Job summary
As a consultant in intensive care, you will contribute to the provision of critical care and ECMO services at Royal Papworth Hospital.
You will contribute to the training of medical students, all grade specialist trainees and other health professionals, as well as participating in clinical audit, quality improvement and academic activities.
As a member of the Consultant team, you will work alongside other team members to support the critical care unit and ECMO service out-of-hours rotas on a rotational basis.
Successful applicants will be employed full-time at Royal Papworth Hospital.
Candidates accredited in other specialities and suitable for the post on offer, are encouraged to discuss working a proportion of their job plan in a different speciality than intensive care (e.g. theatre lists in anaesthesia, clinics or interventional procedures in respiratory medicine or cardiology, etc...).
Main duties of the job
*Shared responsibility with other colleagues for critical care service provision.
*Participation in the critical care and ECMO on-call duties, up to 1:6, with prospective cover.
*Teaching, training and clinical supervision of trainees and other health professionals.
*Participation in the research, audit and quality improvement activities of the hospital.
*Maintenance of the highest clinical standards in the management of patients and compliance with clinical governance initiatives.
About us
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the UK's leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state-of-the-art hospital in Cambridge. We perform the most heart and/or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979. It also offers emergency heart attack treatment, sleep centre care and is one of just five centres nationally for those in severe respiratory failure.
Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe the Trust is at the heart of treatments of the future. Royal Papworth became the first hospital trust in the country to be rated outstanding in all five areas assessed by the Care Quality Commission - a rating it still holds today. The Trust holds its values of compassion, excellence & collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day-to-day roles & interactions. Royal Papworth is proud of its diverse workforce and encourages people to embrace their individuality.
The Trust values difference and welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion & belief, sex and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.
For a street view tour: https://royalpapworth.nhs.uk/virtual-tour
Job description
Job responsibilities
On this page you will find a Role Profile which provides information about the hospital and full details about the role. We recommend that you review this and refer to it as you complete your application. Please include how you will meet the Trust Values Compassion, Excellence and Collaboration. If you would like more information about the role or working at Royal Papworth Hospital, please get in touch with the contact for this role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
On this page you will find a Role Profile which provides information about the hospital and full details about the role. We recommend that you review this and refer to it as you complete your application. Please include how you will meet the Trust Values Compassion, Excellence and Collaboration. If you would like more information about the role or working at Royal Papworth Hospital, please get in touch with the contact for this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- *FFICM or equivalent qualification in intensive care medicine (ICM)
- *CCT or equivalent in intensive care medicine, anaesthesia, respiratory medicine, cardiology or surgery
- *Registration with licence to practice on the GMC
Desirable
- *Registered or Expected entry on the Specialist Register
- *Qualification in another specialty (e.g. MRCP)
- *Higher Degree (e.g. MSc, MD, PhD)
Experience
Essential
- *Training equivalent to that required for gaining UK CCT in Intensive Care
- *Experience in the transfer of the critically ill patient
- *Experience in the management of patients on ECMO
- *Ability to work in a team
- *Good interpersonal skills
- *Caring attitude to patients
- *Commitment to continuing professional development
- *Good interpersonal skills
- *Willingness to undertake professional responsibilities at regional/national level
- *Good communication skills
Desirable
- *Training in cardiothoracic ICM with the management of patients with heart failure, heart and lung transplantation and mechanical heart support devices.
- *Training in another specialty (e.g. medicine)
- *Overseas experience in intensive care medicine
- *Formal fellowship in adult cardiothoracic ICM
- *Experience of management of patients with heart failure, heart and lung transplantation and mechanical heart support devices.
- *Membership of learned, societies. e.g. Intensive Care Society (ICS)
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Please provide evidence of your commitment to uphold the Trust's values: Compassion, Excellence, Collaboration
- Please see JD for further person specifications.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- *FFICM or equivalent qualification in intensive care medicine (ICM)
- *CCT or equivalent in intensive care medicine, anaesthesia, respiratory medicine, cardiology or surgery
- *Registration with licence to practice on the GMC
Desirable
- *Registered or Expected entry on the Specialist Register
- *Qualification in another specialty (e.g. MRCP)
- *Higher Degree (e.g. MSc, MD, PhD)
Experience
Essential
- *Training equivalent to that required for gaining UK CCT in Intensive Care
- *Experience in the transfer of the critically ill patient
- *Experience in the management of patients on ECMO
- *Ability to work in a team
- *Good interpersonal skills
- *Caring attitude to patients
- *Commitment to continuing professional development
- *Good interpersonal skills
- *Willingness to undertake professional responsibilities at regional/national level
- *Good communication skills
Desirable
- *Training in cardiothoracic ICM with the management of patients with heart failure, heart and lung transplantation and mechanical heart support devices.
- *Training in another specialty (e.g. medicine)
- *Overseas experience in intensive care medicine
- *Formal fellowship in adult cardiothoracic ICM
- *Experience of management of patients with heart failure, heart and lung transplantation and mechanical heart support devices.
- *Membership of learned, societies. e.g. Intensive Care Society (ICS)
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Please provide evidence of your commitment to uphold the Trust's values: Compassion, Excellence, Collaboration
- Please see JD for further person specifications.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
