This consultant post sits in the adult critical care team of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, a 94-bed service spread across three hospitals. The work centres on assessing and managing critically unwell adults, including twice-daily ward rounds, outreach duties and supervision of trainees. The post is split between St Mary's and Charing Cross, is offered on a 10 PA job plan with a minimum of 2 SPAs, and part‑time or job‑share applications are welcome. Candidates need GMC registration with a licence to practise and Royal College membership.
What the job involves
- Assess and manage critically unwell patients as part of the ICU multidisciplinary team
- Carry out twice-daily ward rounds as a minimum, with targeted assessment and intervention
- Undertake outreach duties, including optional outreach clinics
- Supervise trainees and teach undergraduates, foundation doctors, specialty trainees and other professions
- Collaborate on the translational research portfolio within research governance
- Work with medical, nursing and managerial colleagues on clinical efficiency, safety, outcomes and finance
- Set team objectives in annual job planning and appraise doctors in training, Trust doctors and non-consultant grades as delegated
- Take part in clinical audit and incident reporting, and make sure resulting actions are implemented
- Keep up to date with speciality best practice and discuss practice changes with the recruiting team
- Role model good infection control practice across the multidisciplinary team
- Show leadership in clinical teams, the Trust and national initiatives, and work collaboratively with colleagues including Imperial College
What’s required
Qualifications
- Appropriate Royal College membership
Registration & licences
- GMC registration with a Licence to Practise, or eligible to apply for both
- GMC Specialist Register, or within six months of admission by interview date, or eligible for specialist registration
Experience
- Relevant experience in critical care, anaesthesia, PICU or general medicine, including a large tertiary ICU
- Experience of audit, quality improvement and patient safety
- Experience of teaching and training undergraduates, postgraduates and junior medical staff
- Evidence of achievement appropriate to consultant level at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
- Proven leadership, decision-making and management of colleagues' performance
Skills & knowledge
- Broad knowledge of critical care as defined by the UK FICM curriculum
- Understanding of statutory requirements and health and safety legislation
- Good understanding of GPICS and GPICS v2, the SI framework, NICE critical care guidance and statutory audit requirements
- Sound grasp of ethical principles and relevant legal precedent
- Understanding of the principles of clinical audit
Other
- Able to speak and write English to the standard the job requires
- Knowledge of finance and budgets
- IT skills and computer literacy
What’s offered
- Career development
- Flexible working and wellbeing support
- Staff recognition scheme
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Car lease schemes
- Season ticket loan
- Membership options for onsite leisure facilities
- Opportunities to move sites during your career
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
