Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine inBuckinghamshire inBuckinghamshire PUBLISHED FRI 11 OCT 2024

There is a post available for a Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine with or without additional sessions in a related specialty at Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust. This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic team of Intensivists and be involved with the re-development and expansion of a successful and thriving Critical Care Department.

The successful applicant will join the Critical Care team of 16 consultants. The Trust provides critical care services on two sites: Stoke Mandeville Hospital [12 beds] and Wycombe Hospital [6 funded beds, with infrastructure for 8 beds] and a Critical Care Outreach service at both Stoke Mandeville and Wycombe hospital sites, servicing a population of 0.5 million with 900 admissions across both sites annually.

Organisationally, the critical care department sits within the Anaesthetic and Critical Care Service Delivery Unit (SDU). The intensivists have anaesthetic or emergency medicine sessional commitments. The department would be able to accommodate consultants from other appropriate allied specialties within the Intensive Care Unit. There are also options available for a single-CCT intensivist with specifics depending on the interests of the applicant. