NHSCT Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine

Job details

• Branch: Antrim Hospital
• Location: Antrim Hospital & Trustwide
• Salary: (See job details)
• Contract Type: Permanent
• Opening Date: 04/09/26
• Closes: Fri, 25 September 2026 @ 4:00 PM
• Interview Dates: Interviews will be held on Friday 9th October

Notes

A waiting list may be compiled for similar permanent/temporary, full/part time posts which may arise within the next 6 months.

JOB DESCRIPTION

JOB TITLE: Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine (potential for sessions in agreed specialty)

DIRECTORATE/DIVISION: Surgical and Clinical Services

LOCATION: NHSCT

REPORTS TO: Clinical Director AAH and Medical Director for professional issues

ACCOUNTABLE TO: Chief Executive

FLEXIBLE WORKING

All employees have the opportunity to request Flexible Working from the first day of their employment, regardless of their role, band or service they work in.

Successful applicants are encouraged to discuss with their manager what Flexible Working provisions may be available in the role they are taking up, prior to commencing employment, to help them achieve a positive Work/Life Balance

JOB SUMMARY

This post is to provide Intensive Care sessions which are based in Antrim’s 10 bedded unit, in addition to out of hours rota cover. Partner specialty sessions in anaesthesia and emergency medicine are already agreed options but applicants with a different partner specialty are encouraged to speak to the CD prior to application to allow the department to explore potential to accommodate sessions in the relevant specialty. As an example Anaesthetic sessions can be across Midulster, Whiteabbey and Antrim sites and are included in the example job plan later.

Time will be available within the job plan for quality improvement, audit, teaching, administration and research.

Antrim Anaesthetic and ICM Services

The Northern Trust is one of five Health and Social Care trusts in Northern Ireland. We provide a range of Health and Social Care services to a population of approximately 479,000 people across a geographical area of 1,733 square miles, making it the largest geographical Trust in Northern Ireland. The Trust also provides services to Rathlin, the only inhabited island off the coast of Northern Ireland.

Critical care has recently moved into refurbished 10 bedded footprint adjacent to the main theatre complex, and has capacity to provide for six level 3 and three level 2 patients or equivalent, with a mixture of medical and surgical specialties represented. The service is consultant led, with the support of a multidisciplinary team. The unit contributes to the ICNARC Case Mix Program, the Critical Care Network Northern Ireland (CCaNNI) and is actively involved in research projects within NI Clinical Research Network as well as the teaching and training of intensive care, anaesthetic trainees and medical trainees. Out of hours consultant cover is provided for Antrim Hospital by two separate rotas – ICU (this post) and theatres/delivery suite consultant anaesthetist rota. Where a major paediatric trauma or resuscitation comes in, it is expected that both consultants on-call will attend.

Antrim Anaesthetic department currently provides the following services

Anaesthesia for elective and emergency cases

Obstetric anaesthesia and analgesia

Consultant and Nurse led preoperative assessment

Anaesthetic antenatal clinic

Anaesthesia for ECT

Paediatric CT&MRI service

Acute and chronic pain service

Intensive care/High dependency (6 level 3, 3 level 2)

Critical care outreach

PACU service (3 beds currently in use Monday to Saturday)

Currently there are 25 consultants, 1 associate specialist and 8 specialty doctors delivering Anaesthetic and Critical Care services in the Antrim Anaesthetic department. There are 14 consultants contributing to the theatres and obstetric oncall rota and 9 on the ICU oncall rota. A mixture of 18 medical, ACCS and Anaesthetic trainees rotate through the department providing 3 tiers of oncall cover. Working as a team they cover ICU, theatres, maternity, and resus/ward referrals.

Services are provided across 3 sites

Antrim Area Hospital - 4 inpatient theatres, 1 day surgery theatre, ICU, and PACU.

