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Main area Intensive Care Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant Contract Permanent: Full time plus on call Hours 10 sessions per week (Full Time plus on call) Job ref 292-7051994-SCC

Employer The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Princess Alexandra Hospital Town Harlow Salary £105,504 - £139,882 Per annum plus £149 London Fringe Salary period Yearly Closing 29/04/2025 23:59

Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine

NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping.

Our values

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) promise to our patients, as identified by our three values which will contribute to improving our patients’ experiences, is:

Patient at heart – Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts.

Everyday excellence – Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both.

Creative collaboration – Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care.

Job overview

The Trust seeks to appoint a consultant in Intensive Care. This is a substantive consultant post and applicants will be expected to have interest and suitable experience within intensive care. The post allows to include sessions in intensive care and, flexibility to include sessions in anaesthesia, medical specialities and emergency medicine.

The new appointee will share the case-load, facilities and trainee grade support with the existing consultants.

In conjunction with the existing consultants, the appointee has opportunities to lead developments in services within the Trust.

This substantive post will be based in Princess Alexandra Hospital, Harlow and will be responsible for providing high quality Intensive care services and/ or another specialty as qualified, to The Princess Alexandra Hospital that assumes responsibility for the patients within the catchment area in co-operation with Consultant colleagues in all clinical departments.

Main duties of the job

This substantive post will be based in Princess Alexandra Hospital, Harlow and will be responsible for providing high quality Intensive care services and/ or another specialty as qualified, to The Princess Alexandra Hospital that assumes responsibility for the patients within the catchment area in co-operation with Consultant colleagues in all clinical departments.

Working for our organisation

Our Organisation

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping.

We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop’s Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.

Our Values

The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients as identified by our 3 values which will contribute to improving our patient experiences:

Patient at heart – Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts

Everyday excellence – Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both

Creative collaboration – Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care

The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Job description and person specification. Available to download at anytime.

Person specification

Trust Values

• Patient at heart – Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts
• Everyday excellence – Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both
• Creative collaboration – Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care

Education and Qualifications

• Full Registration with the GMC with licence to practise
• FFICM or equivalent
• CCT (or equivalent) with entry on Specialist Register for ICM or within six months of anticipated CCT data on the date of interview
• MSc/Diploma/PG certification in ICU or equivalent

Clinical Skills and Training

• Higher training in Intensive Care Medicine
• Advanced Life support (ALS)
• Relevant medical experience including Anaesthesia

Experience

• Achieving GMC standards to be recognised as a clinical supervisor
• Active regular participation in teaching and training of medical and para-medical colleagues
• Active consistent engagement with clinical audit and quality improvement
• Achieved GMC standards to be recognised as an educational supervisor
• Extensive / formal experience in medical education including regional teaching
• Life support course instructor
• Presentations at regional and national meetings and/or Publications in peer reviewed journal

Skills and Knowledge

• Good communication Skills
• Able to prioritise/cope with stressful situations
• Clear understanding of local/wider NHS management structures
• Awareness of ethical and legal issues
• Leadership in evidence-based transformation of patient care

Personal Qualities

• Good organisational skills
• Ability to work harmoniously in a multi-disciplinary team showing respect for patients and colleagues
• Honest and reliable
• High Professional Standards
• Adaptable and Hardworking
• Excellent professional judgement
• Good Interpersonal Skills
• Excellent written and spoken English
• Diligence, enthusiasm, composure and resilience
• Flexibility in a changing work environment
• Caring and responsible attitude to patients and colleagues

What we can offer you:

• Full induction and onboarding process in our organisation
• Free car parking for our staff
• Structured pay scheme, including additional living supplement to your basic salary
• Minimum 27 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata for part time staff)
• Access to our Alex Lounge, our staff only rest area with free tea and coffee
• Access to NHS Pension scheme
• Flexible working options available, in line with our flexible working policy
• Onsite creche facilities
• Annual appraisals with career pathways
• In-house training courses
• Discounted hospital restaurant
• Staff health and wellbeing health services and complimentary health provision
• Our Trust is committed to promoting equality of opportunity for all its employees. We welcome applications from anyone who meets the specific criteria of the post regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender reassignment, marital status, pregnancy, religion or belief or sexual orientation. Reasonable adjustments to the interview process can also be made for any candidates with a disability
• All new colleagues joining PAHT will be subject to a probationary period of six months
• The closing date given is a guide only. There may be some occasions where we have to close a vacancy once sufficient applications have been received. It is therefore advisable that you submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment
• Our Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and vulnerable adults. Offers of employment are subject to pre-employment NHS screening checks
• Providing false or misleading information or unsatisfactory pre-employment checks may result in the offer of a post being withdrawn

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Dr Rajamani Sethuraman Job title Clinical Lead - Anaesthetics Email address r.sethuraman@nhs.net Additional information

For an informal chat please contact Dr Sethuraman as above or Hannah Milne General Manager on Hannah.milne7@nhs.net