Locum Consultant - Critical Care

Main area Critical Care Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant Contract Fixed term: 6 months (Limited funding) Hours Part time - 7 sessions per week (Please see attached Job Description for out-of-hours commitment.) Job ref 309-UCLH-7997

Site University College London Hospitals Town London Salary £113,565 - £150,569 per annum + London Weighting (on-call Cat A 8%, high) Salary period Yearly Closing 18/06/:59

Job overview

University College London Hospitals is seeking to appoint a Locum Consultant in Critical Care (7PA) on a fixed term contract from 1st August 2026. The successful candidate will need to demonstrate commitment to high quality patient care, innovative service models, delivery of performance targets, excellence in education/training and a commitment to make a tangible contribution to our audit/quality improvement programme in their supporting professional activity time. A particular interest in supporting our Senior Clinical Fellowship programme and overseas doctors is desirable.

Main duties of the job

You will provide a consultant led, patient centred, clinical service for the critical care department. This includes a twice daily review of all patients during the working week and daily review at weekends. These duties also cover emergency duties, including emergency work arising from on call duties, relevant clinical diagnostic work, other patient treatment, attending relevant meetings about direct patient care and administration directly related to the above.

The academic and research activities of the Division are channelled through a number of academic centres in UCL. The critical care consultants contribute actively to the educational and research components of the Bloomsbury Institute for Intensive Care Medicine, the Centre for Perioperative Medicine and have strong collaborative links with UCL Healthcare Engineering Institute of Health Informatics and the Department for Targeted Intervention.

UCLH/UCL is a well established Biomedical Research Centre and the research outputs from Critical Care and Peri operative Medicine are ranked top within the UK. Recently, we have become a new NIHR Patient Safety Research Collaborative bringing together digital and qualitative researchers to improve our understanding of safety in the high risk surgery and critical care space. The successful candidate would be encouraged to pursue other research interests in collaboration with these groupings through honorary contracts.

Person specification Knowledge and Qualifications

• Eligible for full UK GMC Registration
• On GMC Specialist Register in Intensive Care Medicine Register, or at the time of interview within 6 months of expected date of CCT/CESR approval
• Non UK trained doctors must be on the GMC register and Specialist Register by date of interview
• Provider status in ALS, ATLS (or equivalent) and in APLS (or equivalent)
• Instructor status in one or more life support courses (ALS, ATLS, APLS, PALS)
• FRCA (or equivalent training/exam)
• MRCP or equivalent
• MCEM or equivalent

Experience

• Critical care experience commensurate with CCT in Intensive Care Medicine
• Experience of undertaking audit and quality improvement projects and willingness to develop the local programme
• Experience in multiple modes of cardiac output monitoring
• Experience in preoperative medicine and management of complex high risk patients
• Experience in participation design and delivery of courses, teaching programmes
• Experience of haematology and/or haemo oncology critical care

Skills and Abilities

• Ability to perform clinical procedures essential to critical care, including advanced airway management
• Ability to work without supervision and make appropriate clinical decisions
• Ability and willingness to take full responsibility for clinical care of patients of any acuity
• Ability to participate in translational research consistent with the UCLH 'themes'
• Proficiency with IT systems relevant
• Potential to continue to raise the profile of the department

Communication

• Ability to communicate with clarity and intelligently in written and spoken English; ability to build rapport, listen, persuade / negotiate
• Ability to see patients as people, empathise, and work co operatively with others

Personal and People Development

• High level of commitment to teaching with a track record of teaching at all levels
• Familiarity with research methodology and record of publications
• Peer reviewed publications
• Appropriate Higher Degree MD, PhD or equivalent
• Teaching qualification

Specific Requirements

• The postholder will need to be passed fit to perform full duties of the post, this will be determined through occupational health with any reasonable aids provided wherever possible

At UCLH, we have a real 'One Team' ethos, and our values - safety, kindness, teamwork and improvement, are central to the way we work.

At UCLH we take equality of opportunity seriously and are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer, with a culture that creates a real sense of belonging and trust. Applications are encouraged from candidates of all backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives to support our world class research, innovation and creativity.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

Name Dr David Howell
Job title Divisional Clinical Director
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