Locum Consultant Critical Care

BHR Hospitals; Romford; On-site; GBP 114,000 - 151,000; Full time

Job summary

BHRUT in Romford is seeking a Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine to join the expanded ITU team. This substantive post includes 8.5 Direct Clinical Care PAs and 1.5 SPAs, sharing caseload with 29 ITU Consultants.

The appointee will provide adult critical care, participate in an ITU follow-up clinic, and work across Queen's Hospital and King George Hospital sites, with opportunities in medical education and service development.

Qualifications

• MB ChB or MBBS from a recognised medical school.
• Holder of CCT in Intensive Care Medicine, or within six months of award by interview date.
• Full and specialist GMC registration, or eligible within six months of interview.
• Fellowship in Intensive Care Medicine.
• Experience of Medical Education.

Responsibilities

• Share clinical responsibilities within the Department of Intensive Care Medicine with 29 ITU Consultants.
• Provide ITU follow-up clinic and tracheostomy ward rounds as per the job plan.
• Deliver critical care for adult patients according to training and experience.
• Develop a cross-site team delivering a service across Queen's Hospital and King George Hospital.

Skills

Cross-boundary experience

Education

MB ChB or MBBS

CCT in Intensive Care Medicine

GMC registration

Fellowship in Intensive Care Medicine

Medical Education experience

Job description

Site Critical Care Medical Staffing Town Romford Salary £113,565 - £150,569 Per Annum HCA inclusive Salary period Yearly Closing 11/10/2026 23:59

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The Trust is seeking to appoint a Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine. This is a substantive post, and applicants will be expected to have suitable experience within Intensive Care Medicine. The new appointee will share the caseload, facilities, and trainee grade support with the existing consultants. Requirements of the post-holder are listed below.
The post is whole time and offers 8.5 Direct Clinical Care Programmed Activities (PAs) and 1.5 Supporting Professional Activities (SPAs).

This post has been created to support the expansion of the Intensive Care Unit and to improve care for patients with tracheostomies, as well as to provide cover for the ITU follow-up clinic. The post holder will hold a CCT in Intensive Care Medicine.

Experience working as a locum consultant in Intensive Care, or a fellowship in Intensive Care, would be advantageous.

Main duties of the job

The appointment is to the Trust, not to specific hospitals. The appointee will take his/her share of clinical responsibilities within the Department of Intensive Care Medicine, working alongside the existing 29 ITU Consultants. This will include provision of the ITU follow-up clinic and tracheostomy ward round, as outlined in the job plan above. In addition to any duties within a subspecialty of interest, the appointee will be required to provide critical care for adult patients as appropriate to their training and experience.

There is a need to develop a team with a strong emphasis on delivering a cross-site service across the Queen's Hospital and King George Hospital sites. Post-holders will be required to work on each site.

Working for our organisation

We're an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and our patients are happy with.

They are benefitting from a new electronic patient record (we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have been rated good by the Care Quality Commission.

We operate from two main sites – KGH in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 346,000 people visiting them last year. We're campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen's and get rid of corridor care.

We're proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. We're also part of the North East London Cancer Alliance.

We run a Women's Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.

The majority of our 8,400 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We're proud to be a London Living Wage employer.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.

The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.

Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.

Education/ Qualifications

• MB ChB or MBBS
• Holder of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in Intensive Care Medicine, or within six months of award of CCT or equivalent by date of interview
• Full and specialist registration with the General Medical Council (GMC), or eligible for registration within six months of interview
• Fellowship in Intensive Care Medicine
• Experience of Medical Education

Skills/ Abilities

• Experience working across boundaries (e.g. between specialties, local and national education providers, and across professional groups)

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