Consultant with Special Interest in SARF and ECMO

Job overview

Consultant in Adult Cardiothoracic and General Intensive Care Medicine, Specialist Interest in Severe Acute Respiratory Failure (SARF) & ECMO,

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and highly motivated Consultant to join our expanding Critical Care team at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust.

We are seeking a dynamic clinician with a strong commitment to Adult Intensive Care Medicine and a particular interest in the management of Severe Acute Respiratory Failure (SARF) and Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO). The successful candidate will play a key role in the delivery and ongoing development of our specialist general and cardiothoracic critical care, SARF and adult ECMO services.

This is a unique opportunity to join a forward-thinking critical care service with ambitions to further develop and enhance the provision of specialist SARF and adult ECMO care. You will work alongside a highly skilled multidisciplinary team dedicated to delivering outstanding patient outcomes while driving innovation in critical care medicine.

Applications are welcomed from suitable candidates on the specialist register for intensive care medicine via the CCT or CESR route or those dual trained with anaesthesia. Candidates may interview for this post within 6 months of expected CCT date. The post is suitable for either single specialty intensivists or those dual trained, please contact to discuss potential job plans.

Main duties of the job

A key aspect of the role is supporting the continued development and expansion of the Trust's nationally recognised SARF and Adult ECMO programmes. The post holder will contribute to specialist clinical decision-making, service improvement initiatives, and the delivery of excellent patient outcomes within a highly specialised critical care environment.

The successful candidate will play an active role in education and training, participating in the department's teaching programmes for transoesophageal echocardiography (TOE), critical care echocardiography, critical care ultrasound, and Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine (FICM) trainees. Attendance and contribution to multidisciplinary case conferences are expected.

The role also encompasses participation in research, clinical audit, quality improvement activities, and the wider academic mission of the department.

Depending on the appointee's subspecialty expertise and the operational needs of the Trust, additional sessional commitments may include anaesthetic practice, Clinical Decisions Unit sessions, outpatient clinic responsibilities, and critical care transport duties as part of the East Midlands Adult Critical Care Transfer Service (ACCOTS).

Overall, the post offers the opportunity to contribute to one of the UK's leading specialist intensive care, respiratory failure, and ECMO centres, combining advanced clinical practice with teaching, research, service development, and regional leadership in critical care.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will join an established multidisciplinary consultant team delivering high-quality intensive care services, with a particular focus on the management of patients with Severe Acute Respiratory Failure (SARF) and those requiring Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO). Responsibilities include participation in the Consultant ECMO/SARF referral and retrieval rota and providing out-of-hours consultant cover for ECMO and SARF patients within the Adult Intensive Care Unit.

This Consultant post is based within the Adult Intensive Care Unit (AICU) at Glenfield Hospital, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust. The AICU comprises 33 Level 3 intensive care beds and provides specialist care for both general and cardiothoracic critically ill patients.

To provide daytime Consultant cover for general, cardiothoracic and ECMO/SARF patients in the Adult Intensive Care Unit (AICU) at the Glenfield site.

• To participate in the 1 in 8 Consultant ECMO/SARF referral and retrieval rota and provide out of hours cover for ECMO/SARF patients on AICU.
• To support the development and expansion of the SARF and Adult ECMO programme at UHL.
• Maintenance of the highest clinical standards in the management of patients.
• To participate in the SPA activities that will be negotiable depending on the candidate interest and areas of need.
• To supervise and train resident intensive care medical and nursing staff and allied health professionals.
• To be involved in appraising and assessing junior doctors.
• To actively participate in the multiple nationally renowned courses held at Glenfield hospital.
• To actively participate in the TOE, echocardiography/critical care ultrasound and FICM teaching programme provided by the department.
• To take part in multidisciplinary case conferences.
• Teaching, audit, research and administration.
• To develop the Adult Critical Care Service along with other Adult Critical Care Consultant colleagues at UHL.
• To work with the Clinical Governance team to enhance patient safety
• Depending on the sub-speciality experience of the post-holder and the needs of the Trust, some sessional commitments may be out of the ICU. Examples include anaesthetic sessions, sessions on the Clinical Decisions Unit, outpatient clinics and critical care transport as part of the East Midlands ACCOTs service.

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.