Consultant in Critical Care Medicine Birmingham

Job summary

Applications are invited from eligible candidates who hold a CCT or equivalent in Intensive Care Medicine. We encourage those with both single and dual CCTs to apply for this post. There are potential sessions available within the regional Adult Critical Care Transfer Service (ACCOTS) for those that have a particular interest in transfer medicine.

You will join a dynamic, dedicated and enthusiastic team of consultants and nursing staff, supported by doctors in training, 24/7 Critical Care outreach teams and experienced Advanced Critical Care Practitioners.

The Critical Care Unit at QEHB is one of the largest single site critical care units in Europe. It is a mixed Level 2 and Level 3 facility (HDU and ITU), currently open to 67 ITU equivalent beds, or up to 80 patients, and admitting over 4000 patients per year. There are 46 Consultant Intensivists, over 450 nursing staff and 15 Advanced Critical Care Practitioners, supported by allied health professionals and several tiers of medical staff in training from anaesthetics, intensive care medicine and other medical specialities.

The QEHB is the tertiary hub for the West Midlands, with a total catchment area of approximately 9 million people for all specialities. It has a world-renowned solid organ transplantation programme encompassing transplantations in liver, kidney and heart-lung recipients as well as one of the country 's largest bone-marrow and stem cell programs.

Main duties of the job

QEHB is also home to the regional CAR-T centre and has been approved as a one of the handful of UK sites for further expansion of its service.

The QEHB site conducts complex oncological surgery for hepatobiliary, pancreatic, upper gastrointestinal and sarcoma surgery. QEHB is a regional referral centre for neurosurgery and neurosciences, and a hub for the regional 24/7 endovascular stroke thrombectomy service. It is also a Major Trauma Centre, a regional Burns centre and hosts the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine. We deliver an elective cardiac surgery programme and are a tertiary referral unit for emergency cardiac surgical patients, including those requiring cardiac mechanical device support.

For further information in relation to this post, please see attached Job Description and Person Specification.

About us

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.

Details

Date posted 21 August 2026
Pay scheme Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade Consultant
Salary £113,565 to £150,569 a year
Contract Permanent
Working pattern Full-time
Reference number 304-KDA-1103047
Job locations Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Mindelsohn Way, Birmingham, West Midlands, B15 2TH, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

The core component of this post is to provide critical care cover at the QE Critical Care Unit.

The Critical Care Unit is divided into 4 areas which, alongside housing general medical patients, specialise as follows:

• Area A (20 level 3 beds): Liver medicine, Liver transplant and hepatobiliary surgery, upper GI and sarcoma surgery and haematology-oncology
• Area B (14 Level 3-beds): Burns and Trauma, Max