Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine

4 weeks ago


Rhyl, United Kingdom Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board Full time

Glan Clwyd Hospital is seeking new consultants in critical care. We are offering an excellent opportunity for a fulfilling consultant post in a beautiful but well-connected rural location. The full-time vacancies are for ten programmed activities (10 PA) per week based at Glan Clwyd Hospital in Bodelwyddan in North Wales. It is anticipated seven sessions will be for direct clinical care (DCC) and three for supporting professional activities (SPA), in-line with the Consultant contract for Wales. We are happy to discuss requests to work less than full time either before or after interview according to candidates' preferences. Additional contracted clinical sessions may also be offered to successful candidates, subject to mutual agreement and satisfactory job-planning.

Most of our existing critical care consultants are from an anaesthetic background, but our most recent appointee is an intensivist working exclusively in critical care. We would be delighted to consider applications from other single specialty ICM consultants or those with other second specialties, such as emergency medicine.

Main duties of the job

Daily cover on critical care comprises 2 consultants present all day, along with junior tiers. The 2 consultants act as consultants of the week, running the critical care unit from Monday to Sunday. This week is then followed by an uncontracted week when the consultant is not required to be at work (for clinical or SPA activities). The critical care unit currently has 8 consultants, working 1 in 4

weeks as consultant of the week. Recruitment of additional consultants will reduce this frequency.

Daytime clinical activity in subsequent weeks contains a mixture of theatre lists (for anaesthetists) and occasional critical care days depending on study leave/sickness cover. For applicants with other second specialities, clinical sessions in their relevant specialty can be considered e.g. Emergency medicine or transfer medicine.

Out of hours work comprises duties covering the critical care unit as part of the critical care consultant on-call rota, 1 in 8 with prospective cover. Again, subject to new appointments, the aim is to reduce the out-of-hours commitment to a 1 in 12 rota.

About us

Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) is the largest health organisation in Wales, with a budget of £1.7 billion and a workforce of over 19,000 staff. The Health Board provides primary, community, mental health and acute hospital services for the population of North Wales.

BCUHB provides a full range of primary, community, mental health, acute and specialist hospital services across 3 acute hospitals, 22 community hospitals and a network of over 90 health centres, clinics, community health team bases and mental health units. BCUHB also coordinates or provides the work of 113 GP practices and the NHS services provided by dentists, opticians and pharmacists across the region.

The Health Board is an integrated health system which strives to excellent compassionate care delivered in partnership with the public and other statutory and third sector organisations. BCUHB has a developed relationship with the universities in North Wales and with the University of Bangor is seeking medical school status and operates in a research-rich learning culture.

Job description
Job responsibilities

Candidates are encouraged to refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further information

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
  • Name on specialist register
  • proof of eligibility of entry onto specialist register
  • within six months of obtaining a CCT at the time of the interview.

Desirable

  • CCT in intensive care medicine
  • Fellowship of the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine (FFICM),
  • European Diploma in Intensive Care / UK Diploma in Intensive Care Medicine (DICM)
  • FRCA
  • Other post graduate qualifications

Training
Essential

  • Wide training background relevant for the job
  • Basic IT Skills

Desirable

  • Completion of a UK specialist training programme
  • Competency in paediatric resuscitation and stabilisation
  • ALS, ATLS, APLS or equivalent
  • Training in echocardiography (FICE or equivalent)
  • ECDL
  • Advanced IT skills (e.g. App or website design)

Experience
Essential

  • Broad based general experience in critical care

Desirable

  • Experience at consultant level
  • Clinical experience in anaesthesia
  • Specialist skills or experience
  • Out-of-programme experience in a clinical area relevant to the job
  • Evidence of taking consultant-level responsibility

Quality Improvement and Audit
Essential

  • Evidence of participation in quality improvement or audit projects

Desirable

  • Evidence of completed audit or quality improvement projects that have changed practice

Teaching
Essential

  • Experience of teaching trainees
  • Evidence of a commitment to teaching trainees

Desirable

  • Evidence of teaching nursing and paramedical staff and medical students
  • Teaching course
  • Teaching qualification
  • Accredited trainer e.g. for ATLS, FICE
  • Experience of using simulation in medical education

Research
Desirable

  • Critical appraisal course / skills
  • Evidence of participation in research.
  • Publications in peer-reviewed journals, e.g. letters, case reports.
  • Posters displayed at scientific meetings
  • Abstracts presented at scientific meetings
  • Research-based publications in peer- reviewed journals

Team working
Essential

  • Open and approachable and willing to give and to receive feedback
  • A team player that values the individual contributions of a multi-disciplinary team
  • Reliable, self- motivated and punctual
  • Evidence of the ability to work in stressful situations and/or when under pressure

Desirable

  • Able to work flexibly both in time and place
  • A willingness to work outside normal working hours at short notice in times of need
  • A willingness to explore new ways of working

Management and Leadership
Essential

  • Evidence of understanding of NHS management practices
  • A willingness to become a clinical leader in any area of specialist interest within the job
  • A willingness to attend and actively participate in departmental management meetings

Desirable

  • Management course
  • Involvement with a management project
  • Experience of departmental administration
  • Experience of rostering
  • Experience of managing a budget in the workplace
  • Experience of organisational change and service re-design
  • Willingness to take forward anaesthesia and critical care services within the health board and wider health economy

Communication with patients, carers and colleagues
Essential

  • Safe and effective oral communication skills
  • Willingness to involve patients in their management
  • Ability to handle difficult interviews with patients or their carers with tact and sensitivity
  • Excellent command of written and verbal English

Desirable

  • Welsh Speaker

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