Locum Consultant in Critical Care

Job overview

We are seeking to appoint a Locum Consultant in Critical Care Medicine based at the world-renowned Royal Brompton Hospital.

The successful applicant will work within Critical Care areas of the Royal Brompton Hospital, but there will be an opportunity for work across the Trust and the role will include outpatient clinics (e.g., ICU follow up)

The post holder will join the existing Critical Care Team and will report to the Heart Divisional Director through the Clinical Lead for Critical Care

In addition to holding full GMC registration and FRCA or equivalent, the successful candidate will be in possession of a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) or be within 6 months of possession at the time of interview. A minimum of 18 months of experience in cardiac/cardiothoracic critical care at Fellow and/or Consultant level is essential, as is experience and accreditation in adult critical care medicine.

Informal enquiries are encouraged and may be made to Dr Sarah Trenfield  Clinical Lead for EICU/Director in Anaesthesia and/ or Dr Aimee Brame Interim Lead for AICU

This post may close early if a sufficient number of applications have been received.

Main duties of the job

Applicants will participate in and contribute to the delivery of excellent Critical Care Medicine in the Level 2/3 Critical Care facilities, with an important focus on Governance, Education, Research and multispecialty/disciplinary collaboration that underpins excellence in Adult Intensive Care Medicine at the Royal Brompton Hospital.

Applicants are expected to participate in the on-call rotas, including critical care, extracorporeal support (e.g. ECMO) and patient retrieval (training opportunities), to ensure the highest standards of service provision. As a national Severe Acute Respiratory Failure centre, providing VV ECMO, and a tertiary centre for complex cardiac conditions, developmental opportunities exist.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Work with the current team of Critical Care Consultants to deliver a high-quality critical care service at whatever location this is required
• Work closely with colleagues to continue to maintain excellence within and assist in the ongoing development of a severe acute cardio-respiratory failure service including ECMO
• Collaborate with the research program and lead research projects as appropriate
• Collaborate with clinical and research data collection, and presentation
• Participate fully in clinical audit and clinical governance for the Critical Care and ECMO services including attendance at relevant meetings
• Undertake teaching and training locally and nationally
• Contribute to local, national and international development of the Critical Care service as described above