# Locum Consultant Intensivist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/locum-consultant-intensivist/96e29bd5-2ad0-4572-9ce4-5ad5a9fc555d - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/locum-consultant-intensivist/96e29bd5-2ad0-4572-9ce4-5ad5a9fc555d.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust - **Location:** University Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Anaesthesia and Intensive Care - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £113,565 - £150,569 As per consultant salary scale. - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 12 months (Contract may be extendable depending on continued departmental need.) - **Employment type:** Full time - 10 sessions per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-10T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-28T09:51:01.287Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Warwickshire/Coventry/University_Hospitals_Coventry_Warwickshire_NHS_Trust/Intensive_Care_Medicine/Intensive_Care_Medicine-v8260384 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8260384?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.uhcw.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Interviews are due to place on 30th September You are warmly invited to apply for the post of Locum Consultant Intensivist. we are happy to consider single specialty or dual trained applicants. The successful candidate will join a dynamic and forward thinking department with a reputation for research and education. The General Critical Care Unit (GCC) has 30 physical beds and manages over 1600 admissions per year from medical and surgical specialties. The Department delivers perioperative care to around 44,000 elective and emergency patients. The Trust offers tertiary surgical services to cardiothoracic surgery, neurosurgery, vascular surgery and renal transplant services. There is a separate Cardiothoracic Critical Care Unit (CTCC) with 22 physical beds. ### Main duties of the job - To provide and further develop critical care services, and any other specialty for which the appointed candidate provides input. The appointed candidate will work in collaboration with colleagues in all disciplines to provide an integrated and high quality service for patients. - To actively participate in the teaching and training of resident doctors and allied healthcare professionals. - To take part in the general activities of consultants at the Trust – teaching, clinical governance, administration, management etc. This will be done by personal development into appropriate roles depending on the consultants’ particular interests and aptitudes. - To support and develop innovative improvements within the department and the Trust in order to maintain and improve the quality of patient care. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities For further information on this Consultant post, please refer to the job description and person specification. ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Qualifications **Essential** - Meets all Essential **Desirable** - Meets all Desireable ### Clinical Governance **Essential** - Understanding of clinical governance processes - Thorough understanding of the principles of clinical audit - Evidence of recent involvement in quality improvement or audit - Interest and awareness of research methodology - Able to apply research outcomes to clinical practice **Desirable** - Extensive involvement in quality improvement or audit. - Participation in service development - Undertaken recent research activity - Participation in completed clinical research projects. - Published articles in peer review journals ### Professional Development **Essential** - Thorough and detailed knowledge of, current clinical and medical best practice. - Competent in standard information and communications technology - Commitment to continuing personal development **Desirable** - Further skills in information technology. ### Management and Leadership **Essential** - Ability to lead, communicate, liaise and negotiate with others. - Ability to advise on efficient and smooth running of specialist service. - Ability to motivate, innovate and support staff of all disciplines. - Ability to manage and lead clinical team. - Ability to supervise, appraise, coach and mentor trainee and other doctors. - Evidence of participation in service development - An understanding of the NHS Management and Structure - Awareness of health service reforms and issues across all healthcare economy. **Desirable** - Extensive participation in service development - Completion of a Management/ Leadership course ### Teaching/ Educational Experience **Essential** - Commitment to continuing medical education. - Basic teaching course – College or Deanery. - Experience in demonstrating clinical procedures and techniques to other health care professionals. - Evidence of an ability to organise and participate in teaching and training of undergraduate and/or postgraduate students. **Desirable** - ATLS, ALS, APLS or PALS instructor status. - Postgraduate qualification in teaching/education. ### Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours **Essential** - Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust’s values. ### Training (abilities/skills) and Experience **Essential** - Clinical training and experience in intensive care medicine to that required for gaining a CCT or equivalent in intensive care medicine - ALS (or equivalent) **Desirable** - Experience in Neuro Critical Care and Cardiothoracic Critical Care - Interest and experience in the management of major Trauma - ATLS/ATACC (or equivalent) - Experience of working in the NHS ## Documents - [candidate information (pdf, 314.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=1868) - [welcoming applicants with a disability (pdf, 56.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=1869) - [job description and person specification (pdf, 680.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10574003) ## 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.