Locum Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine

Do you have a CCT in Intensive Care Medicine, or are you coming to the end of your training?

Do you have a passion for delivering high quality care and working in a dynamic multi-professional team?

Do you want to help to shape the future of Intensive Care services across the South West of England?

UHBW Critical Care is looking to recruit hard-working, self-motivated and inspiring doctors to join our team of 26 Consultants. We are looking to recruit a full time locum consultant position for a 6 month period.

Main duties of the job

This is a locum post to support an ongoing expansion in critical care capacity on the Bristol site and replace colleagues who are retiring and taking maternity leave. The current ICU bedbase compromises 60 beds in 6 discrete clinical areas across the Bristol and Weston sites. We admit more than 3000 patients a year. Our severity of illness and outcomes are consistently well above the national average based on serial ICNARC data.

Recent developments include the merger of the General, Cardiac and Weston adult critical care services. Our unit was commissioned as a Veno-Venous ECMO / Severe Acute Respiratory Failure centre in 2022. We have a multidisciplinary Critical Care Outreach service on the Bristol site, along with a well-established Critical Care Outreach service at Weston General Hospital.

You need to be in possession of a CCT (or equivalent) in Intensive Care Medicine (or within six months of your CCT date on the day of interview) and have GMC registration with a licence to practice. This is a full-time ICM post in terms of PAs but both full-time and less than full-time working is accommodated within the Consultant rota structure.

About us

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as 'Good' overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For a more in-detail description of this position, you can refer to the job description document attached or contact us.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential

• Full GMC registration
• FFICM or equivalent qualification
• CCT in Intensive Care Medicine (or equivalent) or within 6 months of the interview date

Desirable

• Higher degree e.g PhD,MD

Experience

Essential

• Stage 3/Advanced Training in Intensive Care (or equivalent)
• Offers expert clinical opinion on a range of problems in critical care
• Ability to take full and independent responsibility for patient care
• Experience of caring for patients post cardiac surgery

Desirable

• Experience in delivery of ECMO

Clinical Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• Up to date knowledge and experience of Intensive Care
• Knowledge of NHS priorities for Intensive Care

Desirable

• Clinical skills and knowledge related to ECMO
• Use of point of care ultrasound techniques

Clinical Governance

Essential

• Awareness of the requirements of clinical governance, with particular reference to Intensive Care

Teaching, Training and Research

Essential

• Applies research outcomes to clinical problems in critically-ill patients and appraises the published evidence
• Teaching experience relevant to Intensive Care and the multi-disciplinary team

Desirable

• Formal academic activities, e.g. publications in peer reviewed journals
• Participation in recruitment to large trials in Intensive Care
• Completions of a recognised teaching course
• Contribution to learning through simulation

Management and Leadership

Essential

• Evidence of management training and experience appropriate to career to date
• Ability to take on responsibility and shows evidence of leadership

Desirable

• Demonstration of knowledge of NHS management structures

Interpersonal, communication and team working skills

Essential

• Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, clinical colleagues, support staff and other colleagues
• Ability to develop affective working relationships on an individual and multi-professional basis with all levels of staff both within and across divisions
• Demonstrates flexible team-working
• Inquiring and critical approach to their professional activities

Any other personal abilities and aptitudes

Essential

• Commitments to continuing medical education and appraisal
• Ability to cope wit and effectively organise the workload of a consultant
• Ability to work under pressure and cope with setbacks
• Demonstrates the 4 Trust values

Desirable

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

Other

Essential

• Meets professional health requirements
• Willingness to travel to and work in other sites necessitated by the role

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