Job summary
Torbay and South Devon is a fantastic place to live and the Critical Care Department in Torbay Hospital is a great place to work. We invite applications for appointment to a substantive Intensive Care Medicine Consultant post at Torbay & South Devon NHS Foundation Trust.
Additional speciality and sub-speciality expertise is desirable (such as in acute medicine, emergency medicine, anaesthesia, perioperative medicine etc.) as are wider skills in service improvement, audit and governance, research, medical education, management and leadership.
Main duties of the job
Our on-call commitment has evolved to provide the highest quality consultant-delivered service whilst supporting a healthy work-life balance. Intensivists equally share a 1 in 11 non-resident on call rota, delivery of daytime ICU sessions, and sessions supporting the nurse led and delivered critical care outreach service (consultant outreach sessions currently Monday to Friday afternoons). There are opportunities for additional non-ICU based clinical sessions e.g. in anaesthesia, acute medicine, emergency medicine, respiratory medicine or renal medicine by arrangement with the relevant teams. We welcome enquires about this aspect of the appointment
About us
Why Work With Us
Torbay hospital has a reputation as a friendly working environment with excellent trainee feedback and is a national innovator in many areas including critical care rehabilitation, day surgery and peri-operative medicine. Outside of the hospital, the area offers a great lifestyle with beautiful countryside from the stunning South Devon coastline with its sandy beaches and pebble coves to the rugged peaks of Dartmoor and the rolling South Hams. Please see our attached video link for a taster of what work-life balance means for many of us.
The hospital is part of the Building a Brighter Future wave of major rebuild and refurbishment, which is expected to include a new theatres build and will place a transformative digital environment at the heart of patient care. We have a state-of-the-art 14 bedded intensive care unit which is completely paperless using the Philips Intellispace Critical Care and Anaesthesia (ICCA) clinical information system. Our critically ill patients also benefit from a nationally recognised fully integrated multi-professional rehabilitation and follow-up service.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For new substantive consultants the 10 PA full time job plan for this postwill initially include 2.5 SPAs. We welcome LTFT applications and enquiries.
Applicants will need to be on the GMC Specialist Register, or with a CCT/EU equivalent certification before commencing this post. Applications are welcomed from those unable to work full-time for personal reasons or those wishing to job-share.
This post is for an equal clinical work load with all the existing ICU consultants in delivering the core ICU clinical service.
All on-call and day time ICU DCC (direct clinical care) is dedicated purely to ICU. The current rota is 1:11 for weekday night (1800 0800) and weekend on-call ICU duties (maximum 24 hour continuous on-call), an 11 week rolling rota for ICU week-day sessions (0800-1800) and outreach sessions (currently 1300-1800, usually preceding a week night on-call). Additional PAs are potentially available in clinical specialities of Anaesthetics, Acute Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Respiratory Medicine and Renal Medicine following discussion and agreement with the relevant clinical teams and leaders and suitability of the candidate for the post.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For new substantive consultants the 10 PA full time job plan for this postwill initially include 2.5 SPAs. We welcome LTFT applications and enquiries.
Applicants will need to be on the GMC Specialist Register, or with a CCT/EU equivalent certification before commencing this post. Applications are welcomed from those unable to work full-time for personal reasons or those wishing to job-share.
This post is for an equal clinical work load with all the existing ICU consultants in delivering the core ICU clinical service.
All on-call and day time ICU DCC (direct clinical care) is dedicated purely to ICU. The current rota is 1:11 for weekday night (1800 0800) and weekend on-call ICU duties (maximum 24 hour continuous on-call), an 11 week rolling rota for ICU week-day sessions (0800-1800) and outreach sessions (currently 1300-1800, usually preceding a week night on-call). Additional PAs are potentially available in clinical specialities of Anaesthetics, Acute Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Respiratory Medicine and Renal Medicine following discussion and agreement with the relevant clinical teams and leaders and suitability of the candidate for the post.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Full GMC Registration
- CCT/EU equivalent Specialist Registration in Intensive Care Medicine
- FRCA, MRCP FCEM or equilivant
Desirable
- Additional training in general medicine
- Additional training in specialist critical care
- ATLS / APLS / ALS
Experience
Essential
- Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on a broad range of critical care problems
- Ability to prioritise clinical need
- Ability to supervise multi disciplinary teams
Desirable
- Other relevant experience for working in a DGH adult Critical Care Unit
- Clinical experience outside the South West NHS region or UK
Skills
Essential
- Recent experience in use of clinical information systems and understanding information governance and information communications technology
- Ability to demonstrate familiarity with and understanding of NHS structures, management and current issues, including awareness of national strategic plans and constraints.
- Clear willingness and ability to effectively lead clinical teams and contribute to the development of an effective specialist clinical service through research, audit, quality improvement and adherence to clinical governance principles.
- Experience of Audit and Management
- Proven ability to teach clinical skills within multi-disciplinary teams applying evidence based knowledge.
- Willingness and ability to contribute to departmental and Trust teaching programmes.
Desirable
- Evidence of innovative development and implementation of guidance.
- Evidence of involving patients in practice and quality improvement
- Ability to supervise postgraduate clinical research
- Evidence of relevant research, publications or presentations
- Formal management experience and training
- Clinical leadership training
- Educational qualification
- Life-support instructor
- Simulation training experience
Skills
Essential
- Ability to undertake on-call rota and the day to day service delivery of Critical Care
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Full GMC Registration
- CCT/EU equivalent Specialist Registration in Intensive Care Medicine
- FRCA, MRCP FCEM or equilivant
Desirable
- Additional training in general medicine
- Additional training in specialist critical care
- ATLS / APLS / ALS
Experience
Essential
- Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on a broad range of critical care problems
- Ability to prioritise clinical need
- Ability to supervise multi disciplinary teams
Desirable
- Other relevant experience for working in a DGH adult Critical Care Unit
- Clinical experience outside the South West NHS region or UK
Skills
Essential
- Recent experience in use of clinical information systems and understanding information governance and information communications technology
- Ability to demonstrate familiarity with and understanding of NHS structures, management and current issues, including awareness of national strategic plans and constraints.
- Clear willingness and ability to effectively lead clinical teams and contribute to the development of an effective specialist clinical service through research, audit, quality improvement and adherence to clinical governance principles.
- Experience of Audit and Management
- Proven ability to teach clinical skills within multi-disciplinary teams applying evidence based knowledge.
- Willingness and ability to contribute to departmental and Trust teaching programmes.
Desirable
- Evidence of innovative development and implementation of guidance.
- Evidence of involving patients in practice and quality improvement
- Ability to supervise postgraduate clinical research
- Evidence of relevant research, publications or presentations
- Formal management experience and training
- Clinical leadership training
- Educational qualification
- Life-support instructor
- Simulation training experience
Skills
Essential
- Ability to undertake on-call rota and the day to day service delivery of Critical Care
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).
