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About the role

Do you have a CCT in Intensive Care Medicine or are you coming to the end of your training? Do you have a passion for delivering high quality care and working in a dynamic multi-professional team? Do you want to help to shape the future of Intensive Care services across the South West of England? Bristol NHS Foundation Trust are looking to recruit hard-working, self-motivated and inspiring doctors to join our team of 29 Intensive Care consultants at the City & Weston Hospital Operating Unit. Our newly created Trust has an annual turnover of £2.6 billion and is one of the largest NHS Trusts in the UK. The City & Weston ICU bed base compromises 60 beds in 6 discrete clinical areas across the Bristol Royal Infirmary and Weston General Hospital sites. We admit more than 3000 patients a year. Our severity of illness and outcomes are consistently well above the national average based on serial ICNARC data.

Recent developments within our ICU include the medical merger of the General, Cardiac and Weston adult critical care services. The unit was commissioned as an ECMO / Severe Acute Respiratory Failure (SARF) centre in 2022. We have a multidisciplinary Critical Care Outreach service on both the Bristol and Weston General Hospital sites.

You need to be in possession of a CCT (or equivalent) in Intensive Care Medicine (or within six months of your CCT date on the day of interview) and have GMC registration with a licence to practice. This is a substantive post with full-time ICM PAs available. Both full-time and less than full-time working can be accommodated within the Consultant rota structure. For suitably qualified individuals, additional DCC PAs may also be available from the regional Retrieve transfer service, as well as other departments such as Anaesthesia and Acute Medicine.

Person specification

Essential

Full GMC registration
FCICM or equivalent qualification
CCT in Intensive Care Medicine (or equivalent) or within 6 months of the interview date (please note, this does not apply to CESR)
Stage 3/Advanced Training in Intensive Care (or equivalent)
Offers expert clinical opinion on a range of problems in critical care
Ability to take full and independent responsibility for patient care without direct supervision
Experience of caring for patients post cardiac surgery
Up to date knowledge and experience of relevant specialty
Knowledge of NHS priorities with reference to specialty
Understanding of clinical governance and the individual responsibilities it implies
Knowledge of the principles of clinical audit and evidence of participation
Positive approach to evidence based practice
Evidence of recent and regular engagement with icontinuing professional development (CPD) scheme
Knowledge of the principles involved in research
Evidence of involvement in research
Applies research outcomes to clinical problems in critically-ill patients and appraises the published evidence
Teaching experience relevant to Intensive Care and the multi-disciplinary team
Experience of supervising trainees
Evidence of management training and evidence of learning from it
Ability to organise efficient and smooth running of a specialist service
Ability to cope with and effectively organise the workload of a consultant
Ability to practice independently as a consultant
Ability to take on responsibility and show evidence of leadership
Ability to work under pressure and cope with setbacks
Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, clinical colleagues, support staff and other colleagues.
Good knowledge of, and ability to use, spoken and written English
Ability to present effectively to an audience, using a variety of methods, and to respond to questions and queries
Ability to develop effective working relationships on an individual and multi-professional basis with all levels of staff both within and across divisions
Ability to be a flexible team member
Ability to adapt and respond to changing circumstances
Awareness of personal limitations
Commitment to continuing medical education and appraisal
Meets professional health requirements
Agreement to travel to and work in other Bristol NHS Foundation Trust sites necessitated by the role

Desirable

Higher academic qualification e.g. MD, PhD or equivalent
Evidence of a special interest and expertise that complements those of other consultants in the department and is consistent with the Trust's service strategy
Experience in delivery of ECMO
Broad range of IT skills
Clinical skills and knowledge related to ECMO
Use of point of care ultrasound techniques
Additional academic experience and qualifications e.g. PhD
Formal academic activities, e.g. publications in peer reviewed journals

Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine

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Person specification