# Locum Consultant – Critical Care > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/locum-consultant-critical-care/1926defc-ddb0-44db-93e2-d479bcdc6c9f - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/locum-consultant-critical-care/1926defc-ddb0-44db-93e2-d479bcdc6c9f.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** London - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Anaesthesia and Intensive Care - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £113,565 - £150,569 per annum + London Weighting (on-call Cat A 8%, high) - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 6 months (Limited funding) - **Closing date:** 2026-06-18T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-04T11:01:10.722Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/University_College_London_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Critical_Care/Critical_Care-v8049654 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8049654?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.uclh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Open to Internal Applicants Only University College London Hospitals is seeking to appoint a Locum Consultant in Critical Care (7PA) on a fixed term contract from 1st August 2026. The successful candidate will need to demonstrate commitment to high quality patient care, innovative service models, delivery of performance targets, excellence in education/training and a commitment to make a tangible contribution to our audit/quality improvement programme in their supporting professional activity time. A particular interest in supporting our Senior Clinical Fellowship programme and overseas doctors is desirable. ### Main duties of the job You will provide a consultant-led, patient-centred, clinical service for the critical care department. This includes a twice-daily review of all patients during the working week and daily review at weekends. These duties also cover emergency duties, including emergency work arising from on-call duties, relevant clinical diagnostic work, other patient treatment, attending relevant meetings about direct patient care and administration directly related to the above. The academic and research activities of the Division are channelled through a number of academic centres in UCL. The critical care consultants contribute actively to the educational and research components of the Bloomsbury Institute for Intensive Care Medicine, the Centre for Perioperative Medicine and have strong collaborative links with UCL Healthcare Engineering Institute of Health Informatics and the Department for Targeted Intervention. UCLH/UCL is a well-established Biomedical Research Centre and the research outputs from Critical Care and Peri-operative Medicine are ranked top within the UK. Recently, we have become a new NIHR Patient Safety Research Collaborative bringing together digital and qualitative researchers to improve our understanding of safety in the high-risk surgery and critical care space. The successful candidate would be encouraged to pursue other research interests in collaboration with these groupings through honorary contracts. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description. ### Please note, due to anticipated high volumes of applications, this vacancy may close earlier than the listed closing date. You are advised not to delay submitting your completed application Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff* * UCLH top trust to work at in England - In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England – for the third year in a row. UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff – To find out more, visit: Flexible working. To discover more about what makes UCLH a great place to work, visit: Why Choose UCLH? Please submit your CV with application. ## Job Details Open to Internal Applicants Only University College London Hospitals is seeking to appoint a Locum Consultant in Critical Care (7PA) on a fixed term contract from 1st August 2026. The successful candidate will need to demonstrate commitment to high quality patient care, innovative service models, delivery of performance targets, excellence in education/training and a commitment to make a tangible contribution to our audit/quality improvement programme in their supporting professional activity time. A particular interest in supporting our Senior Clinical Fellowship programme and overseas doctors is desirable. ## Job Description You will provide a consultant-led, patient-centred, clinical service for the critical care department. This includes a twice-daily review of all patients during the working week and daily review at weekends. These duties also cover emergency duties, including emergency work arising from on-call duties, relevant clinical diagnostic work, other patient treatment, attending relevant meetings about direct patient care and administration directly related to the above. The academic and research activities of the Division are channelled through a number of academic centres in UCL. The critical care consultants contribute actively to the educational and research components of the Bloomsbury Institute for Intensive Care Medicine, the Centre for Perioperative Medicine and have strong collaborative links with UCL Healthcare Engineering Institute of Health Informatics and the Department for Targeted Intervention. UCLH/UCL is a well-established Biomedical Research Centre and the research outputs from Critical Care and Peri-operative Medicine are ranked top within the UK. Recently, we have become a new NIHR Patient Safety Research Collaborative bringing together digital and qualitative researchers to improve our understanding of safety in the high-risk surgery and critical care space. The successful candidate would be encouraged to pursue other research interests in collaboration with these groupings through honorary contracts. ## Responsibilities For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description. Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff* * UCLH top trust to work at in England - In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England – for the third year in a row. UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff – To find out more, visit: Flexible working. To discover more about what makes UCLH a great place to work, visit: Why Choose UCLH? Please submit your CV with application. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Critical care experience commensurate with CCT in Intensive Care Medicine - Experience of undertaking audit and quality improvement projects and willingness to develop the local programme. **Desirable** - Experience in multiple modes of cardiac output monitoring - Experience in preoperative medicine and management of complex high-risk patients - Experience in participation design and delivery of courses, teaching programmes - Experience of haematology and/or haemo-oncology critical care ### Communication **Essential** - Ability to communicate with clarity and intelligently in written and spoken English; ability to build rapport, listen, persuade/negotiate - Ability to see patients as people, empathise, and work co-operatively with others ### Skills and Abilities **Essential** - Ability to perform clinical procedures essential to critical care, including advanced airway management - Ability to work without supervision and make appropriate clinical decisions - Ability and willingness to take full responsibility for clinical care of patients of any acuity - Ability to participate in translational research consistent with the UCLH ‘themes’ - Proficiency with IT systems relevant **Desirable** - Potential to continue to raise the profile of the department ### Specific Requirements **Essential** - The postholder will need to be passed fit to perform full duties of the post, this will be determined through occupational health with any reasonable aids provided wherever possible ### Knowledge and Qualifications **Essential** - Eligible for full UK GMC Registration - On GMC Specialist Register in Intensive Care Medicine Register, or at the time of interview within 6 months of expected date of CCT/CESR approval - NB: Non-UK trained doctors must be on the GMC register and Specialist Register by date of interview - Provider status in ALS, ATLS (or equivalent) and in APLS (or equivalent) **Desirable** - Instructor status in one or more life support courses (ALS, ATLS, APLS, PALS) - FRCA (or equivalent training/exam) - MRCP or equivalent - MCEM or equivalent ### Personal and People Development **Essential** - Personal and People Development - High level of commitment to teaching with a track record of teaching at all levels - Familiarity with research methodology and record of publications **Desirable** - Peer reviewed publications - Appropriate Higher Degree MD, PhD or equivalent - Relevant management/leadership training programme - Teaching qualification ## Documents - [uclh values (pdf, 860.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2685) - [job description (pdf, 656.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10338827) - [functional requirements (pdf, 262.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10338828) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.