Consultant: Intensive Care Medicine+/-Anaesthesia+/-Critical Transfer

Job responsibilities

The Unit has a strategy for development aligned with the Trust strategy. Briefly this encompasses 5 domains: delivery of exceptional care for patients, investing in the ICU workforce, supporting expanding Trust services, developing the Units Research and Innovation programme, and improving collaboration with both internal and external stakeholders. We are looking for enthusiastic Consultant Intensivists to help deliver this Strategy and enhance Critical Care in Bristol at a pivotal time for the specialty.

The ICU is divided into 4 pods of 12 beds, with 2 Simulation bed spaces. It has excellent adjacencies to the emergency department, 24 operating theatres including a vascular hybrid theatre and another with capability for intra-operative MRI scanning, and 4 interventional radiology suites with both 24-hour Interventional Radiology and Interventional Neuroradiology cover.

The post will be based in the ICU and the postholder will have a regular dedicated ICU week and on-call responsibility to the ICU only. The frequency of this commitment will depend upon the wishes of the successful candidate and requirements of the department but will vary from 1 in 4 weeks on ICU (full time ICU) to 1 in 6 weeks on ICU, with the balance of work being made up in anaesthesia or transfer medicine.

The ICU is part of the South-West Critical Care Network, and submits its data to ICNARC and ICCQIP

Qualifications

Essential

• FFICM or equivalent
• Full and unresticted registration with the GMC
• CCT in Intensive Care Medicine and have been entered on the GMC Specialist Register at the time of the appointment (specialist registrars that do not hold a CCT must be due to be awarded one within 6 months of the interview date

Desirable

• Higher academic qualification (e.g. MD or MS)

Training And Experience

Essential

• Recent experience and familiarity of UK hospital systems and practices (or equivalent).
• Minimum of 7 years postgraduate experience including higher surgical/medical training, three years as a Senior Registrar in an approved training post, or equivalent. Part of this period may be in a post of equivalent responsibility and training potential
• Training in diagnosis and treatment of Conditions and subspecialties relevant to NBT patient mix

Desirable

• Evidence of extensive experience in sub-specialties reflected in the job description
• Expertise acquired during training that would augment existing and / or add novel expertise to the delivery of quality Critical Care at NBT

Further Training, Management, Audit

Essential

• Evidence of recent CME/ reasonable training progression at this stage of career
• Knowledge of contemporary NHS management issues
• Knowledge of political context within which we operate
• Experience in audit project and written up

Desirable

• Completion of a general management course or programme

Research, Teaching, Publications

Essential

• Proven teaching ability.
• Willingness to undertake teaching of medical under-graduates & postgraduates

Desirable

• Proven track record in research
• Willingness to undertake further research
• Ability to teach effectively
• Evidence of relevant publications in peer reviewed journals
• Demonstration of involvement in clinical directorate management
• Ability to gain the trust and confidence of colleagues and patients

Leadership and Teamwork

Essential

• Proven ability to build and maintain effective teams
• Have a positive attitude towards members of the wider healthcare team
• Evidence of positive development and change management
• An understanding of positive leadership in the context of healthcare
• Evidence of good organisational and compassionate leadership skills

Communication skills

Essential

• Is empathetic and sensitive to the needs of others including patients and colleagues
• An ability to explain complex and sensitive information, sometimes under stressful circumstances to others
• Must be able to influence and persuade effectively
• Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills in order to write and present management reports as required

Other

Essential

• Must reside within 30 minutes or ten miles from the principal place of work
• Must hold the appropriate Home Office work/residence status in order to provide work in the UK

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).