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Locum Consultant for Oxford Critical Care

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Oxford

Salary

£109,725 – £145,478

Posted

Yesterday

About the role

Applicants are invited to apply for the above post in Oxford Critical Care Service at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Headley Way, Headington, Oxford, OX3 9DU and the Churchill Hospital, Old Road, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7LE.

We are seeking enthusiastic and motivated candidates to join the Intensive Care teams at OUH as a locum post. Oxford Critical Care covers the general ITU at the John Radcliffe and Churchill Hospital sites covering a total of 34 beds. We provide a large a range of secondary and tertiary services, including major trauma and support for our transplant, vascular and oncology services. You will be joining a well established but friendly department with a diverse range of interests and sub specialties. No specific additional skill set is required for this application. However, enthusiasm and a demonstrated excellence in teaching (particularly advanced ultrasound), management or research will be viewed positively in an application.

Candidates are invited to contact Peyton Davis, Clinical Director of CAPPRO Directorate and Andrew Chadwick, Clinical Lead, Oxford Critical Care, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, The John Radcliffe Hospital. (Tel: Oxford (01865) 220621).

To gain further details of this post go to NHS Jobs via https://www.ouh.nhs.uk/working-for-us/

Locum Consultant for Oxford Critical Care

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Adult critical care services are provided by the Oxford University Hospitals Trust at the John Radcliffe Hospital site (General, Neurosciences and Cardiac) and the Churchill Hospital site (General, Transplant, Haematology). This post is for a consultant to work in the General Critical Care service at the John Radcliffe and Churchill Hospitals, providing direct care of admissions, leading ward rounds and consultations on critically ill inpatients on wards and the emergency department.

The General Critical Care Service currently consists of a 26 bedded unit at the John Radcliffe site (of which 22 beds are routinely open) and an 8 bedded unit at the Churchill site. At the John Radcliffe the service is split over 2 floors – a 10 bedded floor and a second floor with 16 physical bed spaces with up to 12 in use at anytime. The service is currently expanding and key to this is the Consultant led referral service which runs Monday to Friday with a plan to extend this to 7 days a week. It is the ambition of the service to take part in a comprehensive Outreach service.

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Adult critical care services are provided by the Oxford University Hospitals Trust at the John Radcliffe Hospital site (General, Neurosciences and Cardiac) and the Churchill Hospital site (General, Transplant, Haematology). This post is for a consultant to work in the General Critical Care service at the John Radcliffe and Churchill Hospitals, providing direct care of admissions, leading ward rounds and consultations on critically ill inpatients on wards and the emergency department.

The General Critical Care Service currently consists of a 26 bedded unit at the John Radcliffe site (of which 22 beds are routinely open) and an 8 bedded unit at the Churchill site. At the John Radcliffe the service is split over 2 floors – a 10 bedded floor and a second floor with 16 physical bed spaces with up to 12 in use at anytime. The service is currently expanding and key to this is the Consultant led referral service which runs Monday to Friday with a plan to extend this to 7 days a week. It is the ambition of the service to take part in a comprehensive Outreach service.

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Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

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If you want to make a difference with us, come and join our team. Together, we will uphold the highest standards of care and professionalism.

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Person specification

Essential

CCT in intensive care medicine or equivalent level of training (e.g. on GMC Specialist Register in ICM or within six months of achieving CCT at the time of interview)
Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
UK teaching hospital ICM experience
Evidence of ability to make decisions at consultant level and to manage complex clinical problems
Excellent leadership skills. Evidence of ability to lead a clinical team at the level of a consultant in a teaching hospital.
Effective administrative and time management skills. Training in clinical management.
Evidence of significant contribution to successful teamwork
Good spoken and written English. Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills.
Proven ability to organise and deliver high quality training
Evidence of effective and sustained contribution to clinical governance, clinical risk management and clinical audit activities
Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems
Full registration and Licence to Practice
Full driving licence

Desirable

FFICM or equivalent
Post graduate thesis
Additional training in areas relevant to ICM (e.g. Tertiary Trauma Care, management, research, POCUS Ultrasound, Echocardiography, active research relevant to the field)
Consultant ICM experience
Evidence of leadership within their training program, professional bodies, research, or other spheres
Management qualification
Practical experience of being involved in the management of NHS structures (e.g. evidence of systems based investigation, change management or service development)
Any sub-specialty skills relevant to ICM. Specific interests in critical care ultrasound including teaching experience.

Proven ability to communicate in written form (e.g. publications, reports)

Formal teacher training

Additional training expertise (e.g. simulation, assessment, course development)

Links to safety training

Evidence of audit leading to demonstrated and sustained change

Evidence of completed and published primary or secondary research

Ability to supervise research

Research grants