Locum Consultant in Critical Care Medicine w/ Anaesthetics

Job Summary

Locum Consultant in Critical Care Medicine with Anaesthetics

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the existing Critical Care team in Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust based at East Surrey Hospital, Redhill. We are seeking to recruit a locum consultant to join our motivated and committed ICM team which has a strong lean towards education, training and development.

The post is primarily focused on providing 24/7 cover for the 16 bedded Critical Care Unit on a 1 in 10 on call basis on a dedicated ICU only on call rota. There will be opportunity to undertake daytime sessions in another area of specialty interest typically for 2-3 sessions/ week. The post will have sessions in an allied specialty- applications are welcomed from intensivists with joint accreditation in anaesthetics. The post has a basic 10 PA job plan with the opportunity for additional DCC and SPA by negotiation with successful applicants, up to a maximum 48 hour working week.

Surrey & Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust is rated Outstanding by the CQC and part of the Virginia Mason Hospital safety and quality improvement to encourage lean working.

Main duties of the job

To provide safe, high quality services for emergency and elective patients.

1. To teach and mentor trainees.
2. To contribute to quality improvement; risk management initiatives and policy development so that the overall service is of the highest quality and reflective of best practice.
3. To participate in work related projects.
4. To adhere to Hospital Policies and Procedures.
5. To comply with Health and Safety Regulations, ensuring safe working practices in a safe working environment.
6. To undertake any other duties that may be required, which could include assisting medical colleagues throughout the hospital and acting as a resource for more junior colleagues.

About Us

We provide emergency and non-emergency services to the residents of East Surrey, North-East West Sussex, and South Croydon, including the major towns of Crawley, Horsham, Reigate, and Redhill; a community of over 535,000 people. We provide acute and complex services and a range of outpatient, diagnostic services whilst Crawley Hospital and Horsham in West Sussex and Caterham Dene Hospital and Oxted Health Centre in Surrey provide less complex planned services. In 2019 the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated our services as ‘Outstanding’, and we are one of the best performing Trusts in England:

• Winners of Health Service Journal Acute Trust of the year award 2021
• National Patient Safety Awards winner and strive to be a beacon for safety in all that we do
• We are in the top 20% nationally for staff recommending the Trust as a place to work or receive treatment
• Our staff rate us the best in the country among comparable acute trusts when asked if they would recommend the Trust as a place to work and when asked whether care of patients is the organisation’s top priority
• Our workforce is amongst the most motivated in the country; we achieved the top acute hospital score in the country for staff engagement in the last national staff survey.

Date posted: 12 February 2025

Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade: Consultant

Salary: £105,504 to £139,882 a year per annum (depending on experience)

Contract: Fixed term

Duration: 6 months

Working pattern: Full-time

Reference number: 326-7002616-SR

Job locations: Surrey & Sussex NHS Healthcare Trust, Canada Avenue, Redhill, RH1 5RH

Person Specification

Criteria Essential:

• Evidence of a good standard of written English appropriate to the role
• A complete and accurate application
• Suitability for role evidenced in supporting statement
• Evidence of essential experience for role
• Meet the essential education/qualifications required for the role
• Hold the necessary mandatory professional/clinical registration
• Evidence of the Trust values and behaviours
• Evidence of any other essential criteria outlined in the person specification

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.

Employer details

Employer name: Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

Address: Surrey & Sussex NHS Healthcare Trust, Canada Avenue, Redhill, RH1 5RH

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