Stoke Mandeville Hospital

• Only 15 admissions following elective procedures, 142 emergency surgical admissions, 392 medical.
• 209 patients needing advanced respiratory support; 1263 advanced respiratory bed-days.
• 66 patients needing RRT. 81 needing advanced CV support, 271 CVC, 297 basic CV support.
• There is split site working within this unit

T4P ongoing.

SEPTIC due to start soon.

3 rotas – 1 airway, 1 non-airway and 1 FY1 rota.

3 intensivists in training.

5 SAS doctors.

10 LEDs and 14 other resident doctors.

• Training in point of care ultrasound
• Opportunity to attend theatre for airway experience
• Exposure to paediatric emergencies
• Interhospital transfers
• Acting up as an ICM Consultant (for Stage 3 trainees)
• Complex burns management as part of a burns unit
• Significant cohort of spinal injury patients (acute and chronic) as part of the national spinal injuries centre
• As a trauma unit will see complex polytrauma, usually following repatriation from MTC
• Established follow-up clinic with opportunities for trainees to attend
• Excellent POCUS training with multiple cart-based machines and handheld devices
• FUSIC mentoring and supervision available for most modules
• Weekly ward rounds of long-term ventilation patients on the spinal unit
• Ample potential for management experience, QI projects, business cases and audit participation
• Teaching opportunities include Sim training (including in-situ)

• Weekly journal club followed by departmental teaching every Monday.

Governance one Tuesday afternoon each month.

M&M one Tuesday afternoon each month.

• Staff parking provided.
• On-call rest facilities provided. No out-of-hours hot foot.
• Non-clinical work spaces provided.