Locum Consultant in Neurosciences and Trauma ICM with Anaesthesia

Job overview

Applications are invited for the post of Locum Consultant in Neurosciences and Trauma Intensive Care Medicine with Anaesthesia, based at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, part of Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. This post is available from 05 February 2025 for a period of 12 months.

The successful candidate will join an expanding, innovative, and dynamic 27-bed neurosciences and trauma critical intensive care unit (NCCU). The unit admits over 1500 patients per year primarily following major trauma and also patients from the entire range of neurosciences pathologies in addition to smaller numbers of general critical illnesses.

The vast majority of admissions to NCCU are emergency admissions and represent a complex, diverse mix of patients in line with the neurosciences and trauma services the hospital offers to the 6.25 million people within the East of England.

Critically ill patients arising from the other specialties at Addenbrooke’s are cared for by our 32-bed sister unit, the John Farman Intensive Care Unit (JF ICU).

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will join a team of Consultants providing 24/7 cover to NCCU and will be appointed jointly with the Department of Anaesthesia. Provisional job plans are designed for candidates with a dual specialisation in intensive care medicine with anaesthesia.

Successful candidates will be leading the care provided by the multidisciplinary team within NCCU to victims of major trauma and to patients with complex neurosurgical and neurological disease.

Applicants should be fully registered with the GMC and have a CCT in Intensive Care Medicine and Anaesthetics or be within six months of the award of CCT at the time of interview. Applications are welcomed from those unable to work full time for personal reasons or those wishing to job-share.

Working for your organisation

The applicant must have demonstrable skills in listening, reading, writing and speaking in English that enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues, as set out in the GMC’s Good Medical Practice (2013). Non-UK applicants must possess the IELTS/OET exam before obtaining a GMC licence to practice.

Applications from job seekers who require skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.

It is a requirement for skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, 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) will also be subject to this requirement.

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Addenbrooke’s Hospital is the Major Trauma Centre for the East of England, serving a population of around 6.4 million people.

This thriving, modern teaching hospital is the local hospital for people living in the Cambridge area and is the regional referral centre for a number of specialties, including neurosurgery, cancer surgery, transplantation, plastic surgery, vascular and paediatrics. Addenbrooke’s offers unparalleled capacity for teaching, including involvement in the high fidelity simulation centre, and the highly regarded research within the department as well as the wider Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Addenbrooke’s is the teaching hospital for the University of Cambridge and is a flagship NHS hospital having achieved NHS Foundation Trust status in July 2004. It has strong international links particularly through the University and it is a world-class centre for medical research.

Please refer to the Job description and Person specification attached for further details on the main responsibilities and duties for this post.

For further details / informal visits contact: Dr Aiofe Quinn, Consultant Specialty Lead NCCU (aoife.quinn3@nhs.net)