Job summary
- Main area
- Anaesthetics
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (.)
- Hours
- Full time - 12 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 252-2026-026
- Employer
- Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Darent Valley Hospital
- Town
- Dartford
- Salary
- £113,565 - £150,569 Per year
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/07/2026 08:00
Employer heading
Locum Consultant in ICU
NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant
Job overview
This is a job advertisement for a Locum Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine. The job has arisen due to recent expansion of the ICU service.
Main duties of the job
The weekend on-call starts at 1300 on Friday and finishes at 0800 on Monday. This is non-resident, but the consultant is expected to stay on-site predictably until 10 pm on Friday and flexibly for 6 hours on both Saturday and Sunday. The current frequency is 1:10.
The outreach component is mostly job-planned, and part of this job is to deliver weekday outreach sessions during non-hot and subsequent compensatory weeks. Single CCT intensivists will cover outreach sessions. These outreach sessions also cover the trust wide tracheostomy ward rounds, teaching sessions and continuing care meetings.
Twice daily documented ward rounds on ITU are mandatory, and all patients admitted to ICU must be seen by an ICU consultant within 12 hours.
The candidate will not participate in the on-call out-of-hours consultant rota initially. This will be under review in the future, based on the number of available consultants and service requirements. Initially the candidate will be covering half day outreach sessions at the weekend. Again, this will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
Working for our organisation
We are committed to being an inclusive and diverse employer. We strive to employ people who reflect the communities we serve, and aim to create an inclusive culture where everyone can reach their full potential. Whatever your race, ethnicity, belief, generation, sexual orientation, gender or gender identity, disability or experience, you’ll appreciate the opportunities we give you to work in an inclusive atmosphere. We welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experiences to build on the progress we’ve achieved to make our Trust diverse and the best place to work. We celebrate the diversity of thought, viewpoints and ideas that help us overcome challenges and embrace new possibilities.
If you are considering applying for a role, please be aware that as an NHS Employee you may have contact with vulnerable service users. We strongly encourage that all of our staff are double vaccinated against COVID-19 and are vaccinated annually against Flu, in order to protect the health and safety of our staff and our patients. Your commitment will help us to put the safety and care of our patients first, as well as helping us to protect you and your colleagues.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
This role involves caring for all adult critically ill patients at Darent Valley Hospital, whether they are in or outside the ICU (Critical Care without Boundaries). These duties can be generally divided into a hot week component, outreach component and on-call component.
The hot week on ICU is a 4.5-day block commitment, including 4 full days (0800-1900) from Monday to Thursday and a half day on Friday (0800-1400). The handover to the on-call consultant starts at 1800 from Monday to Thursday and at 1300 on Friday. The current frequency is 1:10. Consultants do not take any leave during this week to maintain continuity of care. This will change to a 1:11 in ratio with this appointment.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- MBBS or equivalent
- FRCA or equivalent
- Licence to practice and full registration with GMC
- CCT / CESR in Anaesthesia or or demonstrable equivalent experience of training and practice, will obtain this within 6 months of starting in post. This may be extendable to a further 6 month if satisfactory progress is demonstrated.
Desirable criteria
- Experience in any anaesthetic specialty sub interests.
- Name on Specialist Register on date of taking up appointment.
Training and experience
Essential criteria
- Ability to do a wide range of anaesthetic lists including obstetrics and paediatrics.
- Demonstration of commitment to Anaesthesia such as relevant audits, publications, introduction of guidelines, relevant courses etc.
Desirable criteria
- Additional training qualifications
Administration
Essential criteria
- Experience of organisation and running of Theatres in a busy DGH anaesthetic department
Desirable criteria
- Familiar with current structure of the National Health Service and conversant with recent initiatives and changes.
Teaching
Essential criteria
- Experience of post-graduate teaching.
Desirable criteria
- Certificate course in teaching.Experience as an Educational Supervisor.Teaching nursing staff and other professional groups.
Quality Improvement Projects / Audit
Essential criteria
- Thorough understanding of principles of QIP / medical audit. Must have undertaken and completed QIP / audit projects
Research and Publications
Essential criteria
- Able to demonstrate an interest in research.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of clinical research culminating in publication. Publication of review articles or case reports.
- Research Methodology Course
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Georgia Monantera
- Job title
- Clinical Director
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01322 428648
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