Employer: Whittington Health NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Whittington Hospital
Town: London
Salary: £105,504 - £139,882 per annum (pro rata for part time)
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 02/03/2025 13:00
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Job overview
Whittington Health NHS Trust is recruiting for a 6 month fixed term locum consultant post in critical care medicine to join the team of 7 critical care consultants from April 2025. The post is a 1 in 6 rota, plus a session of work with the CCOT, and is a part time post attracting in total 8.5 PAs. Applicants must be fully registered with the GMC and hold a license to practice. Applicants ideally should have entry on the GMC Specialist Register via CCT (proposed CCT date must be within six months of the interview date), CESR or European Community Rights, or be in the process of applying. Candidates who are unable, for personal reasons, to work full-time are eligible to apply and, if successful, modification of the job content will be discussed on a personal basis, in consultation with consultant colleagues.
The Trust is committed to ICARE values of innovation, compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence.
The unit is well staffed medically with a full complement of junior trainees from emergency medicine, anaesthesia and IMT, 2 foundation year doctors, and a middle grade rota with 2 posts from the critical care training program and 1 from acute medicine. We also have 3 non-training middle grade posts. We have a simulation fellow and research fellow.
Main duties of the job
Please see the full Job Description and the Person Specification for further details about the job role.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Duties of the post
Please see the job description attached for a sample timetable. This is a 6 week rolling rota for critical care, plus a weekly session working with CCOT. SPA work should also be scheduled into the non ITU weeks and includes M and M, clinical governance meetings, datix meetings, etc alongside others.
The consultant is off site at night for critical care on calls. The 6 PAs for ITU work includes payment for starting work at 0800 on the day of being on call, and being on site for 12 hours. The 6 PAs also includes payment for unpredictable emergency work such as phone discussions and return to site when required, and is also subject to an on call availability supplement in category A (5%).
Person specification
Qualifications
* Full GMC Registration
* Entry on the GMC Specialist Register via CCT in ICM (proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of interview)
* Higher qualification in critical care medicine
* FFICM or European Diploma in ICM
Special interest
* 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.
Teaching
* Evidence of effective teaching & training skills
* Teaching qualification
Research
* Ability to appraise evidence and to undertake relevant research
* An interest in research as evidenced by publications relevant to critical care
Skills
* Knowledge and skills in various techniques and procedures appropriate for intensive care and the critically ill patient
Management ability
* Evidence of the ability to lead a team
* Commitment to effective departmental management
Audit
* Evidence of completion of audit projects leading to improved clinical care
* Familiarity with ICNARC data collection & reporting
Aware of national policies, quality initiatives
* Familiarity with UK Critical Care Standards as outlined in GPICS
* Familiarity with Critical Care Networks
SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN AND ADULTS
To comply with the Trust’s Safeguarding Children and Adults policies, procedures and protocols. All individual members of staff (paid or unpaid) have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This will require you to:
* Ensure you are familiar with and comply with the London Child Protection Procedures and protocols for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people.
* Ensure you are familiar and comply with the London Multi Agency Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Pan London Procedures.
* Ensure you are familiar and comply with local protocols and systems for information sharing.
* Know the appropriate contact numbers and required reporting lines.
* Participate in required training and supervision.
* Comply with required professional boundaries and codes of conduct.
Whittington Health is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Your application form
* Provide only business email address for your referees – we are unable to request references from yahoo, Hotmail, Gmail accounts.
* Make sure you include all evidence of where you meet the essential requirement on the job description as this forms the base of our shortlisting criteria.
Other important information
* Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Before submitting your application and to avoid disappointment please check that you are eligible under the UKVI points-based system.
* Applications are welcome from people wishing to job share or work flexible patterns. We are committed to equal opportunities.
If you have problems applying, contact:
Address: Whittington Health NHS Trust
Magdala Avenue
London
N19 5NF
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