Job summary
- Main area
- Intensive Care Medicine
- Grade
- Consultant
- Contract
- Locum: 12 months
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 164-7544361
- Employer
- Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Town
- Nottingham
- Salary
- £109,725 - £145,478 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/11/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Locum Consultant in Adult Critical Care
Consultant
Job overview
Full-time, 12 month appointment, Locum Consultant with a responsibility to Adult Critical Care at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.
A recent vacancy has created the need for a Locum Consultant in Adult Critical Care at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust. The posts emphasis will be on Adult Critical Care for clinical work, however there will be opportunities for teaching, administration and development.
The contract will be for 10.0 PAs, split into 7.5 DCC PAs in Critical Care and 1.5 core SPAs. The remaining 1 PA will be utilised for further clinical work or non-clinical opportunities to support the service needs (e.g. governance, quality improvement or education by agreement between the successful candidate and the Head of Service. As this is a locum appointment for critical care, in the first instance, there will not be opportunity for clinical work in another speciality as part of this appointment.
Main duties of the job
The new consultant will join the existing Team NUH workforce of 36 Critical Care consultants who work closely together and act as a very supportive group with a determined team ethos. This contributes to the provision of an ideal supportive environment for new consultant appointments into the advertised post.
The successful candidates will be expected to undertake formalised critical care rotations and must be able to work flexibly across the Queen’s Medical Centre (QMC) and Nottingham City Hospital (NCH) campuses.
A successful candidate will only be expected to take part in the adult critical care out of hours duty roster. Night on call frequency is currently 1:9 and weekend on call frequency 1:4.5. This may change in the future with planned expansion in critical care bed numbers and consultant workforce.
The successful applicants will also be expected to carry out teaching duties as required.
New consultants will be able to choose a mentor from the existing Critical Care consultant team.
Working for our organisation
At NUH we provide a range of national and internationally renowned specialist services and are at the forefront of new surgical procedures and research programmes. We are home to the East Midlands Major Trauma Centre, the Nottingham Children's Hospital and in partnership with the University of Nottingham we host a Biomedical Research Centre.
As a teaching hospital, we are instrumental in the education and training of doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals. We are proud of our strong relationships with universities across the East Midlands.
The critical care area on QMC Campus is divided into a 29-bedded Intensive Care (Level 3 beds) and a geographically separate 20-bedded level 2 high dependency area. Major surgical subspecialty interests at QMC are Trauma, Neurosurgery, Emergency Orthopaedics, Hepatobiliary Surgery, Vascular Surgery, Maxillofacial and ENT surgery and Spinal Surgery.
The Critical Care Department at the City campus has 17 beds that are used flexibly. The unit was completely refurbished in 2013. The major subspecialty interests at the City Hospital Campus are Cardiac Surgery (with separate CICU), Thoracic Surgery, Upper GI Surgery, Elective Orthopaedics, Urology, Burns and Plastics, Renal Medicine, Oncology, Haematology and Respiratory Medicine, Elective Colorectal surgery.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The appointee will be expected to fulfil the following duties with the agreed Job Plan.
Clinical
- Responsibility for the management of patients admitted under their care. This will be a full range of surgical and medical emergency patients.
- Provision with Consultant colleagues of a comprehensive elective and emergency service.
- Provision of reciprocal cover for periods of leave.
- Continuing responsibility for the care of patients in their charge and the proper functioning of the department.
- Cover for short term absences or periods of sick leave.
These duties are subject to review in the light of the changing requirements of the service. If alterations to the described duties are required these will be mutually agreed between the appointee, their consultant colleagues and the Trust.
The person appointed will be required to devote substantially the whole of their time to the duties of the post and give them priority at all times.
Governance and Audit
Each consultant is expected to take an active role in clinical governance activities including (but not restricted to) clinical audit, incident reporting, review of complaints, risk management, coroners referrals and reports, CPD and Evidence-Based Practice.
Teaching
Both main campuses of the Trust are major centres for undergraduate and postgraduate education and teaching. The successful candidate will be expected to play a significant role in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.
The Trust works to ensure the best possible placements and training for both undergraduates and junior doctors and to ensure consultant trainers & teachers are developed and supported. The Trust facilitates this through agreeing appropriate job plans, a clear framework for the delivery of medical education, and the opportunity to enhance clinical and teaching skills through Continuing Professional Development.
Research
The Trust has extremely close links with Nottingham University and has academic departments in the majority of its clinical specialties. There are University and Trust research facilities. The Trust has a research strategy and management framework which aligns its funding for research with the research and innovations activities it supports. Consultants who wish to undertake research require the approval of the Trust R&I Department and relevant ethical approval and must adhere to the National Framework for Research Governance.
Other Duties as Agreed
The appointee may wish to take on other roles alongside their clinical role. Any positions offered by bodies outside the Trust, (e.g. Training Programme Director, Regional College Advisor, Royal College Representative etc,) must be discussed and agreed by the Head of Service in advance of the position being accepted, so that the impact upon the specialty can be fully considered and any job plan amendments undertaken should the additional role be accepted.
Person specification
Professional Registration
Essential criteria
- Full GMC registration
- Eligible to be included on the Specialist Register via: Joint CCT (or within 6 months of CCT at date of interview) in Intensive Care Medicine and a suitable partner speciality (or equivalent) or Single CCT (or within 6 months of CCT at date of interview) in Intensive Care Medicine (or equivalent) or Triple CCT in GIM/Respiratory/ICM (or within 6 months)
Professional Qualifications/Development
Essential criteria
- Successful completion of a CCT training programme in critical care medicine (as defined by the FICM) or equivalent or within 6 months of CCT at date of interview
- Valid trauma life support certification or 6 months experience in a major trauma centre in last 2 years
- Post-graduate qualifications in ICM such as FFICM, EDIC or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Fellowship of Royal College of Anaesthetists (FRCA UK) or Membership of Royal College of Physicians (MRCP) or equivalent higher specialist qualification in Anaesthesia or Medicine or Emergency medicine (FRCEM)
- Membership of ICS/ ESICM/ SCCM
- ATLS/ALS Instructor status
- BSc/BMedSci or equivalent professional degree
Clinical skills/experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable of at least 18 months experience and extended training in Adult Critical Care Medicine including extensive contemporary critical care experience in the last 12 months
- Competence in transfer and safe retrieval as evidenced by CCT
Desirable criteria
- Specific training in communication skills
- Specific training in patient safety and/or human factors
- Specific training in education/simulation based training/ experience.
- FUSIC trained
- Interest in critical care rehab and follow up
Management skills
Essential criteria
- Able to develop, present and operationalise coherent ideas for service development/delivery
- Able to delegate appropriately
- Able to work in a team
- Excellent leadership skills
- Understand the wider NHS changes including ICB
Desirable criteria
- Higher management degree or qualification or training
- Experience of change management
Teaching, audit and research
Essential criteria
- Evidence of participation in Clinical Audit, Quality Improvement and change management
- Able to teach and support junior staff effectively
Desirable criteria
- Original Research
- Publications
- Higher teaching degree or qualification or training
Other skills
Essential criteria
- Able to work flexibly in a changing health service
- Able to use the trust's IT and support systems
- Can demonstrate accountability for decisions made and work in stressful situations
- Non judgemental approach and sensitivity to patients and colleagues
- Able to work both at QMC and City campuses
Desirable criteria
- Commitment to further develop the post and the service provided
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr James Garrod
- Job title
- Head of Service, Consultant in Adult Critical Care
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01159249924
- Additional information
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