ConsultantCritical Care

ICU Consultant

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

CQC: Requires improvement

London

Salary

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Posted

2 days ago

About the role

We are looking for enthusiastic colleagues to join the critical care team at Imperial College Healthcare. You will be working as part of the wider critical care directorate at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, which provides 94 Adult ICU beds across three hospitals. All units were rated "Good" by the CQC in 2019, and achieved very positive feedback in peer reviews in 2023. Each unit admits both elective and emergency Level 2 and 3 patients, but has a distinct character. St Mary's is a quaternary vascular centre and Major Trauma Centre, Charing Cross is a regional stroke and neurosurgical centre, and Hammersmith is a regional centre for cardiac, renal and haematology. As a result, we care for a hugely varied clinical case mix and are pioneers in multi-disciplinary and collaborative care. As one of the largest acute teaching Trusts in the UK, we offer a wide range of opportunities to help you achieve the career you aspire to. Academic clinicians are welcome and will be encouraged to become local principal investigators for multicentre studies in collaboration with our internationally acclaimed academic department led by Prof A Gordon. This will be a split-site post, working across St Mary's and Charing Cross Hospitals.

ICU Consultant

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

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The posts will attract 10PAs including a minimum of 2SPAs, but we also welcome applications from individuals who wish to work less than full time. Our philosophy is to formulate an individualised job plan with successful candidates, with an emphasis on enabling professional development and pursuit of specific interests. We strongly believe that the job plan needs to be sustainable and should enable the successful candidate to maintain a good work-life balance. Main duties contained within the job plan are assessing and managing critically unwell patients as part of the ICU MDT team. This will involve twice daily ward rounds as a minimum with targeted assessment and interventions as required. Outreach duties are also contained within the job plans and there are outreach clinics which can be job planned for interested candidates. SPA duties will vary but all consultants are expected to support and supervise trainees. All appointments are to the Trust, but this post will be based across our St Mary's and Charing Cross sites. There may also be opportunities for consultants to move sites during their career if they wish to, in order to gain new clinical or leadership experience.

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career. Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities. We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly,part time or job share. Please talk tous at interview.

Person specification

Essential

On GMC's register with a Licence to Practice or eligible to apply for GMC registration and a Licence to Practice
On GMC's Specialist Register or within six months of being admitted to the register by the date of the interviews or eligible for specialist registration
Appropriate Royal College Membership
Broad knowledge of Critical Care as defined by the UK FICM Curriculum
Understanding of statutory requirements in healthcare
Understanding of relevant health and safety legislation
Good understanding of GPICS and GPICS v2
Working knowledge of the SI framework
NICE guidance relating to critical care
Statutory Audit requirements for Critical Care
Sound grasp of ethical principles and relevant legal precedent
Relevant experience acquired working in Critical Care, Anaesthesia, PICU, and General Medicine
Able to demonstrate your experience of Audit, quality improvement, safety, and involvement in teaching and training
Understanding of the working a large tertiary referral healthcare/NHS Intensive Care Unit
IT Skills and computer literacy
Experience of teaching and training undergraduates/postgraduates and junior medical staff
Understanding of principles of clinical audit
Evidence of achievement appropriate to appointment at consultant level at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Able to speak and write English to the appropriate standard necessary to fulfil the job requirements
Able to take responsibility, show leadership, make decisions, exert appropriate authority
Have proven skills in leading, motivating, developing and managing the performance of colleagues.
Knowledge of finance/budgets
Management of Staff