Locum Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine

Go back Cardiff and Vale University Health Board Locum Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine

The closing date is 22 February 2026

Applications are invited for an exceptional candidate to join the Critical Care Directorate as a Locum Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine, working 10 sessions per week, based at University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, with some cover also provided at the nearby University Hospital Llandough. This is a locum post available for a period of six months.

This is an exciting time to join the Health Board with reconfiguration of the Critical Care footprint and planned expansion of our services in line with growing demand.

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is recognised as a teaching centre of excellence in a wide range of clinical services.

Although this post is full-time, consideration will be given to applicants who require flexible working arrangements.

You will be able to take advantage of the excellent Consultant contract for Wales. The basic salary for this post is £121,264 per annum.

Applicants should preferably either be on the Specialist Register or be a Specialist Registrar within three months of their expected date of receipt of a CCT at the time of interview.

Applicants must ensure they provide names and contact details of referees covering at least the last 3 years of their employment/training history in full. In addition, applicants who are currently or have most recently been employed as a substantive Consultant or as a Locum Consultant in post for more than 12 months must also provide the name of their Medical Director as an additional referee.

Main duties of the job

The appointee will join a team of 30 Consultants in Intensive Care who have a variety of special interests including renal medicine, trauma, research, emergency surgery, and neurosciences.

There are excellent links with Cardiff University and Health Education & Improvement Wales (HEIW). As a teaching unit, we are driving forward a programme of medical education, international research, and innovations in intensive care. This is an excellent opportunity for dynamic individuals with the appropriate skills to join our multidisciplinary team.

About us

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 17,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving over 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services. Together we are committed to improving health outcomes for everyone, delivering excellent care and support.

Our mission is "Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together", and our vision is that every person's chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. Our 10-year transformation and improvement strategy, Shaping Our Future Wellbeing, is our chance to work collaboratively with the public and our workforce to make our health board more sustainable for the future.

Job responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents for this post.

Person Specification Qualifications

• Full GMC registration with a licence to practise
• Postgraduate ICM qualification e.g. FICM, DICM, EDIC or equivalent
• Ultrasound qualification (CUSIC competent)

Experience

• Experience of working in specialty critical care e.g. neurosurgery, trauma
• Familiarity with inter-hospital transfer of critically ill patients
• Familiarity of ultrasound and/or Echo
• Experience of working in a major trauma centre / Pre-hospital emergency medicine
• Broad experience in adult critical care
• Experience as Trauma Team Leader

Skills

• Evidence of effective team and multidisciplinary working
• Effective and demonstrable communication skills

Clinical Governance

• Evidence of participation in clinical audit and understanding role of audit in improving medical practice
• Evidence of proactive engagement with appraisal and revalidation

Research

• Ability to critically appraise research
• Commitment to assist in the directorate's Research Strategy

Management

• Evidence of effective leadership skills

Teaching

• Evidence of teaching medical students and resident doctors

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.

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