Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine

NHS; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 105,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

University Hospitals Plymouth is seeking a full-time Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine to join a dedicated team of 19 intensivists. This role involves overseeing patient care in one of the UK's leading Tertiary and Major Trauma Centres, with opportunities for academic and clinical development, all in a vibrant city setting.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable recent experience managing clinical workload.
• Experience in audit and clinical governance.
• Ability to manage a large multi-disciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Supervise patient management in Intensive Care Units.
• Involved in governance, teaching, and quality improvement activities.
• Collaborate with medical teams and nursing staff.

Skills

Clinical management

Research

Interpersonal Skills

Teaching

Communication

Education

Full GMC registration

CCT or equivalent in Intensive Care Medicine

Higher degree (MD, PhD)

Job description

The department of Intensive Care Medicine at University Hospitals Plymouth is looking to appoint a new consultant colleague to join our existing team of 19 Intensivists who lead the delivery of exceptional quality care to a diverse range of General and Neurosciences Intensive Care patients in a busy Tertiary and Major Trauma Centre.

This is a full time substantive Intensive Care Consultant post and would be suitable for an enthusiastic, dynamic and motivated individual who wants to be able to practice the best intensive care medicine, for a broad range of patients, whilst developing their interests in education, academia or clinical management all while living in one of the most stunning parts of the country. Our consultant team includes Intensivists who provide clinical sessions in other specialties including Anaesthesia, Acute Medicine and Respiratory Medicine, as well as individuals with significant academic roles at the University of Plymouth or who support the regional critical care transfer service (Retrieve).

We pride ourselves on being a friendly and welcoming department. We regularly meet up outside of work for social events and maintain a supportive and collegiate approach towards each other and to the wider department.

Please see the attached job description for full details.

Main duties of the job

The Job Itself

TITLE: Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine

RELATIONSHIPS: The post holder will interact with members of the medical teams and nursing staff, and also with all other hospital staff associated with the care of patients. He / she will also be a member of the directorate interacting with colleagues and trainees.

The post holder will be managerially responsible to the Clinical Director, and professionally responsible to the Medical Director.

The employer is University Hospitals Plymouth. The job plan is based on a full-time appointment.

This post in Intensive Care Medicine is open to any suitably qualified applicant who holds a CCT or equivalent in Intensive Care Medicine or is within 6 months of completing training. We welcome applicants who have a single CCT in ICM or who hold joint or dual CCTs with anaesthesia, medicine or emergency medicine. Applicants who qualified before the existence of the ICM CCT should contact the Service Line Director to discuss their relevant equivalent experience.

About us

We are a people business - where every member of staff matters and can make a difference. Patients are at the heart of everything we do. Joining University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust means becoming part of a team of dedicated staff, who are committed to leading the way through innovation, clinical excellence and great customer care. The Trust has great opportunities for career development in a highly progressive working environment. We offer all of this in a vibrant, modern city with a historic reputation for adventure. PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL COMMUNICATION WILL BE ELECTRONIC, PLEASE CHECK YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNT REGULARLY. If you have any issues with applying online and need additional support including reasonable adjustments with the application process please contact the recruitment team on 01752 432100. We recognise that work life balance is important for our colleagues and so we invite requests from applicants around less than full time/flexible working for our advertised roles. Please contact the recruiting manager to discuss this prior to your application submission. We commit to giving this full consideration in each case. We encourage people from diverse backgrounds to apply for our roles, as diversity strengthens our teams. It is sometimes necessary to close vacancies before the closing date. If you have not heard from us within 4 weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted.

Job responsibilities

Duties of the Post

Together with the other Intensive Care consultants, the post holder will be responsible for supervising patient management within the General and Neurosurgical Intensive Care Units and the delivery of high quality intensive care within the Trust. The post holder will also be expected to be actively involved in the governance, administrative, teaching, continuing medical education research, audit and quality improvement activities of the department. Involvement in research will be encouraged and the post holder will be able to contribute to undergraduate teaching for the Plymouth University Peninsula Medical School.

The current 18 week rolling job programme is shown for illustrative purposes (see below) and may be subject to modification, by negotiation with the post holder and Service Line Director. The new post holder will work alongside, and in a similar manner to, the existing consultant body. All intensive care sessions are undertaken in blocks whenever possible in order to improve continuity of care. Day-time sessions (Monday Sunday) commence at 0800 and finish at 1800/1900. The on call consultant is present for an evening session between 1700 and 2100. After 2100 the consultant provides a non-resident on call service for intensive care. The overlap between the daytime and on call consultant ensures an adequate handover. All Intensive Care Consultants work an annualised job plan and provide flexible job planned sessions to ensure adequate consultant cover during periods of leave. Currently the on-call rota is on a 1:18 nights basis with weekend working 1:6 weekends (see example timetable).

Person Specification

Education, qualifications and special training

• Full GMC registration
• On the Specialist Register of the GMC, or within 6 months of achieving this
• FFICM, EDIC or Diploma in Intensive Care Medicine, or equivalent
• FRCA, MRCP, FCEM or equivalent within dual specialty (if applicable)
• Training and experience equivalent to Advanced Level in Intensive Care Medicine, as defined by Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine
• Possession of higher degree (MD, PhD).
• Additional training in general medicine, neuro-intensive care and paediatric intensive care

Clinical skills and experience

• Wide practical experience and understanding of intensive care medicine
• Demonstrable recent experience managing the clinical workload of a large multi-disciplinary intensive care unit to the highest possible standards
• Information technology skills
• A period of training in a centre outside the regional training scheme either abroad or in UK.
• Additional skills relevant to intensive care (e.g. echocardiography, bronchoscopy, ultrasound)

Management & Administration

• Experience in audit and clinical governance
• Evidence of the ability to manage the clinical team of a large intensive care unit
• Formal management training

Teaching

• Evidence of ability and commitment to teach trainees, undergraduates, nursing staff and other professions
• Experience and expertise in simulation training

Communication

• A well-presented CV
• An ability to communicate effectively with patients and staff, both orally and in writing
• Excellent presentation skills

Interpersonal Skills

• Ability to form constructive and effective professional relationships with existing staff
• Ability to work in a team
• Ability to delegate appropriately
• A caring attitude to patients, relatives and other workers
• Ability to work effectively with current post holders
• Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional & national levels

Research

• Strong continued commitment to process of research and audit
• Ability to apply evidence-based approach to the management of clinical problems
• Peer reviewed publications of original research relevant to intensive care
• Supervised original research.

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.

Depending on experience£105,504-£139,882 per annum