Locum Consultant Intensive Care Medicine & Anaesthetics Cw

We are an award winning organisation providing care at two main hospital sites—Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital—and a number of community-based services across London, such as sexual health and HIV clinics.
With 6,700 members of staff, we are proud to care for a diverse population of one million people.
We are committed to ensuring that our workforce is just as diverse with a strong mix of skills and abilities.
Our staff are at the very heart of our organisation and we recognise the valuable contribution that each and every person working at the Trust makes.
One of our Trust priorities is to be an employer of choice—a place where people want to start their career and to grow with us through continued education, professional development and support.
Locum Consultant Intensive Care Medicine & Anaesthetics CWNHS Medical & Dental: Locum ConsultantMain area: Intensive care
Grade: NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant
Contract: Fixed term: 12 months (1:12 rota)
Hours: Full time - 10 sessions per week
Job ref: 289-PCD-LCON-0348
Site: CW site
Town: London
Salary: £105,504 - £139,882 Per Annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 23/01/2025 23:59
Job overviewWe are looking for an enthusiastic and self-motivated consultant to join our department as a Locum Consultant in Intensive Care and Anaesthetics to support expansion of our ICU and anaesthetic workforce, starting February 2025.
Chelsea and Westminster Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the best performing Trusts in the country and, on the Chelsea site, has a 20-bedded adult intensive care and a 2-bedded Burns Intensive Care facility.
Some experience with critical care of severe burn-injured patients is desirable.
Presently, 13 AICU beds are commissioned, and there are around 600 admissions per year to the ICU.
The hospital performs a range of surgeries including colorectal, bariatrics and plastic surgical service.
The hospital is a referral centre for high-risk obstetric patients.
We have one of the largest HIV services in Europe and we are the only Burns centre in London.
Main duties of the jobIn addition to the dedicated ICU consultant rota, there is a resident specialist trainee rota on ICU comprising a mix of anaesthesia, emergency medicine and medicine based doctors with trainees from anaesthesia at CT3+ level out of hours as well as resident FY2+ doctors on an SHO rota.
We are supported by a 24-hour Critical Care Outreach Team and the hospital at night team, as well as the anaesthetic department as required.
Working for our organisationChelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is proud to be one of the top performing and safest trusts in England.
We have two main acute hospital sites—Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital, plus our award-winning clinics across North West London and beyond.
We employ over 7,000 staff and 500 volunteersWe treat someone in A&E every 90 secondsWe operate on a patient every 16 minutesWe do 50 imaging procedures each hourWe serve a diverse population of 1.5 million from the beginning to the end of lifeDetailed job description and main responsibilitiesThe successful candidate would join the Intensive Care Unit on-call rota (1:8) and do anaesthetic sessions in non-ICU weeks per the timetable below.
It is expected that the successful candidate will also join MDT meetings (to discuss long-term patients) on some Wednesday afternoons in their non-ICU cover weeks.
A central expectation of the successful candidate would be to undertake a leading role in the development and support of services within the umbrella of Critical Care.
This may include co-developing an in-house advanced critical care practitioner programme; working on Cerner (EPR); continuing to develop a Post-ICU rehabilitation service; supporting the Outreach Team.
There is a local mentorship programme for newly appointed locum consultants within the Department.
The successful appointee would be expected to actively support and join activities on the ICU including quarterly M&M, Board meetings, weekly Mortality reviews (concurrent with MDT), and twice yearly cross site clinical governance meeting when Audit and Quality Improvement Projects are presented.
There will be a level of expectation of cross site working at West Middlesex Hospital ICU in emergency situations or as part of a regular Job Plan.
Chelsea ICU participates in ICNARC, and works closely within the North-West London Critical Care Network.
Person specificationTrust ValuesPutting patients firstResponsive to patients and staffOpen and honestUnfailingly kindDetermined to developEducation and QualificationsFull Registration with GMCCCT in Intensive Care Medicine or equivalent (or within 6 months of inclusion on Specialist register at time of interview)FRCA or equivalentFFICM or equivalentMRCP or equivalentHigher DegreeExperienceExperience with management of high-risk patientsImplementation of Audit and Quality Improvement ProcessesExperience teaching, training and supervising junior doctorsInvolvement in Innovation projectsPrevious consultant-level experienceUnderstanding and involvement in Ethics and GovernanceSkills and KnowledgeExperience in intensive care medicineExcellent communication, presentation and influencing skillsAbility to participate in and lead multidisciplinary Critical Care teamAbility to work with colleagues in a team and delegate appropriatelyHighly organised, self-motivated, track record of achieving sustained changeExperience in AnaestheticsExperience in burns intensive careImportantThe closing date given is a guide only.
There may be some occasions when we have to close a vacancy once sufficient applications have been received.
You are therefore advised to submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.Please check your emails regularly as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process.If you have not heard from us within 3 weeks after the closing date, we regret that this usually means your application was not successful.In submitting an application, you authorise the Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process, should you be appointed to the post.During the recruitment process your identity documentation (ie passport, driving licence, visa etc) will be scanned using a device which recognises UV, infrared and machine-readable zone security features of the documents provided.Employment at the Trust is offered subject to successful completion of a six month probationary period.Employer certification / accreditation badgesYou 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.

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