Job overview

United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust have vacancies for a full time Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine.  This is reporting directly to the Clinical Lead for Intensive Care Medicine, you will be working as a Consultant within the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) which operates on a 24/7 basis (365 days per year) at either Lincoln County Hospital or Boston Pilgrim Hospital. Your preference of base site will be ascertained at interview.

The candidate could expect to practice up to 2 programmed activities (PA) of elective activity in another discipline subject to negotiation.

As the Consultant, you will mainly be responsible for providing specialist critical care intervention to the patients of Lincolnshire who need us most whilst ensuring the health, safety and welfare of everyone within the workplace through clinical supervision.

This role is open to consultant colleagues with dual accreditation.

Main duties of the job

1. Adhere to government legislature, national guidance and Trust policies and procedures to ensure the correct governance of the ICU. 
2. Conduct ward rounds twice per day to ensure that all patients are receiving the care that they require safely and effectively. 
3. Prescribe medications to patients with requirement to administer them in emergency situations.
4. Provide supervision of Doctors, Middle Grades and Advanced Critical Care Practitioners. 
5. Deliver training and provide coaching / mentoring to Medical Students.
6. Collaborate with the co-ordinator on duty alongside the rest of the Nursing workforce to ensure safe and effective operation of the ICU. 
7. Respond to clinical support requests from other teams. For example: Emergency Department and Anaesthesia.
8. Have difficult conversations with a patient’s relatives which may sometimes be of a sensitive nature. 
9. Engage in the research and innovation processes within the organisation.
10. Actively engage with opportunities to continue in your professional development as a clinical member of the team, including completion of mandatory training.

Working for our organisation

Lincoln County Hospital is a thriving university city and with the opening of the medical school, it provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.

United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has been granted teaching hospital status, after demonstrating evidence to significant teaching commitment.  

Pilgrim Hospital is situated in beautiful countryside and serves the communities in the South Lincolnshire area. It provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.

Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) and United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) have come together in a Group arrangement, with the goal of improving the care provided to patients across the county. The Group will be known as Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group (LCHG).

The Intensive Care Consultants at ULTH work cohesively as a team to ensure optimum patient care standards are met.  It is a supportive and welcoming team with a positive work ethic and atmosphere.  

We have an improving Governance structure and encourage active participation from our multi-disciplinary team.