Locum Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine

This is a locum post to support an ongoing expansion in critical care capacity on the Bristol site and replace colleagues who are retiring and taking maternity leave. The current ICU bedbase comprises 60 beds in 6 discrete clinical areas across the Bristol and Weston sites. We admit more than 3000 patients a year. Our severity of illness and outcomes are consistently well above the national average based on serial ICNARC data. Recent developments include the merger of the General, Cardiac and Weston adult critical care services. Our unit was commissioned as a Veno-Venous ECMO / Severe Acute Respiratory Failure centre in 2022. We have a multidisciplinary Critical Care Outreach service on the Bristol site, along with a well-established Critical Care Outreach service at Weston General Hospital.

You need to be in possession of a CCT (or equivalent) in Intensive Care Medicine (or within six months of your CCT date on the day of interview) and have GMC registration with a licence to practice. This is a full-time ICM post in terms of PAs but both full-time and less than full-time working is accommodated within the Consultant rota structure.

Person specification

• Qualifications and Training
  • Full GMC registration
  • CCT in Intensive Care Medicine (or equivalent) or within 6 months of the interview date
• Experience
  • Stage 3/Advanced Training in Intensive Care (or equivalent)
  • Offers expert clinical opinion on a range of problems in critical care
  • Ability to take full and independent responsibility for patient care
  • Experience of caring for patients post cardiac surgery
  • Experience in delivery of ECMO
• Clinical Knowledge and Skills
  • Up to date knowledge and experience of Intensive Care
  • Knowledge of NHS priorities for Intensive Care
  • Clinical skills and knowledge related to ECMO
  • Use of point of care ultrasound techniques
• Clinical Governance
  • Awareness of the requirements of clinical governance, with particular reference to Intensive Care
• Teaching, Training and Research
  • Applies research outcomes to clinical problems in critically-ill patients and appraises the published evidence
  • Teaching experience relevant to Intensive Care and the multi-disciplinary team
  • Formal academic activities, e.g. publications in peer-reviewed journals
  • Participation in recruitment to large trials in Intensive Care
  • Completion of a recognised teaching course
  • Contribution to learning through simulation
• Management and Leadership
  • Evidence of management training and experience appropriate to career to date
  • Ability to take on responsibility and shows evidence of leadership
  • Demonstration of knowledge of NHS management structures
• Interpersonal, Communication and Team Working Skills
  • Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, clinical colleagues, support staff and other colleagues
  • Ability to develop effective working relationships on an individual and multi-professional basis with all levels of staff both within and across divisions
  • Demonstrates flexible team-working
  • Inquiring and critical approach to their professional activities
• Any Other Personal Abilities and Aptitudes
  • Commitment to continuing medical education and appraisal
  • Ability to cope with and effectively organise the workload of a consultant
  • Ability to work under pressure and cope with setbacks
  • Demonstrates the 4 Trust values
  • Ability to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional or national levels
• Other
  • Meets professional health requirements
  • Willingness to travel to and work in other sites necessitated by the role

We hope that you will decide to join us and become part of this exciting journey, helping us to shape our future together.

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