Mid Ulster Hospital - 2 day surgery theatres

Whiteabbey hospital - 2 day surgery theatres and Preassessment

The anaesthetic and ICU department sits within the Surgical and Clinical Services Division. The Anaesthetic and Critical Care management team consists of:

Dr Jonny Holland Clinical Director ATICS

Pauline McGaw General Manager ATICS

Kate Agnew Lead Nurse Inpatient Theatres

Kay Johnston Lead Nurse Anaesthetics

Marbeth King Lead Nurse Day Surgery and Preassessment

Anaesthetic Consultants

Dr Earlene Armstrong

Dr Monica Chogle

Dr Hannah Cooper

Dr Will Donaldson

Dr Jon Eady

Dr Ruth Ford

Dr Usman Latif

Dr Helen Lindsay

Dr Grace McCrystal

Dr Charlene McDonnell

Dr Thérèse McLaughlin

Dr Lucas Pokorny

Dr Paula Pyper

Dr Kathryn Spence

Dr Jane Turner

ICU Consultants

Dr Andrew Black

Dr Esther Davis

Dr Rebecca Gibson

Dr Paul Johnston

Dr Gareth Morrison

Dr Keith Oakes

Dr Kate Scott

Dr Arun Sengottaiyan

Dr Emma Totten

SAS Doctors

Dr Dayakar Periketi

Dr Renata Bartova

Dr Seamus Bradley

Dr Michelle Holland

Dr Ryan Jones

Dr Frank McAleavey

Dr Aisling Duffy

Dr Peter McCluggage

Introduction to the Anaesthetic and ICM Department

After starting in post, there will be a number of measures put in place to ensure you feel supported in commencing the role as a consultant in Intensive Care medicine within the department. Meetings will be arranged as part of corporate induction to ensure you know the wider team. Furthermore, there will be time in the first few weeks with a lighter clinical workload to familiarise yourself with the role, the departmental SOPs and policies including the Trust’s approach to wellbeing. Finally, there will be a number of weeks before your first oncall and you will have a buddy (consultant colleague) assigned to assist you with that. Your job plan will be reviewed within the first 6 months.

Consultants on appointment will be provisioned with a trust laptop and allocated a shared office space with team SPA days spread across the week to facilitate this.

KEY RESULT AREAS / MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

Provide safe Critical Care for service users.

Share responsibility with colleagues for the management and proper running of the intensive care unit and relevant partner specialty department.

Participate in night and weekend on-call rota for the Intensive care rota in Antrim Area Hospital

Participate in clinical teaching of doctors in training, medical students, nurses and nursing students and allied health professionals.

Participate in clinical audit and M&M

Be encouraged to undertake research

Be encouraged to develop a special interest which the department can accommodate.

Undertake administrative duties of the department

Assist in running the department during temporary leave or absence of consultant colleagues

Be required to participate in continuing medical education for which study leave and expenses are available.

GENERAL MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES

Ensure the appropriate governance and risk management arrangements are in place for the services you are responsible for and take appropriate action to identify and manage risk and to maintain safety of users, staff and others in accordance with relevant regulations, policies and procedures;

It is essential to ensure that the highest standards of infection prevention and control are maintained to ensure patient and client safety and maintain confidence in the Trust. As a Clinical Leader, you must ensure that you implement all instructions/ policy in this area and that all staff are made aware of and fully comply with these;

Promote a culture of continuous service improvement amongst the team, encouraging their participation and that of service users in reviewing and modernising current services and in service development;

Make sure you are trained and competent in the relevant policies and procedures which apply to the management of staff and other resources and abide by these policies; seeking advice as necessary from senior management or specialist staff as necessary;

Communicate effectively with staff and maintain productive working relationships amongst your staff and with others;

Delegate appropriate responsibility and authority to staff in order to ensure optimum and effective service delivery and decision-making, whilst retaining overall accountability and responsibility for outcomes;

Promote a culture of learning and development and facilitate arrangements for and participate in training and development of staff as agreed for the performance of their duties. Where training is in accordance with relevant standards make sure you have the relevant competences in order to carry out this responsibility;

Promote equality of opportunity for all by personal action, both in the management of your staff and in the provision of care to service users in accordance with the Trust’s Equality of Opportunity Policy and Equality Scheme;

Take responsibility for ensuring appropriate standards of environmental cleanliness and for encouraging staff to maintain standards in their work area. Have an awareness of environmental issues and take appropriate action, for example to ensure the efficient use of energy and other resources, recycling etc.;

Make sure that staff are aware of Trust policies regarding the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018, the Freedom of Information Act 2000, the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 and Records Management and that they must not disclose, withhold, retain or dispose of any information unless legally authorised.

