Locum Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine & Anaesthesia

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

Job summary

This role as a Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine and Anaesthesia at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust involves direct clinical care, leadership in multidisciplinary teams, and participation in on-call duties. The ideal candidate will have extensive qualifications including FRCA and be committed to high-quality patient care.

Qualifications

• Clinical training and experience equivalent to UK CCT in Anaesthesia.
• Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on emergency and elective problems.
• Full and independent responsibility for clinical patient care.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical service in Intensive Care Medicine and Anaesthesia.
• Lead multi-disciplinary ward rounds and formulate treatment plans.
• Participate in ongoing professional development and clinical audit.

Skills

Teamwork

Communication

Critical thinking

Clinical expertise

Education

Full GMC Registration with a Licence to practise

FRCA

FFICM

Job description

Job summary

The post will encompass clinical sessions in both Intensive Care Medicine and Anaesthesia across all three sites. On call work will be in Intensive Care only with 2 Consultant Intensivists and 2 Consultant Anaesthetists on call across the county at any one time. There will be an even split between the Worcester and Alexandra Intensive Care Units. Further details are specified in the person specification below.

Main duties of the job

The suitably experienced post holder will be expected to provide a clinical service in Intensive Care Medicine and Anaesthesia to the patients of Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust and to General Practitioners.

The successful candidate will be expected to work within multi-disciplinary teams to provide high quality clinical care. This includes leading multi-disciplinary ward rounds, formulating and communicating suitable treatment plans, teaching, supervising and liaising with colleagues and services both locally and externally to facilitate the care of the critically ill patient. They must ensure comprehensive handover of care.

The post holder will be required to participate in the on-call rota and when on call, is required to be no more than 30 minutes travel time from the on-call site.

In addition to clinical duties, the post holder will be expected to participate in continuing professional development, appraisal, the job planning process, teaching and training, clinical audit and the clinical governance processes within the department and Trust. There is also an expectation that the successful candidate will actively contribute to the continuing development of the department.

About us

Our purpose is simple - Putting Patients First. We are looking for exceptional colleagues who can help us achieve this.

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.

The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester

Our workforce is over 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.

Better never stops, and we are committed to developing a culture of continuous improvement.

We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.

DBS Checks and Costs

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Details Date posted

18 June 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£105,504 to £139,882 a year

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

C9365-25-0560

Job locations

Charles Hastings Way

Worcester

Worcestershire

WR5 1DD

The Alexandra Hospital

Woodrow Drive

Redditch

Worcestershire

B98 7UB

Job description Job responsibilities

A formal job plan will be agreed between the post-holder and their Clinical Director and Divisional Medical Director, on behalf of the Chief Medical Officer, three months after the start date of the post. Clinical activity will be delivered in a 6-week cycle, with one week of Intensive Care every 6 weeks. Sessions in Anaesthesia will be based the clinical need of the department at the time. These may include major general/gynaecology/urology including robotic assisted surgery, trauma and orthopaedic surgery and CEPOD emergency list work. An example job plan timetable is shown below.

The Job Plan is subject to annual review and will be a prospective agreement that sets out a consultants duties, responsibilities and objectives for the coming year, covering all aspects of professional practice including clinical work, teaching, research, education and managerial responsibilities. It will provide an agreed schedule of commitments, both internal and external. In addition, it will include personal objectives, including details of their link to wider service objectives, and details of the support, if any, required by the consultant to fulfil the job plan and the objectives.

The job plan will predominantly offer fixed clinical activity. It is possible to consider a proportion of flexible clinical activity. Alternatively, an annualised flexible element to the job plan may be employed. We currently have consultants in the department who work part of their job plan for the Pre Hospital Emergency Medicine services under a negotiated service level agreement, and we are happy to discuss similar arrangements for new consultants. Annual leave is managed on an annualised basis.

Provisional Assessment of Programmed Activities in Job Plan:

Direct clinical care:

8 PAs per week to include clinical activity, clinical related activity, predictable and unpredictable on call. Cross-site travel time is included in each session of direct clinical care.

Supporting Professional Activities:

2 SPAs per week to support your CPD and revalidation related activities.

Additional PA allocations are provided for leadership roles, educational supervision, governance roles, being an appraiser or other pre-agreed additional activities.

On call: 2 PA on call allowance and category A 3% on call availability supplement. Rota frequency is 1:9. The successful applicant will be expected to participate in the countywide Intensive Care on call rota. The on-call responsibility involves both predictable and unpredictable elements. It is expected that at weekends, the predictable element will involve attendance at morning handover and the undertaking of twice daily ward rounds, then on call from home.

Job description Job responsibilities

A formal job plan will be agreed between the post-holder and their Clinical Director and Divisional Medical Director, on behalf of the Chief Medical Officer, three months after the start date of the post. Clinical activity will be delivered in a 6-week cycle, with one week of Intensive Care every 6 weeks. Sessions in Anaesthesia will be based the clinical need of the department at the time. These may include major general/gynaecology/urology including robotic assisted surgery, trauma and orthopaedic surgery and CEPOD emergency list work. An example job plan timetable is shown below.

The Job Plan is subject to annual review and will be a prospective agreement that sets out a consultants duties, responsibilities and objectives for the coming year, covering all aspects of professional practice including clinical work, teaching, research, education and managerial responsibilities. It will provide an agreed schedule of commitments, both internal and external. In addition, it will include personal objectives, including details of their link to wider service objectives, and details of the support, if any, required by the consultant to fulfil the job plan and the objectives.

