Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine with a Specialist Interest

NHS; Shrewsbury; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust is looking for a Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine who will provide high-quality critical care and develop existing services. Candidates should possess a passion for intensive care and relevant qualifications, supporting both clinical and managerial objectives. This full-time role offers an exciting opportunity to excel within a dedicated medical team and improve patient outcomes in an acute medicine setting.

Qualifications

• Full GMC registration and a licence to practise required.
• Experience in Intensive Care Medicine or related specialty.
• Ability to take independent responsibility for patient care.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality Critical Care and emergency services.
• Develop enhanced clinical skills for management of acutely ill patients.
• Deliver clinical and quality targets agreed both nationally and locally.

Skills

Team-working

Clinical assessment

Patient management

Education

MBBS, MbCHB or equivalent medical qualification

Higher degree (e.g., MD or PhD)

ALS, ATLS, APLS certifications

Tools

Critical Care ultrasound skills or accreditation

Job description

Go back The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust

Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine with a Specialist Interest

The closing date is 18 July 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals NHS Trust for an enthusiastic, highly driven Consultant with a passion for intensive care and an allied specialty (anaesthetics, emergency medicine or acute medicine) to complement and develop existing services through the provision of specialist knowledge & expertise.

An ICM CCT is not essential and potential candidates are directed to page 19 of the FICM document "Critical Staffing #1 A best practice framework for safe and effective Critical Care staffing". The post holder is therefore required to have full registration with the General Medical Council & a valid licence to practice and be on the specialist register for their allied specialty +/- Intensive Care Medicine or be within 6 months of CCT or equivalent at the time of interview.

Main duties of the job

Clinical:

• Provide high quality Critical Care and emergency and/or acute medicine services as part of the cross County team
• To develop enhanced clinical skills, especially in the assessment and management of acutely ill patients.
• To have excellent team-working skills with the abilities and professional attitude to work well in a multi-professional team.
• To deliver clinical and quality targets agreed both nationally and locally with clinical teams and commissioners.
• To follow patients throughout their clinical pathways

About us

The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) is the main provider of acute hospital services for around half a million people in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and mid Wales.Encompassing some of the most picturesque parts of England and Wales, the Trust's catchment stretches from the Cambrian Mountains in the west, to Newport and the fringes of the Black Country in the east. The main towns include: Bridgnorth, Ludlow, Market Drayton, Oswestry, Shrewsbury and Whitchurch (in Shropshire); Newport, Telford and Wellington (in Telford & Wrekin); and Newtown and Welshpool (in Powys) - all beautiful and unique.

Our main service locations are the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford and the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) in Shrewsbury which are located 20 minutes' drive apart. Together they provide 99% of our activity. Both hospitals provide a wide range of acute hospital services including accident & emergency, outpatients, diagnostics, inpatient medical care and critical care.

We also provide services such as consultant-led outreach clinics at the Wrekin Community Clinic, Telford, the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital, Gobowen and the Bridgnorth, Ludlow and Whitchurch Community Hospitals.

Job responsibilities

A formal job plan will be agreed between the successful candidate and their Clinical Director and consultant colleagues, on behalf of the Medical Director within 3 months of starting in post. A full-time job plan is based on a 10 PA working week.

The job plan will be reviewed annually and is a prospective agreement that sets out the consultant's duties, responsibilities, and objectives for the coming year. It covers all aspects of a consultants professional practice including clinical work, teaching, research, education and managerial responsibilities. It will provide a clear schedule of commitments, both internal and external and will include personal objectives, detailing links to wider service improvements and trust strategic priorities.

For a full-time contract, the job plan will be divided on average per week (pro-rata for a part time post) as: 7.5 Programmed Activities (PAs) of Direct Clinical Care - includes clinical activity, clinically related activity and predictable and unpredictable emergency work. 1.0PA is currently allocated for night time Critical Care unpredictable on-call work (6pm-8am in the week of night cover) Rota is 1 in 9 rolling pattern with 2 split day/night weekends to work in 9 weeks. Therefore, this attracts a 3% Category A on-call (return to work) payment. 2.5 Supporting Professional Activities (SPAs) - includes CPD, audit, teaching and research. It is expected that the applicant will fulfil a significant SPA role for Critical Care e.g., M&M Lead, CCOT Link Intensivist.The allocation of PAs is reviewed and may be subject to adjustment when a further diary exercise is undertaken or if the service demands a review of the team job plan.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• MBBS, MbCHB or equivalent medical qualification.
• ALS or equivalent certification
• ATLS or equivalent certification
• APLS certification
• Level 3 Safeguarding Children training (within the last 3 years)
• Higher degree (e.g. MD or PhD) or evidence of higher education
• Critical Care ultrasound skills or accreditation
• Additional allied specialty accreditation in Anaesthesia, Emergency Medicine or Acute Medicine

Entry Criteria

• Full Registration and a licence to practise with the General Medical Council (GMC)
• To be eligible for consideration for a consultant appointment by an Advisory Appointments Committee (AAC), candidates must be fully registered on the UK General Medical Council's Specialist Register for Intensive Care Medicine and /or Anaesthesia, Emergency Medicine or Acute Medicine/Medicine. We welcome applications from candidates who are within six months of achieving Specialist Registration through either the Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) or the Portfolio Pathway (formerly CESR).
• Must have completed a minimum of 'Intermediate' or 'Step 1' or 'Stage 1' training in ICM or equivalent (as assessed by the FICM Equivalence Committee) with affiliate Fellowship of the Faculty of ICM or possess (or would be eligible for) the Fellowship by Assessment FFICM or Associate Fellowship (AFICM) of the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine or EDIC for CESR application
• Non ICM CCT holders must meet the requirements laid down by the FICM
• If applying for Full GMC Registration & Licence to Practice simultaneously with a CESR application, supporting documentary evidence must be provided at interview to confirm an application has been submitted & is under consideration by the GMC.
• Clinical training and experience in Intensive Care Medicine (+/- additional allied specialty) to the minimum standard required as described above
• Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on range of problems both emergency and elective within ICM specialty
• Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patient
• Able to demonstrate a commitment to ICM (+/- additional allied specialty) with on-going learning in it.
• Paediatric experience
• Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional, or national levels
• Structured Judgement Review (SJR) training or experience

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.

The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust