Main area: Critical Care
Grade: NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 10 sessions per week (10 PAs)
Job ref: 382-DOC12-25
Employer: Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Blackpool Teaching Hospital
Town: Blackpool
Salary: £105,504 - £139,882 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 24/03/2025 23:59
Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is situated on the west coast of Lancashire, with services covering the local authority areas of Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre. The Trust is part of the Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care System (ICS) supporting a population of around 1.6 million people.
We have three main hospitals providing acute services to around 330,000 local residents. The organisation also provides specialist tertiary care for cardiac and haematology services, delivers community health services to over 445,000 residents including those in North Lancashire and hosts the National Artificial Eye Service across England. Plus, we provide urgent and emergency care services to an estimated 18 million people who visit the seaside resort each year. We employ over 7000 people from 68 different countries.
We welcome and encourage applications from anyone with protected characteristics, as well as supporting reservists and Veterans who are looking for a rewarding and challenging career within the NHS.
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals encourages flexible working in all our roles to support staff in maintaining a healthy home-life balance. Working patterns such as part-time working, self-rostering, compressed hours, annualised hours, term time, reverse term time, and flexitime working can be explored.
Job overview
The new purpose-built critical care unit was completed in September 2022. There are 16 single rooms furnished with state-of-the-art equipment. The unit was designed to provide the optimal patient experience, with a focus on privacy, dignity, and rehabilitation. Ample support accommodation is provided both for staff and patients' families.
There is a team of 12 consultants well supported by 2 tiers of resident medical cover including 5 ACCPs. We are extremely fortunate to have a comprehensive team of allied health professionals comprising physiotherapy, occupational therapy, SALT, psychology, dietetics, and pharmacy.
Our outstanding rehab team operates a critical care follow-up service. Additionally, there is an associated critical care outreach service providing follow-up to discharged patients and responding to sick patients throughout the hospital.
There is a tradition of point of care ultrasound, with enthusiasts (and FUSIC mentors) in heart and lung ultrasound.
Opportunities exist for teaching: critical care, anaesthesia, and medical trainees all rotate through the unit. Additionally, we train Foundation doctors and medical students. We have trained 6 ACCPs who now participate in the resident rota tiers and have become an invaluable part of the team. We have an established teaching program to which all consultants contribute.
Main duties of the job
The critical care consultants participate in a team-based job plan. Key elements (not exhaustive) are as follows:
1. Consultants participate in a rota that provides 2 consultants during daytime hours and 1 consultant out of hours.
2. The working pattern facilitates meeting expectations outlined in GPICS 2.1. This enables 2 ward rounds per day and coordination of medical care on the critical care unit. Out of hours consultants directly and indirectly supervise trainees and are able to attend the hospital within 30 minutes. Ensuring comprehensive handover between consultant colleagues and collaboration with other specialties.
3. Training medical and non-medical staff e.g. ACCP, providing education according to a rota, completing assessments, and providing feedback.
4. Participation in data collection for ICNARC.
5. Participation in mortality reviews and providing appropriate communication with, and reports for medical examiners and the coroner.
6. Participation in critical care service governance framework: Attending unit governance and directorate meetings, participation in QI, research, and audit activity, answering complaints.
Working for our organisation
Blackpool Teaching Hospital has a faculty of engaged, motivated, and enthusiastic Trainers to support the students and trainees that we host. We promote a multidisciplinary approach to education and training and the successful candidate would be fully supported by the Medical Education team. The team are keen to develop and support their trainers to enable us to deliver training to the standards required by the GMC.
The Trust is a teaching hospital for the University of Liverpool Medical School and we host 4th and 5th year students in most specialties. We also have students from UCLAN and Lancaster University who do various placements throughout the trust. The successful candidate will participate in undergraduate teaching within the sessions allocated to support professional activities.
There will also be the opportunity to participate in the supervision and training of Postgraduate trainees. The Trust hosts Junior Doctors in training placements in all specialties, working in collaboration with Health Education England North West. This includes Foundation Doctors, Core Trainees, and Specialist Trainees at all levels. There are extensive opportunities for teaching all grades of doctor.
Other opportunities are available for committed and engaged trainers with our postgraduate trainees from Buckingham University, trainee Physician Associates, and various other educational programmes.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The contract will be a 10 PA contract but extra DCC sessions are negotiable. The direct clinical care sessions will be delivered on an annualised sessional contract. Consultants work in blocks of time, covering from 8am to 8pm. Overnight, a trainee from both tiers is resident, providing cover to the Critical Care unit and referrals from the wards, theatres, and the Emergency Department.
Job plans will be formally reviewed within the first 6 months after appointment and agreed according to evidence from actual activity. All consultants will be allocated 1.5 core SPA per week for professional development (CPD). Job Planning, Appraisal, Mandatory Training, attendance at regular team meetings which will have a clinical governance aspect, and participating in Audit. Core SPA time will generally be undertaken within the Trust. Any variation from this principle must be discussed, agreed and made clear within the Consultant Job Plan.
Additional SPA time will be made available to Consultants on the basis of evidenced need. Such allocation will be agreed and subsequently reviewed by the Consultant and their Head of Department during the Job Plan review session. Additional (non-core) SPA time will be undertaken within the Trust or at other agreed NHS sites or academic institutions during the normal working day.
Person specification
Legal Requirements
* Inclusion on the Specialist Register or eligible for inclusion within 6 months of interview date
* Full registration with the GMC
Education and Qualification
* MB ChB or equivalent
* FFICM & MRCP or FRCA
Management Skills
* Awareness of NHS organisation and core values of NHS
* Understanding of the management responsibilities of NHS consultants
* Participation in a management training course
Knowledge & Research
* Commitment to CPD and requirements of clinical governance and audit
* A proven track record in self-directed research
* Publications in peer-reviewed journals
Skills & Ability
* Excellent communication skills – both oral and written
* Effective teaching skills
* Ability to organise and prioritise workload and to delegate responsibility and supervise staff
* Ability to motivate and inspire a multi-disciplinary team and work sensitively within teams and across organisations
* Involvement and evidence of implementation of service development and managing change in a healthcare setting
* Leadership skills- ability to take responsibility, show leadership and make decisions
* Computer and IT skills
* Educational qualification or working towards
Any invitation to interview will be sent to the email account stated on your application form.
If the role you have applied for requires a Disclosure and Barring Services (DBS) check we will administer this as part of your pre-employment checks.
You are encouraged where possible, to register for the DBS update service. This is an annual registration fee of £16.
By submitting an application for this vacancy you are confirming your agreement to the above in the event you are successfully appointed.
Please ensure that you read the Person Specification attached below as your application will be judged against this.
Please note that every effort will be made to keep the vacancy live until the published closing date, though there may be instances where such interest is generated, that for administrative reasons the post may close earlier.
Please note that in line with national NHS guidelines this Trust operates a strict non-smoking policy. Members of staff are not permitted to smoke on Trust premises or grounds at any time nor take breaks during working hours for the purposes of smoking.
The Trust does not offer interview expenses to shortlisted candidates unless indicated in the advert.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
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