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Employees of the Trust will be required to promote and support the mission and vision of the service for which they are responsible and:-

At all times provide a caring service and to treat those with whom they come into contact in a courteous and respectful manner

At all times demonstrate practice the HSC values of Working Together, Excellence, Openness & Honesty and Compassion

Carry out their duties and responsibilities in a manner which assures patient and client safety

Comply with all instructions in regard to Infection Prevention and Control

Demonstrate their commitment by their regular attendance and the efficient completion of all tasks allocated to them

Comply with the Trust’s Smoke Free Policy

Carry out their duties and responsibilities in compliance with health and safety policy and statutory regulations

Adhere to equal opportunities policy throughout the course of their employment

Ensure the ongoing confidence of the public in service provision

Adhere to the Code of Conduct for HSC Employees which aims to guide staff, managers and employers in the work that they do and the decisions and choices they have to make. Professional staff are expected to follow the code of conduct for their own professions as well as this code.

RECORDS MANAGEMENT

All employees of the Northern Health & Social Care Trust are legally responsible for all records held, created or used as part of their business within the Northern Health and Social Care Trust, including patient/client, corporate and administrative records whether paper based or electronic and also including e-mails. All such records are public records and are accessible to the general public, with limited exceptions, under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, the Environment Regulations 2004, the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018. Employees are required to be conversant and to comply with the Northern Health and Social Care Trust policies on Information Governance including (for example) the ICT Security Policy, Data Quality and Data Protection Policy and Records Management Policy and to seek advice if in doubt.

SALARY

£110,681 - £145,517 per annum (pro-rata for part-time)

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

HOURS

10 PAs per week.

Opportunities for flexible working are available for all staff in line with the flexible working policy.

MEDICAL

Appointment will be subject to a successful pre-employment health assessment.

HOLIDAYS

We offer an attractive annual leave package for medical staff as detailed below

Grade

Annual Leave entitlement

Public/Statutory Holidays

Consultant

*6 weeks & 2 days on entry to the grade

*6 weeks & 4 days after 7 years’ service

10 days

*All entitlements are pro–rata for part time staff

PENSION

The post-holder can participate in the Health Social Care Pension Scheme.

NORTHERN TRUST BENEFITS

You can explore the benefits on offer to you in the Northern Trust by clicking here

WAITING LIST

PAY PROTECTION

Legacy Trust Staff who apply for a promotion after 1 April 2011 should be aware that they will lose their legacy protection arrangements and will be entitled to pay protection in accordance with circular HSS (JNF)(1) 2011.

This circular will also apply to legacy staff who are currently in receipt of protection and who move post on promotion.

RELOCATION /REMOVAL EXPENSES

Eligible staff can avail of our attractive relocation / removal package upon request.

CRIMINAL OFFENCES, INVESTIGATION AND CHARGES

Having a criminal record will not necessarily debar you from working with the Trust. This will depend on the nature of the position, together with the circumstances and background of your offences or other information contained on a disclosure certificate. Where it is necessary to obtain an Access NI disclosure the Trust operates in line with the Access NI Code of Practice (www.nidirect.gov.uk/publications/accessni-code-practice).

If you require further information or a copy of the policy on the recruitment of ex-offenders or the policy on the Secure Handling, Use, Storage and Retention of Disclosure Information, please contact the Trust Human Resources Department

CLOSING DATE

Completed application forms should be submitted via www.jobs.hscni.net or returned to Medical Resourcing, Holywell Hospital, 60 Steeple Road, Antrim, BT41 2RJ or medicalandseniorresourcing@northerntrust.hscni.net on or before the closing date.

