Locum Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine

The Great Western Hospitals NHS FT; Swindon; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A district general hospital in Swindon, UK, is seeking Locum Intensive Care Medicine Consultants for a 12-month fixed term contract. Candidates must have a specialty interest in Intensive Care and ability to work within multidisciplinary teams. The role includes providing evidence-based care, teaching, and participating in audits. This hospital offers excellent growth opportunities, including access to quality improvement programs and a clinical leadership course. If you're passionate about patient care and team collaboration, apply now.

Benefits

Access to in-house quality improvement programs

Clinical leadership course linked to Keele University

Qualifications

• Must reflect the STAR values: Service, Teamwork, Ambition, Respect.
• Experience in Intensive Care required.
• Ability to provide cover for Consultant colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Work within multidisciplinary teams for patient care.
• Participate in MDT discussions regularly.
• Carry out teaching and contribute to medical education.

Skills

Multidisciplinary team working

Evidence-based patient care

Teaching and examination duties

Clinical audit participation

Emergency response duties

Education

Specialty interest in Intensive Care

Job description

Would you like a stimulating and challenging critical care job in an attractive, well connected part of England? Do you want to maintain a broad range of critical care skills in a DGH? Do you want to keep working in a second specialist area of practice?, The Duties outlined below are not definitive and may be changed in accordance with the needs of the service. Clinical Duties:

• Multidisciplinary team working is key component of the working within the Trust and involves regular MDT discussions with colleagues
• Providing evidence-based care for patients in a multidisciplinary setting.
• Continuing responsibility for the care of patients in your charge, including all administrative duties associated with patient care (with secretarial support)
• Development of sub specialty interests that fit in with Division needs and the strategic direction of the Trust.
• Responsibilities for carrying out teaching, examination and accreditation duties are required, and for contributing to undergraduate and post-graduate and continuing medical education activity.
• Provision of cover for Consultant colleagues' periods of leave in accordance with arrangements agreed within Trust policy.
• Participation in clinical audit and in continuing medical education.
• Conducting suitable duties in cases of emergencies and unforeseen circumstances.
• The post holder will participate in an out of hours consultant rota, detailed within the job plan section.

Our STAR values are at the heart of everything we do. You can expect to see them in the way we act and the way we treat each other. Our values make us who we are. We will expect your values and behaviours to reflect the STAR Values of the organisation: Service We will put our patients first Teamwork We will work together Ambition We will aspire to provide the best service Respect We will act with integrity

We are looking for Locum Intensive Care Medicine Consultants to join us on a 12 month fixed term contract. Our 560 bed modern district general hospital in beautiful North Wiltshire. Swindon is a rapidly growing town surrounded by glorious countryside. The Great Western Hospital benefits from easy access to the M4 and road connections north to the Cotswolds. There are excellent rail links as well. There are ample opportunities to grow as a consultant including an in house, cross specialty quality improvement programme (Network and Navigate) and a clinical leadership course linked to Keele University (HELM) with time available to undertake these. A specialty interest in Intensive Care is essential. For candidates with a second specialty interest, there is an opportunity to combine this. Our current consultants are all anesthetists and they provide elective anaesthesia for a variety of DGH surgical specialties. We actively encourage the development of a specialist anesthetic interest.