and onsite parking.  There is a tram station 1 minute walk from the hospital.