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Consultant Critical Care - Southend

NHS

Southend-on-Sea

On-site

GBP 105,000 - 140,000

Full time

9 days ago

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Job summary

An opportunity has arisen for a Consultant in Critical Care at NHS Mid and South Essex, located in Southend. This role requires high-level decision-making skills and a commitment to patient care within a dynamic and supportive team. The ideal candidate will possess extensive experience in adult critical care and will play a key role in patient management and junior doctor training.

Benefits

Flexible working opportunities

Support for career development and training

Qualifications

Extensive experience in adult critical care medicine required.
Experience in teaching, training and supervising junior doctors needed.
Must have evidence of ongoing commitment to the field.

Responsibilities

Ensure timely decision-making for patient admissions with critical care consultants.
Participate in multidisciplinary team meetings and discussions on treatment escalation.
Supervise and train junior doctors working within Critical Care.

Skills

Decision-making

Communication

Team Management

Education

Full GMC registration

CCT in Intensive Care Medicine or related specialty

MBBS degree or equivalent

Job summary

Our Acute Critical Care service at Southend has a wonderful opportunity to join its vibrant community of 5 units on three geographical sites of MSE, each with a distinct profile but a shared culture, brought together in an autonomous directorate managing the equivalent of 46 level 3 beds (flexible mx of level 3 and level 2) across the group with over 2500 admissions a year.

Our Division benefits from excellent executive and operational support with a commitment to meet GPICS standards in full with an agreed future strategy to continue to expand - Phase I (Spring 2021) has already seen the award of an additional £10m/ annum recurrent funding for expansion in addition to a £3.5m award to implement a standardised electronic patient record (ePR, Metavision) across all units - Phase II (late 2022) will seek further expansion but focus on capital investment to support the redevelopment of the Critical Care units.

Main duties of the job

Your role will ensure that the decision to admit a patient to Critical Care is made only after discussion with a Critical Care Consultant, that all unplanned admissions occur within 4 hours of decision to admit and you will also ensure that all patients admitted to Critical Care have a Consultant directed care plan on admission and all patients admitted are reviewed in-person by a Consultant as urgently as the situation dictates and always within 12 hours of admission.

Our MSE Critical Care units operate on the "closed unit model"; our Critical Care Consultants are expected to work collaboratively with specialty teams but the final decisions on admission, discharge and immediate day-to-day management is the responsibility of the attending Critical Care Consultant.

You will be expected to participate in multidisciplinary team meetings, to provide expert opinion to specialty colleagues when requested, particularly with a view to supporting discussions and decisions on treatment escalation planning if so asked, be expected to communicate effectively with patients and their relatives, providing high-quality verbal and/ or written information and manage discussions regarding treatment escalation planning, resuscitation and end-of-life planning with sensitivity.

You will, in conjunction with other Critical Care consultants be directly responsible for the supervision of and training of junior doctors working within Critical Care. A high level of Consultant oversight is expected.

About us

We work together, and in conjunction with MSE Health and Care Partnership, to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients in a compassionate way, and provide a respectful, but vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

From facilities through to consultant specialists we want to be the best, to achieve this we need to recruit not just those who are the finest in their field but also those who have the potential to be. Yes, experience is important but so is outlook - if you are dynamic, forward-thinking and enthusiastic we want you to join us.

We not only offer you a good working environment with flexible working opportunities, but also the opportunity to develop your career with access to appropriate training for your job and the support to succeed and progress.

Details Date posted

04 June 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£105,504 to £139,882 a year Per Annum (Pro rata for Part Time)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

390-CC-MR-6100-B

Job locations

Southend

Prittlewell Chase

Westcliff on Sea

SS0 0RY

Job description Job responsibilities

Are you looking for a challenging Consultant role where you make the difference every day, then we want to hear from you.

Please see the attached JD for further details of this exciting role.

Job description Job responsibilities

Are you looking for a challenging Consultant role where you make the difference every day, then we want to hear from you.

Please see the attached JD for further details of this exciting role.

Person Specification Qualifications Essential

Full GMC registration
CCT in Intensive Care Medicine or CCT in Anaesthesia/ Medical Specialty/ Emergency Medicine with evidence of completion of advanced training in ICM (or within six months of completion at time of interview)
MBBS degree or equivalent

Clincial Experience and Knowledge Essential

Extensive experience in adult critical care medicine with evidence of ongoing commitment

Education and Training Essential

Experience in teaching, training and supervising junior doctors

Person Specification Qualifications Essential

Full GMC registration
CCT in Intensive Care Medicine or CCT in Anaesthesia/ Medical Specialty/ Emergency Medicine with evidence of completion of advanced training in ICM (or within six months of completion at time of interview)
MBBS degree or equivalent

Clincial Experience and Knowledge Essential

Extensive experience in adult critical care medicine with evidence of ongoing commitment

Education and Training Essential

Experience in teaching, training and supervising junior 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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

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UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Certificate of Sponsorship

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details Employer name

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Southend

Prittlewell Chase

Westcliff on Sea