LocumConsultant in Intensive Care Medicine

Job overview

We are looking to appoint to a Whole-Time Locum Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine, required to work in Critical Care at the Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust based at Northern General Hospital and Royal Hallamshire Hospital. This is a fixed-term post for six months from the start date of the post.

We would welcome applications from candidates across the full spectrum of experience, from those who have recently completed training to those who have well-established careers.

Any candidate who is unable for personal reasons to work full-time will be eligible to be considered for the post; if such a person is appointed, modification of the job content will be discussed on a personal basis with the Trust in consultation with consultant colleagues.

Should any further vacancies arise shortlisted applicants will be considered.

Main duties of the job

The appointee will, together with consultant colleagues, be responsible for the provision of critical care medicine to the Trust.

Responsibilities:

• Provide safe, evidence-based critical care medicine.
• Maintain and improve standards and quality of critical care services.
• Supervise and train junior staff in both critical cares as required.
• Maintain skills and update knowledge base meeting the Continuing Education and Professional Development requirements of the relevant professional body e.g. Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine, Royal College of Physicians, Royal College of Anaesthetists.
• Participate in the audit programme of the Department.
• Lead tutorials and departmental meetings, in rotation with other Consultant staff.
• Participate in the Critical Care Consultant on-call rota at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals.
• Be prepared to work on the General Critical Care Units at RHH and NGH, and the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit at NGH.
• The successful candidate would inevitably have responsibility for resource utilisation and would be expected to be aware of and take part in the Directorate business planning process which governs new developments.
• Be jointly responsible for organising the intensive care resident doctor rota.

The successful candidate will work according to the terms and conditions of the new consultant contract.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the supporting job description and person specification which will outline the duties of the role including an indicative job plan.

The successful candidate must be registered with the GMC with a valid licence to practice. For further information please visit the GMC website and click on the Registration and Licensing link. You will also have completed Specialist Training (or equivalent) and be entered on the Specialist Register of the GMC, or have a CCT date within six months of the date of interview.

Non-UK/EEA applicants should ensure they are aware of the recent changes to the Immigration rules. For further information on how this may affect your application visit the UK Government website.

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust promotes Equality of opportunity and Diversity within the workplace.

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.