ConsultantCritical Care

Consultant Intensive Care Medicine

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust

CQC: Requires improvement

Woolwich

Salary

£113,565 – £150,569

Posted

3 weeks ago

About the role

Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine We would like to welcome you to join our team in offering superb patient care. We have one replacement post due to retirement that we believe offers an excellent work-life balance in a sustainable way. We want you to enjoy working with us - not just now, but over the coming decades too. Our team of 14 dynamic and enthusiastic consultants are pioneering an exciting transformation strategy in the Critical Care Department at Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust. This post is a replacement substantive post, but may be offered as a fixed term locum position for up to 12 months. Our department treats over 1600 patients a year across two sites in South London with a wide case-mix of general medical and surgical admissions. We house a number of subspecialties in our Trust including ENT, nephrology, urology, bariatrics, complex orthopaedics, interventional cardiology, high-risk obstetrics and numerous cancer specialists. Around 40% of our patients are ventilated at any one time, and around 3% of these are retrieved by tertiary ECMO services. We provide emergency renal replacement therapy to around 60% of our admissions. Our ICNARC mortality and other outcomes are comparable to similar units.

Consultant Intensive Care Medicine

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust

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We offer annualised contracts to consultant intensivists at Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust. These posts are open to full-time intensivists. However, where vacanct sessions are available in other specialties, we will allow some flexibility to accommodate those who wish to maintain clinical sessions in a base specialty (e.g. anaesthesia, acute medicine, emergency medicine, respiratory medicine and nephrology). These posts attract 10 programmed activities (PAs) and are offered as a split of 7.5 direct clinical care (DCC) and up to 2.5 supporting professional activities (SPA). SPA allocation is reviewed annually to ensure appropriate consultant skill development and career progression, whilst meeting the needs of the service. All candidates must be eligible for full GMC registration and either already be on the Specialist Register or be within six months (of interview date) of receiving CCT/CESR, please provide supporting evidence. Please see the person specification listed.

Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:

Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development

Widening access (anchor institution) and employability

Improving the experience of staff with disability

Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development

Making equalities mainstream

Person specification

Essential

MBBS (or equivalent)
Full Registration with the GMC and hold a Licence to Practise
CCT or CESR(CP) in Intensive Care Medicine, or within 6 months of obtaining this at the time of interview
Training and competence in Intensive Care Medicine
Wide breadth of experience in Intensive Care Medicine
Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
Ability to deal with complex clinical problems that may arise during the post
Understand the principles of quality improvement
Evidence of participation in a quality improvement project
Experience of teaching undergraduates
Evidence of teaching clinical skills to postgraduates
Evidence of ability to organise rotas, teaching programmes or training events
Appropriate understanding of NHS directives regarding consultant clinical practice including clinical governance
Relevant IT skills
Ability to lead and manage a multidisciplinary team
Understanding of research principles, research governance and scientific methods
Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems
Effective written and verbal communication skills
Good interpersonal skills and the ability to work in a team
Conscientious and diligent
Commitment to Continuing Professional Development
Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional or national levels

Desirable

FICE echocardiography accreditation
Level 1 or 2 qualification in ultrasound
FRCA, MRCP or FRCEM (if intending to work future sessions in the respective specialty)
ALS/APLS/ATLS Instructor in at least one of these courses
Experience and training in a relevant base discipline (e.g. anaesthesia, emergency medicine, respiratory medicine, nephrology)
Post-registration clinical fellowship in a non-UK intensive care unit
Able to demonstrate change from a quality improvement project in critical care
Evidence of other clinical governance activity, including critical incident investigation and morbidity & mortality review

Evidence of specialist teaching qualification

Experience in delivering simulation training

Evidence of training to enable educational supervision

Training/experience in NHS management

Experience in service development

Attendance at a management course aimed at senior trainees or consultants

Higher degree (PhD or MD) in relevant subject

Recent publications in peer-reviewed journals

Previous research experience in ICM

Presentations at national or international research meetings

Ongoing interest in clinical research