Skip to main content

This site is independent of the NHS and the Department of Health.

Please wait, loading

Job summary

Main area
Critical Care Medicine
Grade
YM72
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 10 sessions per week
Job ref
259-MED7250102WXH
Employer
Barts Health NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Whipps Cross Hospital
Town
London
Salary
£105,504 - £139,882 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
30/06/2025 23:59
Interview date
11/08/2025

Employer heading

Barts Health NHS Trust logo

Consultant in Critical Care Medicine

YM72

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

Barts Health supports the Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage.

Job overview

Barts Health NHS Trust 
 
Surgery Clinical Academic Group
 
Consultant in Critical Care Medicine
10 PA Post
Whipps Cross Hospital
 
 
A full time 10PA Substantive Consultant post in Critical Care Medicine with Specific Commitment to Outreach and Education has come available at Barts Health NHS Trust.
 
The post will require work at Whipps Cross University Hospital and will include out of hours critical care on call duty on a 1:10 consultant rota (more detail within the JD). We are looking for a colleague with a passion for critical care, outreach and education, who will make valuable contribution to both the department and the Whipps Cross site. Applications are encouraged from candidates with Dual Training in ICM or Pure ICM CESR/CCT (or within 6m of CCT).

 

Main duties of the job

The post will require work at Whipps Cross University Hospital and will include out of hours critical care on call duty on a 1:10 consultant rota (more detail within the JD). We are looking for a colleague with a passion for critical care, outreach and education, who will make valuable contribution to both the department and the Whipps Cross site. Applications are encouraged from candidates with Dual Training in ICM or Pure ICM CESR/CCT (or within 6m of CCT).

This is an excellent opportunity for dynamic individuals with the appropriate skills to join a first-class multi-disciplinary team providing the full range of services to the majority of East London and beyond in a progressive London teaching hospital environment. 

The post holder will be an employee of Barts Health and there may be future opportunities or requirements to work at one of the other hospitals in the Barts Health group. 

Working for our organisation

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.  

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.  

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.  

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post will require work at Whipps Cross University Hospital and will include out of hours critical care on call duty on a 1:10 consultant rota (more detail within the JD). We are looking for a colleague with a passion for critical care, outreach and education, who will make valuable contribution to both the department and the Whipps Cross site. Applications are encouraged from candidates with Dual Training in ICM or Pure ICM CESR/CCT (or within 6m of CCT).

This is an excellent opportunity for dynamic individuals with the appropriate skills to join a first-class multi-disciplinary team providing the full range of services to the majority of East London and beyond in a progressive London teaching hospital environment. 

The post holder will be an employee of Barts Health and there may be future opportunities or requirements to work at one of the other hospitals in the Barts Health group. 

Person specification

Qualifications / Clinical Skills

Essential criteria
  • • Full GMC Registration with a license to practise
  • • Specialist Registration in ICM (or within 6mths of CCT)
  • or Dual Specialist Registration in ICM alongside another speciality such as Anaesthetics, EM, AM. (Or within 6m of CCT)
  • or Specialist Registration in an appropriate speciality such as Anaesthetics, EM, AM (or within 6m of CCT) with evidence of advanced training/Fellowship in ICM
  • • Evidence of ALS certification and/or update
Desirable criteria
  • • Experience of UK healthcare system
  • • Substantive/Fixed Term Consultant Grade experience in ICM
  • • FFICM exam
  • • ATLS. APLS

Special Knowledge/ Abilities and/or Experience

Essential criteria
  • • Appropriate evidence that the candidate is able to operate at consultant level in a busy DGH ICU
Desirable criteria
  • • Previous Experience of working at consultant level in a DGH ICU

Personal Skills / Qualities

Essential criteria
  • • Ability to communicate clearly and intelligently in written and spoken English
  • • Ability to lead a multidisciplinary team, make decisions and exert appropriate authority.
  • • Ability to build strong and effective relationships with patients, relatives and colleagues
  • • Ability to gain confidence and trust
  • • Ability to cope with pressure and adapt to change
  • • Enthusiasm and approachability
Desirable criteria
  • • Leadership skills appropriate to leading a multidisciplinary team
  • • Directing and teaching medical, nursing and other professionals
  • • Patience and compassion

Teaching & Training

Essential criteria
  • • Active Involvement in teaching undergraduates, junior medical staff, nurses and allied health professionals
Desirable criteria
  • • Formal advanced training/Fellowship in Education/teaching/simulation
  • • Instructor status in one or more of ALS, APLS, ATLS or MIMMS
  • • Certificate of education.

Research

Essential criteria
  • • Understands research methodology
  • • Actively encourages research with junior and other staff

Additional Requirements

Essential criteria
  • • Commitment to continuing personal development and medical education
Desirable criteria
  • • Experience in Clinical governance and clinical audit
  • • Computer skills

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Green@Barts HealthNHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyLondon Living Wage is a voluntary commitment made by employers, who can become accredited with the Living Wage FoundationPositive about disabled peopleAge positiveInvestors in People: GoldImproving working livesMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Pregnancy Loss PledgeDisability confident employerStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.Happy to Talk Flexible Working

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

Apply online now

Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Dr Suyogi Jigajinni
Job title
Clinical Lead for Perioperative Medicine
Email address
[email protected]
Additional information

Please contact below Consultants if you need any further information regarding this post;

Dr Jason Gittens, Clinical Lead for Critical Care and CCOT, Whipps Cross Hospital - [email protected]
Dr Suyogi Jigajinni, Clinical Lead for Perioperative Medicine, Whipps Cross Hospital - [email protected]

Apply online nowAlert me to similar vacancies