Job summary
Provide High Quality Care to Patients
1.1. The post holder must be medically qualified and maintain GMC specialist registration.
1.2. Develop and maintain the competencies required to carry out the duties required of the post.
1.3. Ensure prompt attendance at agreed direct clinical care Programmed Activities.
1.4. Ensure patients are involved in decisions about their care and to respond to their views.
1.5. Adhere to the Trust Customer Service Commitment and adopt a professional approach to customer care at all times.
1.6. Develop clinical practice through self-reflection and learning from experience, application of research into practice and active contribution within the multi-disciplinary team.
2. Research, Teaching and Training
2.1. Provide high quality teaching to medical undergraduates and members of other health care professions as required by the Service Lead. To contribute to training and teaching of medical trainees, medical students, other doctors in training and other staff groups.
2.2. Responsible for teaching and training non-Consultant postgraduate colleagues.
2.3. Where possible to collaborate with academic and clinical colleagues to enhance the Trust's translational research/audit portfolio, at all times meeting the full requirements of Research Governance.
Main duties of the job
Performance Management
3.1. Work with medical, nursing, other clinical and managerial colleagues to ensure high performance in the following areas:
- Clinical efficiency e.g. Length of Stay (LOS) reductions, admission on day of surgery, reducing cancelled operations and DNA rates.
- Quality of outcomes e.g. infection control targets, reducing re-admission rates
- Financial management e.g. identification, implementation and achievement of cost improvement programmes and participating in efforts to ensure services are provided cost effectively e.g. managing locum agency spend, monitoring and managing the drug budget to target, ensuring accuracy of clinical data for the team
- Operational efficiency e.g. day-case rates, waiting list activity and demand management.
About us
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is proud to be one of the top performing and safest trusts in England.
We have two main acute hospital sites--Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital, plus our award-winning clinics across North West London and beyond.
We employ over 7,000 staff and 500 volunteers
We treat someone in A&E every 90 seconds
We deliver a baby every 50 minutes
We operate on a patient every 16 minutes
We do 50 imaging procedures each hour
We serve a diverse population of 1.5 million from the beginning to the end of life
Our values
Our PROUD values demonstrate to staff, patients and the public the standards of care and experience they should expect from our services:
Putting patients first
Responsive to patients and staff
Open and honest
Unfailingly kind
Determined to develop
Job description
Job responsibilities
Our Critical Care Centre is a thirteen bedded unit catering for patients requiring level 2 and 3 care. Three beds are within side rooms. All beds are funded
We offer organ support including respiratory, renal and cardiovascular systems using state of the art Philips, LidCo and PICCO monitoring. Up to ten patients may be haemofiltered. We admit between 700 to 750 patients/year: 70% are medical and 30% surgical. The surgical patients consist mainly of patients admitted after major emergency colorectal or trauma/orthopaedic procedures. High level care is also provided throughout the hospital by our 24 hour nurse-run, consultant-supported Critical Care Outreach Team.
Regular audit data is collected on the MediCUS and we participate in ICNARC. The trust uses CERNER EPR system.
The intensive care consultant rota is 1:8.
The consultant is supported by a team of junior doctors. There is an 1:8 registrar/speciality doctors rota and an 1:8 SHO/clinical fellows rota.
The unit is recognised for training in intensive care medicine by the Intercollegiate Board.
There is regular ICU teaching every Friday, MM meetings every 3 months, Speciality Mortality Review meetings every 2 weeks.
There is a multidisciplinary meeting every Tuesday afternoon where all complex ICU patients are discussed. The meeting is attended by all members of the multidisciplinary team: microbiology, pharmacist, OT, physiotherapist, psychologist.
We work closely together with our colleagues from Chelsea and Westminster ICU. There are 2 cross site Clinical Governance Meetings every year.
NWL Critical Care Network
WMUH Intensivists, nurses and allied professionals are all closely involved with and supportive of the North-West London Critical Care Network which is the most active network in London. Our protocols are all concordant with network policy.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Our Critical Care Centre is a thirteen bedded unit catering for patients requiring level 2 and 3 care. Three beds are within side rooms. All beds are funded
We offer organ support including respiratory, renal and cardiovascular systems using state of the art Philips, LidCo and PICCO monitoring. Up to ten patients may be haemofiltered. We admit between 700 to 750 patients/year: 70% are medical and 30% surgical. The surgical patients consist mainly of patients admitted after major emergency colorectal or trauma/orthopaedic procedures. High level care is also provided throughout the hospital by our 24 hour nurse-run, consultant-supported Critical Care Outreach Team.
Regular audit data is collected on the MediCUS and we participate in ICNARC. The trust uses CERNER EPR system.
The intensive care consultant rota is 1:8.
The consultant is supported by a team of junior doctors. There is an 1:8 registrar/speciality doctors rota and an 1:8 SHO/clinical fellows rota.
The unit is recognised for training in intensive care medicine by the Intercollegiate Board.
There is regular ICU teaching every Friday, MM meetings every 3 months, Speciality Mortality Review meetings every 2 weeks.
There is a multidisciplinary meeting every Tuesday afternoon where all complex ICU patients are discussed. The meeting is attended by all members of the multidisciplinary team: microbiology, pharmacist, OT, physiotherapist, psychologist.
We work closely together with our colleagues from Chelsea and Westminster ICU. There are 2 cross site Clinical Governance Meetings every year.
NWL Critical Care Network
WMUH Intensivists, nurses and allied professionals are all closely involved with and supportive of the North-West London Critical Care Network which is the most active network in London. Our protocols are all concordant with network policy.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- CCT in Intensive Care Medicine/Anaesthesia or equivalent (on or within 6 months of inclusion on Specialist Register at time of interview)
- MRCP or equivalent
- FRCA or equivalent
- EDIC or FFICM
Experience
Essential
- Broad range of experience in anaesthesia for high risk or another ICU- related specialty
- Experience in management of patients in ICU & HDU at a senior level.
- Evidence of commitment to Intensive Care Medicine
- Evidence of change implementation and improvement activity related to Critical Care Medicine +/- another specialty
- Evidence of Clinical Governance activity (risk management, quality improvement etc.)
Desirable
- Understanding of and involvement in service development
- Previous Consultant- level experience
Skills and knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrable training and experience in Critical Care procedures.
- Management skills including a willingness and ability to work with others to achieve shared goals.
- Experience in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching
- Evidence of organising or presenting educational or academic activities
- Highly organised, self -motivated, track record of achieving sustained change
Desirable
- Presentations at recognised national and international meetings.
- Participation in research or projects relating to Intensive Care Medicine and other clinical specialties
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- CCT in Intensive Care Medicine/Anaesthesia or equivalent (on or within 6 months of inclusion on Specialist Register at time of interview)
- MRCP or equivalent
- FRCA or equivalent
- EDIC or FFICM
Experience
Essential
- Broad range of experience in anaesthesia for high risk or another ICU- related specialty
- Experience in management of patients in ICU & HDU at a senior level.
- Evidence of commitment to Intensive Care Medicine
- Evidence of change implementation and improvement activity related to Critical Care Medicine +/- another specialty
- Evidence of Clinical Governance activity (risk management, quality improvement etc.)
Desirable
- Understanding of and involvement in service development
- Previous Consultant- level experience
Skills and knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrable training and experience in Critical Care procedures.
- Management skills including a willingness and ability to work with others to achieve shared goals.
- Experience in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching
- Evidence of organising or presenting educational or academic activities
- Highly organised, self -motivated, track record of achieving sustained change
Desirable
- Presentations at recognised national and international meetings.
- Participation in research or projects relating to Intensive Care Medicine and other clinical specialties
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).