ConsultantCritical Care

Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine & Anaesthesia

Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Chester

Salary

£113,565 – £150,569

Posted

5 days ago

About the role

Working Full time : 10 sessions per week The department is seeking to appoint a consultant intensivist, with sessions in anaesthesia. The candidate will integrate into the team of existing consultants to provide a complete intensive care service, including the equivalent of a full-time commitment to ICU hot weeks, ICU on call and weekend cover. This post has arisen from a vacancy in the Department of Anaesthesia & Intensive Care. It will add resilience to ICU consultant staffing and support an appropriate ratio of consultants to patients as described in GPICS guidelines. The job plan can be adapted to accommodate a single specialty ICM candidate. The Intensive Care Unit consists of 21 single rooms, each of which can be used for either level two or three care. Fifteen beds are commissioned on a flexible level 2/3 basis, funded as seven level three and eight level two beds. The additional rooms allow for future expansion, provide surge capacity and allow the ICU team to work flexibly to accommodate patients while maintaining staff patient ratios. The unit supports the tertiary South Mersey Arterial hub's activity. The successful candidate could be a single-CCT intensivist or hold CCTs in both ICM and anaesthesia or another specialty such as emergency medicine. It is also open to those who are within six months of attaining CCT.

Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine & Anaesthesia

Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

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The successful post holder will be responsible for providing intensive care cover along with the other intensivists. Currently all the Intensivists are also anaesthetists who provide elective and emergency anaesthesia care when not on their intensive care hot weeks or on the ICU. The on-call commitment will be 1:11 (including this post) to cover the intensive care on call rota. The weekend on-call commitment will be 1:11 for long days and overnight on call. There are additional short-day weekends (so that there are two intensivists for the morning ward rounds) making the overall weekend commitment 1 in 7.5 or approximately 7 each year. Irrespective of other commitments, the post holder will contribute fully to the ICU on call, daytime and weekend ICU consultant cover. If the candidate undertakes anaesthesia (in a consultant or non-consultant capacity), they will work a 10 PA contract with core 1.5 SPA included to meet the needs for appraisal and revalidation.

The Trust's services are provided from three locations: o The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 473 general and acute beds. o Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 60 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility. o Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population. The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust employs 5,964 staff (headcount) to provide care and treatment to a population of over 400,000 people living in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care System. Due to its location on the border with North Wales, the Trust also works closely with the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust treats patients from England and some parts of Wales. During 2024/2025, there were approximately 643,000 patient attendances (inpatient, A&E, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery

Person specification

Essential

Full registration with the GMC with licence to practise
FFICM or equivalent Diploma
CCT (or equivalent) with entry on Specialist Register for Intensive Care or within six months of anticipated CCT on the date of interview
If proposing to undertake consultant-level anaesthesia sessions: FRCA or equivalent Diploma. CCT (or equivalent) with entry on Specialist Register for Anaesthesia or within six months of anticipated CCT on the date of interview.
Minimum of 7 years' experience in ICM and anaesthesia/emergency medicine/acute medicine
Minimum of 1 year worked within NHS
Smooth progression through training consistent with personal circumstances
Evidence of ALS competencies.
Evidence of achieving GMC standards to be recognised as a clinical supervisor
Active regular participation in teaching and training of medical and para-medical colleagues
Active consistent engagement with clinical audit
Regular commitment to continuing medical education
Evidence of reflective practice
Good understanding of NHS management structures
Evidence of: Good organisational skills, Commitment to team working, Leadership qualities, Good interpersonal skills, Excellent written and spoken English, Industry and enthusiasm, Flexibility in a changing work environment, Caring and responsible attitude to colleagues
To live within 10 miles of the Trust (unless negotiated otherwise)

Desirable

Additional degree or post-graduate qualification (MRCP, MD etc)
APLS, ATLS or ETC
Extensive / formal experience in medical education including regional teaching.
Formal Educational Qualification
Life support course instructor
Evidence of implementing change to improve patient care
Evidence of leadership in anaesthesia/critical care
Evidence of involvement in clinical research

Presentations at regional and national meetings

Publications in peer reviewed journal

Evidence of: Potential for wider hospital leadership roles.

Member of a medical indemnity organisation