Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine

Main duties of the job

The post is full time 10 PAs per week with the clinical role either entirely Intensive Care based or divided between Critical care and the post holder's speciality. The post holder would be expected to have their on call commitments entirely in critical care.

This post holder will be expected to contribute to the growth and development of the critical care service, working with medical and nursing colleagues to promote excellent clinical care, education and research.

An additional role or contribution to our department would be seen as a major advantage. This could take the form of an interest and role in an aspect of research, education, echocardiography, anaesthesia, peri operative medicine or another similar complementary role.

For a more complete list of duties please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

• MBBS and on GMC Specialist Register in ICM (or within 6 months of CCT)
• Post graduate qualifications MRCP, FRCA or MCEM and higher qualification in Critical care medicine (FFICM or EDIC)
• Appropriate higher degree MD, PhD or equivalent
• Provider status in ALS, ATLS, or APLS
• FUSIC qualification or BSE Level 1 or 2 TTE
• Diploma in Tropical medicine and hygiene

Experience and Knowledge

• Able to work without supervision and make appropriate clinical decisions. Ability and willingness to take full responsibility for clinical care of patients of any acuity
• Evidence of continuing education, up-to-date on national guidance relevant to speciality
• Willingness and ability to work flexibly
• Knowledge and understanding of appraisal and revalidation processExperience in peri-operative critical care
• Evidence of involvement in QI, Audit and service improvement projects
• Sub specialty interest in other relevant areas of critical care

Skills and Aptitiudes

• Demonstrate an ability to perform the specific clinical procedures relevant to this post including an appreciation of clinical risk
• Demonstration breath of knowledge and awareness of other specialities
• Proficiency with IT systems
• High level of commitment to teaching with a good track record of teaching
• Good record of publications in peer review publications
• Experience of recruitment of patients into clinical trials
• Experience of delivering teaching in related areas e.g. echocardiography, or ultrasound
• Evidence of ability to implement a change

Personal qualities and attributes

• Ability to communicate with clarity and intelligently written and spoken EnglishAbility to build rapport, listen, persuade and negotiate
• Ability to take responsibility, lead, make decisions and exert appropriate authority
• Ability to work cooperatively with others at all levels of the organisation
• Ability to prioritise and organise personal workload
• Commitment to high standards of ethics, personal integrity and probity
• Potential to continue to raise the profile of the department positively

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£109,725 to £145,478 a yearper annum plus £2162 London weighting