Canvassing, either directly or indirectly, will be an absolute disqualification.

We will review this Job Description and it may include any other duties and responsibilities we determine in consultation with the jobholder. We do not intend it to be rigid and inflexible but rather to provide guidelines within which the jobholder works.

PERSONNEL SPECIFICATION

Title of Post: Consultant in ICM

Notes to applicants

You must clearly demonstrate on your application form under each question, how you meet the required criteria as failure to do so may result in you not being shortlisted. You should clearly demonstrate this for both the essential and desirable criteria.

Shortlisting will be carried out on the basis of the essential criteria set out in Section 1 below, using the information provided by you on your application form.

Proof of qualifications and/or professional registration will be required if an offer of employment is made – if you are unable to provide this, the offer may be withdrawn.

Volunteering experience may be considered appropriate in particular for roles within the context of direct patient/client care.

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA

SECTION 1: The following are ESSENTIAL criteria which will initially be measured at shortlisting stage although may also be further explored during the interview/selection stage. You should therefore make it clear on your application form whether or not you meet these criteria. Failure to do so may result in you not being shortlisted. The stage in the process when the criteria will be measured is stated below.

Factor

Criteria

Method of Assessment

Qualifications/ Registration

Experience

Full registration or eligibility for registration (must be registered at time of appointment) with the General Medical Council (GMC), London and a License to Practice

Entry on the GMC Specialist Register for Intensive Care Medicine (or within 6 months of the date of interview) via

a. CCT (proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of interview date) or

b. Portfolio Pathway/CESR

Shortlisting by Application Form

Other

Hold a current full driving licence which is valid for use in the UK and have access to a car on appointment. This criteria will be waived in the case of applicants whose disability prohibits driving but who have access to a form of transport approved by the Trust which will permit them to carry out the duties of the post

Eligibility

Eligibility to live and work in the UK by intended start date

Pre-employment checks

SECTION 2: The following are ESSENTIAL criteria which will be measured during the interview/ selection stage:

Skills / Abilities

Ability to develop effective working relationships on an individual and multi-disciplinary basis with all levels of staff.

Ability to organise and manage the work of a clinical department and team.

Effective oral and written communication skills.

Excellent leadership skills.

Ability to be a flexible team member.

Evidence of undergraduate and postgraduate teaching abilities.

Ability to cope with and effectively organise the workload of a consultant.

Interview / Test

Knowledge

Knowledge of evidence-based anaesthesia.

Knowledge of the post and understanding of developments in the Health and Social Services.

Knowledge and understanding of clinical governance and the individual responsibilities it implies.

Knowledge of the principles of clinical audit

DESIRABLE CRITERIA

SECTION 3: These will ONLY be used where it is necessary to introduce additional job related criteria to ensure files are manageable. You should therefore make it clear on your application form how you meet these criteria. Failure to do so may result in you not being shortlisted

Experience in governance and quality improvement

Experience in undergraduate and/or postgraduate education

Qualifications

Have evidence of clinical or academic research with a higher degree

Value Based Recruitment

Value Based Recruitment is a process adopted by the Northern Trust to attract and select employees on the basis that their individual values and behaviours align with those of the Trust.

It focuses on the ‘how’ and ‘why’ people do what they do.

Candidates who are short-listed for interview will need to demonstrate at interview that they have the required knowledge, skills, competencies and values to be effective in this new role.

In answering the value based questions you have the opportunity to share examples of when you have demonstrated values relevant to the Northern Trust.

Below is a representative job plan of ICM with Anaesthetics

Day

Time

Work Activity

Location

PAs

Additional HSC responsibilities/ External Duties

Emergency Work/On Call

DCC

SPA

Monday

0800-1300

ICU

Antrim

1.25

1300-1800

Tuesday

Theatre

Wednesday

0800-1200

Flexible

1

1400-1600

0.5

Admin

0.25

Thursday

Zero

Friday

Weekend

On call

1:10 1st oncall

Evening ward rounds, weekend ward rounds

2.25

6.5

1.5