The job plan will predominantly offer fixed clinical activity. It is possible to consider a proportion of flexible clinical activity. Alternatively, an annualised flexible element to the job plan may be employed. We currently have consultants in the department who work part of their job plan for the Pre Hospital Emergency Medicine services under a negotiated service level agreement, and we are happy to discuss similar arrangements for new consultants. Annual leave is managed on an annualised basis.

Provisional Assessment of Programmed Activities in Job Plan:

Direct clinical care:

8 PAs per week to include clinical activity, clinical related activity, predictable and unpredictable on call. Cross-site travel time is included in each session of direct clinical care.

Supporting Professional Activities:

2 SPAs per week to support your CPD and revalidation related activities.

Additional PA allocations are provided for leadership roles, educational supervision, governance roles, being an appraiser or other pre-agreed additional activities.

On call: 2 PA on call allowance and category A 3% on call availability supplement. Rota frequency is 1:9. The successful applicant will be expected to participate in the countywide Intensive Care on call rota. The on-call responsibility involves both predictable and unpredictable elements. It is expected that at weekends, the predictable element will involve attendance at morning handover and the undertaking of twice daily ward rounds, then on call from home.

Person Specification Experience Essential

• Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining (UK) CCT in Anaesthesia
• Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on range of problems both emergency and elective within specialty
• Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients

Desirable

• Interest and experience in paediatric intensive care medicine
• Interest and experience in critical care echocardiography
• Interest and experience in perioperative medicine
• Expertise in subspecialty

Personal Attributes Essential

• Ability to work in a team
• Enquiring, critical approach to work
• Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other agencies
• Commitment to Continuing Medical Education
• Able to meet the travel requirements of the job and return to the hospital within 30 minutes when on call
• An understanding of the current NHS environment, particularly in relation to reforms, initiatives and issues

Desirable

• Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local regional or national levels

Qualifications Essential

• Full GMC Registration with a Licence to practise.
• Success in Intercollegiate Specialty Examination or overseas equivalent
• FRCA
• FFICM

Desirable

• Higher degree
• ALS, ATLS, APLS, EPLS provider status
• Entry on the GMC Specialist Register in Anaesthesia (or expected within 6 months of interview date)

Management and Administrative Experience Essential

• Ability to organise and prioritise workload effectively
• Ability to advise on efficient and smooth running of specialist service
• Ability to manage and lead the Anaesthesia firm and multi-disciplinary team
• Experience of audit management and conducting clinical audit
• Ability to use the evidence based and clinical audit to support decision making

Desirable

• Ability to manage and lead specialist unit and working parties as appropriate

Research Experience Essential

• Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems
• An awareness of current specialty specific developments and initiatives
• Successful completion of a research Good Clinical Practice course or update within the last 2 years

Desirable

• Publications in relevant peer-reviewed journals in the last 5 years
• Evidence of having undertaken original research

Teaching Experience Essential

• Ability to teach clinical skills to medical, nursing staff and other disciplines
• Experience of teaching clinical skills to undergraduates and postgraduates

Desirable

• Ability to supervise postgraduate research
• ALS, ATLS, APLS, EPALS Instructor status
• MMedEd or equivalent
• Ability to supervise postgraduate research

Person Specification Experience Essential

• Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining (UK) CCT in Anaesthesia
• Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on range of problems both emergency and elective within specialty
• Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients

Desirable

• Interest and experience in paediatric intensive care medicine
• Interest and experience in critical care echocardiography
• Interest and experience in perioperative medicine
• Expertise in subspecialty

Personal Attributes Essential

• Ability to work in a team
• Enquiring, critical approach to work
• Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other agencies
• Commitment to Continuing Medical Education
• Able to meet the travel requirements of the job and return to the hospital within 30 minutes when on call
• An understanding of the current NHS environment, particularly in relation to reforms, initiatives and issues

Desirable

• Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local regional or national levels

Qualifications Essential

• Full GMC Registration with a Licence to practise.
• Success in Intercollegiate Specialty Examination or overseas equivalent
• FRCA
• FFICM

Desirable

• Higher degree
• ALS, ATLS, APLS, EPLS provider status
• Entry on the GMC Specialist Register in Anaesthesia (or expected within 6 months of interview date)

Management and Administrative Experience Essential

• Ability to organise and prioritise workload effectively
• Ability to advise on efficient and smooth running of specialist service
• Ability to manage and lead the Anaesthesia firm and multi-disciplinary team
• Experience of audit management and conducting clinical audit
• Ability to use the evidence based and clinical audit to support decision making

Desirable

• Ability to manage and lead specialist unit and working parties as appropriate

Research Experience Essential

• Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems
• An awareness of current specialty specific developments and initiatives
• Successful completion of a research Good Clinical Practice course or update within the last 2 years

Desirable

• Publications in relevant peer-reviewed journals in the last 5 years
• Evidence of having undertaken original research

Teaching Experience Essential

• Ability to teach clinical skills to medical, nursing staff and other disciplines
• Experience of teaching clinical skills to undergraduates and postgraduates

Desirable

• Ability to supervise postgraduate research
• ALS, ATLS, APLS, EPALS Instructor status
• MMedEd or equivalent
• Ability to supervise postgraduate 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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information 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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details Employer name

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Charles Hastings Way

Worcester

Worcestershire

WR5 1DD

Employer's website

https://www.worcsacute.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details Employer name

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Charles Hastings Way

Worcester

Worcestershire

WR5 1DD

Employer's website

https://www.worcsacute.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)