Locum Consultant in Critical Care - Cardiothoracic

Job overview

Applications are invited for a Locum Consultant Intensivist within Adult Critical Care at St George’s University Hospitals Foundation Trust, London.

Clinical work will be based on the Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit. There may be the opportunity to contribute to the Critical Care Outreach Service, follow-up clinic as well as to a secondary specialty, subject to negotiation.

Job Summary:

Post holders will:

• Provide clinical leadership to a multidisciplinary team delivering Critical Care
• Engage in associated Service Development, Clinical Governance and Quality Improvement work
• Contribute to the education and supervision of students and trainees
• Support Directorate-wide Research activities
• Contribute to the clinical management of the base unit

It is envisaged that the post holder will carry out the majority of their duties as a Consultant Intensivist on the Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit. There are opportunities for some DCC time to be allocated to contribute to the General Intensive Care Unit, Critical Care Outreach Service, follow-up clinic or to pursue a secondary clinical speciality. We currently have Consultants who split their time across Anaesthesia, Medical Specialties, St George’s Medical School and wider Trust/NHS managerial roles. We would encourage interested applicants to get in touch for an informal discussion about how an alternative secondary specialty interest could be accommodated.

Main duties of the job

Main Duties and Job Plan

Please see the Job Summary section above for a description of the expected duties of the post-holder. The job plan will be fully annualised. Current job planning guidance at St George’s expects consultants to work a minimum of 42 clinical weeks per year. There is flexibility in the number of PA commitments that existing consultants offer to the trust and applicants wishing to work less than 10 PAs are encouraged to apply.

The post holder will be required to participate in the CTICU consultant on-call rota. There are 2 rotas on each unit that run in parallel. The first, so-called ‘1st on’ rota is a seven-day duty period running Monday to Monday, including Saturday and Sunday nights. The ‘2nd on’ rota provides for second consultant weekday cover and includes that weekday night.

The post holder will have the option of spending a portion of Direct Clinical Care with the Critical Care Outreach service, which provides 7-day a week 07:45 to 19:45 consultant cover. There is also the opportunity to be involved with the SW London Adult Critical Care Transfer Service and the ICU Survivorship Service.

There is prospective cover for all rotas, hence the post holder is expected to liaise with their consultant colleagues in providing internal cover for annual, study and professional leave, and this may require some flexibility in the post holder’s hours.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for more detailed information on this post.

Enquiries about the posts should be directed to Dr Mohamed Ahmed (CTICU Consultant and Care Group Lead) via phone on 020 8725 4427 or via email [email protected]   Informal enquiries and/or visits are encouraged.