Job summary
Whittington Health NHS Trust wish to recruit 1 locum consultant in critical care medicine with anaesthetic sessions.
Applicants must be fully registered with the GMC and hold a license to practice. Applicants must have entry on the GMC Specialist Register via CCT for both critical care and anaesthetics (proposed CCT date must be within six months of the interview date), CESR or European Community Rights. Candidates who are unable, for personal reasons, to work full-time are eligible to apply and, if successful, modification of the job content will be discussed on a personal basis, in consultation with consultant colleagues.
The Whittington is committed to ICARE values of innovation, compassion, accountability, respect and excellence.
The unit at Whittington Health is well staffed medically with a full complement of resident trainees from emergency medicine, anaesthesia and IMT, 2 foundation year doctors, and at present a middle grade rota with 2 posts from the critical care training program, 1 from anaesthetics and 1 from acute medicine. We also have 3 non training middle grade posts, including a simulation and anaesthetic fellow.
Please read the documents attached to this vacancy before applying, including the job description, person specification and the information for applicants which includes useful information to help complete your application.
Interviews are planned for the afternoon of 23rd Oct
Main duties of the job
Please see the full Job Description and the Person Specification for further details about the job role.
About us
Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trustbelieves that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Duties of the Post
Outline Job Plans are in the attached job description.
This is an 8-week rolling rota for critical care. None ITU clinical work will be scheduled around the ITU rota, so the ITU on call commitment will be scheduled to be on specific days. There will be no out of hours on call work apart from that for ITU. SPA work should also be scheduled into the non ITU weeks and includes M and M, ES and CS work, clinical governance meetings, patient review meetings, datix meetings, etc alongside others.
The consultant is off site at night for critical care on calls. The 4.5 PAs for ITU work includes payment for starting work at 0800 on the day of being on call and being on site. The 4.5 PAs also includes payment for unpredictable emergency work such as phone discussions and return to site when required and is also subject to an on-call availability supplement in category A (5%).
For the appointable candidate person there will be a 4.5 PA clinical commitment to ITU, 1.5 SPA, and one day per week in theatre, plus alternate weeks another all day operating list. This will equate to 4 PAs of clinical work in anaesthesia. The days of this commitment would be regular, and to be agreed by the successful candidate and the Clinical Lead for Anaesthetics.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Duties of the Post
Outline Job Plans are in the attached job description.
This is an 8-week rolling rota for critical care. None ITU clinical work will be scheduled around the ITU rota, so the ITU on call commitment will be scheduled to be on specific days. There will be no out of hours on call work apart from that for ITU. SPA work should also be scheduled into the non ITU weeks and includes M and M, ES and CS work, clinical governance meetings, patient review meetings, datix meetings, etc alongside others.
The consultant is off site at night for critical care on calls. The 4.5 PAs for ITU work includes payment for starting work at 0800 on the day of being on call and being on site. The 4.5 PAs also includes payment for unpredictable emergency work such as phone discussions and return to site when required and is also subject to an on-call availability supplement in category A (5%).
For the appointable candidate person there will be a 4.5 PA clinical commitment to ITU, 1.5 SPA, and one day per week in theatre, plus alternate weeks another all day operating list. This will equate to 4 PAs of clinical work in anaesthesia. The days of this commitment would be regular, and to be agreed by the successful candidate and the Clinical Lead for Anaesthetics.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Full GMC Registration
- Entry on the GMC Specialist Register via CCT in ICM (proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of interview) and CCT in anaesthetics (proposed date must be within 6 months of interview) or CESR in ICM and Anaesthetics
- Higher qualification in critical care medicine FFICM or European Diploma in ICM
- Higher qualifications in anaesthetics: FRCA
Desirable
Special Interest
Essential
- Experience and training in intensive care medicine and anaesthetics to the levels set for CCT (or equivalent training) by RCOA and FICM
Desirable
- Knowledge and clinical experience of treatment escalation planning
Teaching
Essential
- Evidence of effective teaching & training skills
Desirable
- Teaching qualification
- Simulation faculty qualification
Research
Essential
- Ability to appraise evidence and to undertake relevant research
Desirable
- An interest in research as evidenced by publications relevant to critical care
- PhD and research background
Communication skills
Essential
- Knowledge and skills in various techniques and procedures appropriate for intensive care, theatre and the critically ill patient
- Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of staff and patients
Aware of national policies, quality initiatives
Essential
- Familiarity with UK Critical Care Standards as outlined in GPICS
Desirable
- Familiarity with Critical Care Networks
Flexible Thinking
Essential
- A willingness to accept that flexibility is required to meet the changing needs of the NHS
Management Ability
Essential
- Knowledge of NHS developments around critical care and anaesthetics including Commissioning.
- Evidence of the ability to lead a team
- Commitment to effective departmental management
Desirable
Audit
Essential
- Evidence of completion of audit projects leading to improved clinical care in ICU and anaesthetics
Desirable
- Familiarity with ICNARC data collection & reporting
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Full GMC Registration
- Entry on the GMC Specialist Register via CCT in ICM (proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of interview) and CCT in anaesthetics (proposed date must be within 6 months of interview) or CESR in ICM and Anaesthetics
- Higher qualification in critical care medicine FFICM or European Diploma in ICM
- Higher qualifications in anaesthetics: FRCA
Desirable
Special Interest
Essential
- Experience and training in intensive care medicine and anaesthetics to the levels set for CCT (or equivalent training) by RCOA and FICM
Desirable
- Knowledge and clinical experience of treatment escalation planning
Teaching
Essential
- Evidence of effective teaching & training skills
Desirable
- Teaching qualification
- Simulation faculty qualification
Research
Essential
- Ability to appraise evidence and to undertake relevant research
Desirable
- An interest in research as evidenced by publications relevant to critical care
- PhD and research background
Communication skills
Essential
- Knowledge and skills in various techniques and procedures appropriate for intensive care, theatre and the critically ill patient
- Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of staff and patients
Aware of national policies, quality initiatives
Essential
- Familiarity with UK Critical Care Standards as outlined in GPICS
Desirable
- Familiarity with Critical Care Networks
Flexible Thinking
Essential
- A willingness to accept that flexibility is required to meet the changing needs of the NHS
Management Ability
Essential
- Knowledge of NHS developments around critical care and anaesthetics including Commissioning.
- Evidence of the ability to lead a team
- Commitment to effective departmental management
Desirable
Audit
Essential
- Evidence of completion of audit projects leading to improved clinical care in ICU and anaesthetics
Desirable
- Familiarity with ICNARC data collection & reporting
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
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).
