Consultant Critical Care - Broomfield

NHS; Broomfield (CO); On-site; USD 152,000 - 202,000; Full time

Job summary

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Consultant in Critical Care for the Broomfield site. You will lead critical care delivery and collaborate with fellow consultants to direct patient care in a busy unit.

The role requires adherence to GPICS guidelines, consultant-led admission decisions, and timely in-person reviews. You will supervise juniors, participate in MDTs, and communicate clearly with patients and families.

Qualifications

• Full GMC registration.
• CCT in Intensive Care Medicine or CCT in Anaesthesia/Medical Specialty/Emergency Medicine with evidence of advanced training in ICM.
• On GMC Specialist Register.

Responsibilities

• Deliver critical care according to GPICS guidelines and ensure admission decisions involve a Critical Care Consultant.
• Direct and deliver care with on-call rota participation and service framework adherence.
• Supervise and train junior doctors with consultant oversight.
• Participate in Multidisciplinary Team Meetings and support treatment escalation planning.
• Communicate with patients and relatives with high-quality information and sensitive discussions.

Education

Full GMC registration

CCT in Intensive Care Medicine or CCT in Anaesthesia/Medical Specialty/Emergency Medicine with evidence of completion of advanced training in ICM

On GMC Specialist Register

Job description

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Consultant Critical Care - Broomfield

The closing date is 15 October 2026

Our Critical Care service is looking for a Consultant to join a inclusive, friendly team. We are an ambitious Division and successful individuals would be joining at a time where they can help shape the future with opportunity to meaningfully contribute to development of the Service.

You will be working with the other Critical Care Consultants to direct and deliver care to patients referred and admitted to the critical care unit, participating in the established on-call rota and service framework.

Your role will be to deliver critical care that meets the standards set out in the Intensive Care Society's Guidelines on the Provision of Intensive Care Services (GPICS, edition 2), with specific reference to section 3.1., ensuring that the decision to admit a patient to critical care is made only after discussion with a Critical Care Consultant and ensure that all unplanned admissions to Critical Care occur within 4 hours of the decision to admit

You will also ensure that all patients that are admitted to Critical Care have a Consultant Directed Care Plan on admission and ensure that all patients admitted to Critical Care are reviewed in-person by a Consultant as urgently as the situation dictates and always within 12 hours of admission.

Main duties of the job

All MSE Critical Care Units operate on the "closed unit model"; critical care consultants are expected to work collaboratively with specialty teams but the final decisions on admission and discharge from critical care and the immediate day-to-day management is the responsibility of the attending critical care consultant.

You will be expected to participate in Multidisciplinary Team Meetings, to provide expert opinion to speciality colleagues when requested, particularly with a view to supporting discussions and decisions on treatment escalation planning if so asked and to communicate effectively with patients and their relatives, providing high-quality verbal and/ or written information and manage discussions regarding treatment escalation planning, resuscitation and end-of-life planning with sensitivity.

Appointees will, in conjunction with other Critical Care Consultants be directly responsible for the supervision of and training of junior doctors working within critical care. A high level of consultant oversight is expected.

Our Division benefits from excellent executive and operational support with a commitment to meet GPICS standards in full.

About us

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust

Job responsibilities

For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description.

We look forward to your application. Please be aware that we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a suitable number of applications.

Job description currently awaiting Royal College Approval

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Full GMC registration
• CCT in Intensive Care Medicine or CCT in Anaesthesia/Medical Specialty/Emergency Medicine with evidence of completion of advanced training in ICM (or within 6 months of completion at the time of interview)
• On GMC Specialist Register

Clinical Experience and Knowledge

• Extensive experience in adult critical care medicine with evidence of ongoing commitment
• Previous experience woking in the NHS

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.

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

£113,565 to £150,569 a yearPer Annum (Pro rata for Part Time)