Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine and Anaesthetics

Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine and Anaesthetics Consultant

Main area: Intensive Care Medicine

Grade: Consultant

Contract: Permanent

Hours:

• Full time
• Flexible working

10 sessions per week (10 PA's)

Job ref: CONSAC-Q

Site: Kent & Canterbury Hospital

Town: Canterbury

Salary: £105,504 - £139,882 Per annum (Pro Rata where applicable)

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 20/04/:59

Job overview

We are delighted to welcome applications for a Consultant in Critical Care and Anaesthesia to join the expanding East Kent Critical Care team at the Kent and Canterbury Hospital, East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust.

If you join our expanding department, you'll discover a rewarding role with great scope for professional development, research and teaching, plus a fantastic lifestyle. Our Trust is investing heavily in our Critical Care Units over the next 12 months, and we would love you to be a part of this.

Why choose us? When you make the move to East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust, your only regret will be that you didn't do it sooner. Here, you can be confident of making a difference to our patients, our incredible healthcare teams and our dedicated medical students and doctors in training.

The Kent & Medway Medical School has recently opened in Canterbury. This is a game-changing opportunity and one which the two universities and Kent and Medway trusts have been working towards for several years. Successful applicants with an interest in medical education will be supported in taking up an honorary senior lecturer post at the medical school - subject to agreement by KMMS.

Main duties of the job

Your opportunity: As a GMC registered Consultant, you'll play a vital role in a progressive and forward-thinking East Kent Critical Care team. East Kent Critical Care operates across three units: Kent and Canterbury Hospital (8 beds), Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital, Margate (9 beds), and the William Harvey Hospital (24 beds). This post, including on-call commitments, is based at the Kent and Canterbury Hospital, although sessions on other sites are available if requested.

Our Critical Care team boasts some exciting special interests across our three units. There's a strong focus on critical care ultrasonography, with state-of-the-art equipment supporting focused echocardiography and bedside ultrasonography. Our consultants include accredited CUSIC and FICE mentors, plus two FICE supervisors. We have high spec ultrasound equipment available on all units, and have recently successfully procured a brand-new state of the art echo machine as well as a cutting-edge echo and ultrasound training mannequin with training modules for transthoracic and transoesophageal echo as well as lung and abdominal ultrasound (including a COVID lung ultrasound module). We also have an interest in advanced ventilation modes such as APRV and Intellivent ASV, and run regular advanced ventilation workshops. Outreach and a Critical Care Rehabilitation service are well established, and we are well supported by a full complement of allied health professionals.

Working for our organisation

We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with three acute hospitals and community sites serving a local population of around 700,000. We also provide specialist services for Kent and Medway.

We're on an exciting journey of transformation. With a new Medical School at the centre of our community, a focus on research, clinical leadership and making our trust a rewarding and friendly place to work, there's never been a better time to join us. We offer flexible and fulfilling career solutions that work for you and unique opportunities to innovate and inspire - all in a county where you can enjoy your life to the full, whatever your interest.

Through our Family First scheme we pledge to find roles for partners of consultants offered a substantive post.

We also offer removal expenses (substantive positions), up to 32 days' annual leave and active support for study, quality improvement and patient safety work as part of our 'We care' improvement journey, and medical education and research.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please review the Supporting Documents section to access the full Job Description and Person Specification. If you have further queries please don't hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details at the top of the page.

Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.

Please note that the interview date has been set as guidance and may be subject to change.

Person specification Qualifications and training

• Full GMC Registration
• CCT Specialist Registration or CESR (or will obtain within 6 months of interview date) in intensive care medicine and anaesthetics
• Minimum of English Level 2 (GCSE grade C or equivalent), ILETS, or graduate of a UK Medical School
• FFICM
• EDIC
• Formal teaching or instructing qualification
• Good clinical practice training

Clinical governance

• Experience of morbidity and mortality review
• Evidence of audit of own practice
• Structured Judgment Review training

Skills & Experience

• Wide knowledge and experience of caring for critically ill adults
• Wide experience of anaesthesia
• Previous NHS experience
• Experience of teaching
• Critical care and/or anaesthesia publications or presentations

Others

• Upholds and models the Trust values
• Most roles require an on-call commitment and travel across sites. Candidates must be able to demonstrate the ability to travel effectively between sites.

Personal/professional attributes

• Able to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team
• Vigilant about patient and staff safety and wellbeing

We'll close this job advert once we've received sufficient applications which may be before the closing date so please apply as soon as possible. We only accept online applications. If you have any difficulty with this please contact our Resourcing Team on who are happy to help.

The Trust is committed to supporting flexible working to fulfil our pledge as part of The Trust's People Strategy to help staff to achieve a healthy work/life balance. Please speak with your Recruiting Manager for further information on how this can be managed alongside department expectations and requirements.

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