Locum Consultant in General and Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Medicine

Locum Consultant in General and Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Medicine We are seeking a highly trained individual committed to Adult Intensive Care Medicine with experience in managing both general and cardiothoracic intensive care patients. The successful candidate will be a dynamic individual who has experience in this field and is driven to develop the services at UHL. Applications are welcomed from suitable candidates on the specialist register for intensive care medicine via the CCT or CESR route or those dual trained. Candidates may interview for this post within 6 months of expected CCT date. The post is suitable for either single specialty intensivists or those dual trained, please contact to discuss potential job plans. Clinical experience before appointment to this post may be supplemented following successful interview to support service needs. This includes in house training and the further skill development should these be required.

Key Tasks To provide daytime and on call 1:18 consultant cover for the Intensive Care Unit at the Glenfield site. This currently has 33 level 3 beds used flexibly in a physical space for 33 beds. Maintenance of the highest clinical standards in the management of patients. To participate in the SPA activities that will be negotiable depending on the candidate interest and areas of need. To supervise and train junior intensive care medical and nursing staff and allied health professionals. To be involved in appraising and assessing junior doctors. To actively participate in the multiple nationally renowned courses held at Glenfield hospital. To actively participate in the TOE, echocardiography/critical care ultrasound and FICM teaching programme provided by the department. To take part in multidisciplinary case conferences. Teaching, audit, research and administration. To develop the Adult Critical Care Service along with other Adult Critical Care Consultant colleagues at UHL. To work with the Clinical Governance team to enhance patient safety. Depending on the sub-speciality experience of the post-holder and the needs of the Trust, some sessional commitments may be out of the ICU. Examples of this are anaesthetic sessions for anaesthetists and sessions on the Clinical Decisions Unit or outpatient clinics for physicians.