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Job summary

Main area
Critical Care
Grade
YM72
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 10 sessions per week
Job ref
220-035-AAC-SC
Employer
Whittington Health NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Whittington Hospital
Town
London
Salary
£113,565 - £150,569 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
01/11/2026 23:59
Interview date
09/12/2026

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Consultants in Critical Care Medicine (2 Posts)

YM72

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Job overview

Consultants in Critical Care (2 Posts)

Post 1: Consultant for Critical Care Medicine with Anaesthesia.

Post 2: Consultant for Critical Care Medicine with a special interest in Critical Care Outreach.

Rated overall as ‘Good’ in its 2019 CQC inspection and with a reputation as one of the safest Trusts in England, Whittington Health (WH), an Integrated Care Organisation in North London, is looking to recruit two Critical Care consultants. One with a joint appointment in anaesthesia and another as Critical Care stand alone with an interest in critical care outreach. PA split is within the job description for the roles.

Whittington Health NHS Trust is a main teaching hospital site for University College London Medical School. We are located at Archway, North London, close to both Highgate Village and Islington. The hospital serves a socio-economic community and culturally diverse population of some 500,000.

Full registration with the GMC and acceptance on the GMC Specialist Register are required and you should hold a CCT/CESR, or be within six months of obtaining it by the time of interview.

Important: In your application personal statement, you must clearly state which post you are applying for: Post 1 – Anaesthetics or Post 2 – Critical Care Outreach.

Interview date: 9th December 2026. 

**Please note that as per our Trust processes you will be expected to make yourself available to attend a face to face interview if successfully short listed.**

Main duties of the job

Please see the full Job Description and the Person Specification for further details about the job role.

Working for our organisation

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff.  We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief.  The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder(s) will join a well-structured Critical Care department that is renowned for providing high quality training for resident staff and delivering a multi-professional service to patients with excellent clinical outcomes. The post holder will be required to contribute to the ongoing activities of the department, including undergraduate and postgraduate education and audit data collection. Candidates must have appropriate clinical training and expertise in the management of the critically ill adult to the standards specified by the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine. Extensive experience of organ support techniques is expected.

Please see the attached job description for full and further details including a sample job plan.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Full GMC Registration
  • Entry onto the Specialist Register via CCT in ICM or CESR in ICM (proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of interview)
  • Higher Qualification in Critical Care Medicine
  • FFICM or European Diploma in ICM
  • For split posts with Anaesthetics; CCT in Anaesthetics or CESR in Anaesthetics (proposed CCT date within 6 months of interview)
Desirable criteria
  • Formal ECHO/Ultrasound trainer & qualifications

Special interest

Essential criteria
  • Experience and training in intensive care medicine to the levels set for CCT (or equivalent training) by FICM
  • Experience of ICU Outreach working
  • Knowledge and clinical experience of treatment escalation planning.
Desirable criteria
  • Knowledge and clinical experience of anaesthetics/ICM commensurate with working at consultant level
  • Specialist knowledge of data science as applied to critical care

Teaching

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of effective teaching & training skills
Desirable criteria
  • Formal teaching qualification
  • Life support instructor

Research

Essential criteria
  • Ability to appraise evidence and to undertake relevant research
Desirable criteria
  • An interest in research as evidenced by publications relevant to critical care
  • PhD

Communication skills

Essential criteria
  • Knowledge and skills in various techniques and procedures appropriate for intensive care and the critically ill patient
  • Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of staff and patients

Aware of national policies, quality initiatives

Essential criteria
  • Familiarity with UK Critical Care Standards as outlined in GPICS
Desirable criteria
  • Familiarity with Critical Care Networks

Management ability

Essential criteria
  • Knowledge of NHS developments around critical care including Commissioning.
  • Evidence of the ability to lead a team
  • Commitment to effective departmental management
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of ICU budgeting.

Audit

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of completion of audit and quality improvement projects leading to improved clinical care
Desirable criteria
  • Familiarity with ICNARC data collection & reporting

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Dr James Goddin
Job title
Clinical Lead for Critical Care
Email address
[email protected]

If you have problems applying, contact

Address
Whittington Health NHS Trust
Magdala Avenue
London
N19 5NF
Telephone
020 7288 5286
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