Locum ICU Consultant | Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST; City Of London; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare trust in London seeks enthusiastic critical care physicians to join its team. The role involves managing critically unwell patients, leading teams, and engaging in research and teaching activities. Candidates must be on the ICM Specialist Register or nearing CCT. The position offers 10 PAs with flexible working arrangements and opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

Career development

Flexible working

Wellbeing initiatives

Qualifications

• Experience in managing critically unwell patients.
• Dual-accredited candidates in anaesthesia or similar are welcomed.
• Ability to work collaboratively with multi-disciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Assess and manage critically unwell patients in ICU.
• Participate in outreach duties and support trainees.
• Engage in research, teaching, and clinical governance.

Skills

Critical care expertise

Collaborative teamwork

Leadership skills

Education

ICM Specialist Register or nearing CCT

Job description

Overview

We’re seeking enthusiastic colleagues to join our critical care directorate, which delivers care across 94 adult ICU beds at three hospitals. All units were rated “Good” by the CQC (2019) and received excellent peer review feedback in 2023.

Each unit admits both elective and emergency level 2 and 3 patients, but has distinct character:

• St Mary’s – Major Trauma & Quaternary Vascular Centre
• Charing Cross – Regional Stroke & Neurosurgical Centre
• Hammersmith – Cardiac, Renal & Haematology Centre

This diverse clinical mix supports innovation and collaborative, multidisciplinary care.

As one of the UK’s largest acute teaching Trusts, we offer extensive opportunities for career development. Academic clinicians are encouraged to lead multicentre research alongside our renowned department headed by Prof A. Gordon.

Applicants should be on the ICM Specialist Register or nearing CCT. We welcome dual-accredited candidates (e.g. anaesthesia, respiratory, emergency medicine). We encourage you to contact us to discuss how we can tailor the role to suit your interests and circumstances.

Contract and Working Arrangements

The posts will attract 10 PAs including a minimum of 2 SPAs, but we also welcome applications from individuals who wish to work less than full time. Our philosophy is to formulate an individualised job plan with successful candidates, with an emphasis on enabling professional development and pursuit of specific interests. We strongly believe that the job plan needs to be sustainable and should enable the successful candidate to maintain a good work-life balance.

Main duties and responsibilities

• Assessing and managing critically unwell patients as part of the ICU MDT team. This will involve twice daily ward rounds as a minimum with targeted assessment and interventions as required.
• Outreach duties are included in the job plans; there are outreach clinics which can be job planned for interested candidates.
• SPA duties will vary, but all consultants are expected to support and supervise trainees.

Site locations and mobility

All appointments are to the Trust, but we will discuss site preferences during the application process and mutually agree at appointment. There may also be opportunities for consultants to move sites during their career to gain new clinical or leadership experience.

Imperial College Healthcare

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Values and culture

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

Equal opportunities

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

Main Responsibilities

Provide High Quality Care to Patients presenting as an Emergency or who require Critical Care.

Research, Teaching & Training

• Collaborate with academic and clinical colleagues to enhance the translational research portfolio, whilst meeting the full requirements of Research Governance
• Provide high quality teaching to medical undergraduates, foundation doctors, specialty trainees and members of other health care professions as required

Performance Management

• Work with medical, nursing and managerial colleagues to ensure high performance in clinical efficiency, patient safety, quality of outcomes and financial management

Medical Staff Management

• Participate in team objective setting as part of the annual job planning cycle
• Be responsible for the annual appraisal of doctors in training, Trust doctors and non-consultant grades as delegated

Governance

• Participate in clinical audit, incident reporting and ensure resulting actions are implemented
• Keep fully informed about best practice in the speciality areas and ensure implications for practice changes are discussed with Specialty Leads
• Role model good practice for infection control to all members of the multidisciplinary team

Leadership and Team Working

• Demonstrate excellent leadership skills with regard to individual performance, clinical teams, the Trust and when participating in national initiatives
• Work collaboratively with all members of the multi-disciplinary team and Imperial College as required

This advert closes on Tuesday 23 Sep 2025