Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine

3 months ago


Cardiff, United Kingdom Cardiff and Vale University Health Board Full time

Job summary

Applications are invited for an exceptional candidate to join the Critical Care Directorate as a full-time Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine and General Anaesthesia based at University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, with some cover also provided at the nearby University Hospital Llandough.

This is an exciting time to join the Health Board with reconfiguration of the Critical Care footprint and planned expansion of our services in line with growing demand.

Although this post is full-time, consideration will be given to applicants who require flexible working arrangements.

Applicants should either be on the Specialist Register or be a Specialist Registrar within six months of their expected date of receipt of a CCT / CESR(CP) at the time of interview.

You will be able to take advantage of the excellent Consultant contract for Wales. The basic salary range for this post is £100,000 per annum to £146,000 per annum.

Applicants must ensure they provide names and contact details of referees covering at least the last 3 years of their employment/training history in full. In addition, applicants who are currently or have most recently been employed as a substantive Consultant or as a Locum Consultant in post for more than 12 months must also provide the name of their Medical Director as an additional referee.

Main duties of the job

The appointee will join a team of 27 Consultants in Intensive Care who have a variety of special interests including renal medicine, trauma, research, emergency surgery, and neurosciences and a team of 110 Consultants in General Anaesthesia with sessions available in a variety of disciplines including General Surgery, Vascular, Neurosurgery, Orthopaedics, ENT Head & Neck Surgery, Ophthalmology, Trauma, Major Trauma and Gynaecological Surgery.

There are excellent links with Cardiff University and Health Education & Improvement Wales (HEIW). As a teaching unit, we are driving forward a programme of medical education, international research, and innovations in intensive care. This is an excellent opportunity for dynamic individuals with the appropriate skills to join our multidisciplinary team.

About us

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 17,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving over 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services. Together we are committed to improving health outcomes for everyone, delivering excellent care and support.

Our mission is "Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together", and our vision is that every person's chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. Our 10-year transformation and improvement strategy, Shaping Our Future Wellbeing, is our chance to work collaboratively with the public and our workforce to make our health board more sustainable for the future.

Job description

Job responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

On GMC Specialist Register for Intensive Care Medicine and Anaesthesia / Specialty Registrar with CCT / CESR (Combined Programme) due within 6 months of interview date Postgraduate ICM qualification FICM, DICM, EDIC or equivalent Postgraduate qualification in Anaesthesia FRCA or equivalent

Desirable

Echocardiography qualifications FICE, BSE accreditation Ultrasound qualification (CUSIC competent)

Experience

Essential

Broad experience in adult critical care Experience of working in specialty critical care neurosurgery, trauma Familiarity with inter-hospital transfer of critically ill patients Familiarity of ultrasound and/or Echo Broad training and experience in Anaesthesia

Desirable

Experience with regional anaesthesia

Skills

Essential

Evidence of effective team and multidisciplinary working Effective and demonstrable communication skills

Clinical Governance

Essential

Evidence of participation in clinical audit and understanding role of audit in improving medical practice Evidence of proactive engagement with appraisal and revalidation

Research

Essential

Evidence of active research interests

Teaching

Essential

Evidence of teaching medical students and junior doctors

Management

Essential

Evidence of effective leadership skills

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