Locum Consultant in Anaesthetics with Major

Applications are welcomed for a locconsultant post in Anaesthesia with major commitment to Intensive Care Medicine, in a trust with a wide case mix in a spectacular part of the UK. We have one on the lowest ICU lengths of stay in the UK and manage two general intensive care units. The successful applicant will join a team of dedicated intensivists working in harmony to provide excellent patient care. Areas of special interests will be welcomed, both in anaesthesia& ICU.

This is a new post, forming part of the expansion of anaesthetic and intensive care.

As a Consultant you will be required to participate in Consultant Appraisal and Job Plan Reviews on an annual basis and the revalidation process in line with your professional registration.

**Please note**: If you are not currently on the Specialist Register, the offer of appointment will be at Specialty Doctor or Associate Specialist level, with a view of going down the CESR route to get on the register.

Relocation assistance of up to £4,000 may be available for successful applicants moving to the region.

On call duties will be 1 in 9 nights on call for ICU. Daytime weekly working consists of a mix of intensive care and anaesthetic theatre sessions. Intensivists work 24 hours when on call and participate in a 1 in 10 ‘hot week’ Monday to Friday week as daytime continuity consultant. There is the expectation of at least 20 days per annum work at the ICU in WCH and attendance at the monthly ICU meetings incorporating governance, morbidity and mortality and education.

We are a highly motivated and cohesive team dedicated to providing an excellent service for circa 1100-1200 patients admitted to our ICUs per annum. We have a well-developed outreach and critical care practitioner system. Our ICU data management is fully electronic.

Along with our anaesthetic colleagues we have been rated top 10 for training in the 2017 GMC trainees’ survey and we are the most popular unit in the deanery for ACCS trainees. We have a strong commitment to support, mentorship and development of all of our staff and have regular multidisciplinary meetings. We have friendly and patient-orientated relations with parent teams and clear patient flows through the ICU.

Due to our location we have a number of services not normally found in hospitals of our size including major trauma, vascular, renal, interventional cardiology and major head and neck surgery and this reflects in the broad spectrum of ICU admissions.

Please see attached Job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see ourPolicyfor eligible vacancies?
- Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.

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