Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine Dual or Single Specialty

Job overview

We are seeking to recruit a Substantive Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine to join our dynamic and friendly department, based at our Worthing Hospital site. The department is extremely forward thinking and has established itself within the research arena, with multiple presentations at National and International meetings. The hospital is located between the sea and the South Downs National Park, giving ample opportunity to pursue a variety of different interests

Main duties of the job

The clinical duties of the post include the following:

One in nine weeks as the Consultant on the Intensive care unit. There is a requirement to participate in the out of hours on call rota.

Successful candidates will play an active role in departmental teaching, research, governance, service development, and pursuing their own clinical interests. ICU Clinical Governance meetings are held every two months in conjunction with St Richard’s ITU and there is a monthly Morbidity and Mortality Meetings.

We have a multidisciplinary approach to Critical Care and enjoy excellent support from respiratory physiotherapy and dietetics. We also have daily consultant-led microbiology ward rounds, and a monthly MDT critical care follow up clinic run by Outreach with direct consultant supervision.

Non-ICU DCC will be undertaken in the complementary specialty and is subject to job planning and requirements of the service

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the job description and person specification attached to the advert for further details of the post.

Interviews are tentatively planned to take place in Feb/March 2026 and applicants will be informed of any changes accordingly.