St Richard's Hospital, Chichester

Contact Details
  • Address:  St Richard's Hospital, Critical Care & Anaesthetics Department, Spitalfields Lane, Chichester,, West Sussex, PO19 6SE
  • ICU Department Contact Details - 01243 831574
  • Faculty Tutor Name:  Dr Honor Hinxman - honor.hinxman@nhs.net
Unit Structure
  • Number of Beds: 10                   
  • Number of Admissions per year: Level 3: 1184 days/year      Level 2: 1761
  • Percentage of Elective vs Emergency Admissions:  30 : 70 %
Overview of Case Mix within the Unit:
  • Advanced resp pts 36%
  • Basic Resp patients 32.1%
  • Advanced cardiology patients 13.5%Basic Cardiology patients 88.8%
  • Neurological patients 11.1%
  • Liver patients 5%
  • Renal patients 12%
  • There is no split site working within this Unit
Research projects being undertaken within this Unit:

MOSAICC

UKROX

Genomics
Overview of the staffing for the Unit (including medical, ACCP, AHPs)
  • 1 x Consultant, 1x SpR, 2/3 x CT1/2s, 1x IMT trainee, 1 x FY1 trainee (no ACCPS/AHPs)
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 (although "elective" transfers increasingly provided by Transfer teams, we still send trainees on time-critical transfers)

  • Opportunity to attend a Cardiac Catheterisation lab Potentially - no primary PCI on this site but we have elective angioplasty and trainees could potentially go across to Worthing for this

  • Acting up as an ICM Consultant (for Stage 3 trainees) 

  • Other: Fusic Heart mentors and supervisor on site, Palliative Care connections, Education / Siumulation leads within the department
Departmental Teaching:
  • Currently ad hoc daily ward round teaching and daily Afternoon Education sessions for ITU MDT
  • Monthly ITU teaching days including simulation-based training
  • Planning for weekly protected ITU teaching during ITU morning to include “Topic of the week”, Journal Club review, ITU teaching and governance discussions

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

  • Currently ITU M&M every other month during whole day Clinical Governance with plans for fortnightly / monthly M&M integrated into protected ITU morning
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
  • Education
  • Home Ventilation         
Other facilities: 
  •  Staff parking is available onsite (permits must be paid for) - many KSS trainees share lifts from Brighton & Hove.
  • Access to IT equipment in all areas
  • Onsite accomodation available on request
  • On call rest facilities including access to basic amenities, microwave, toaster, vending machines. No out-of-hours catering on site.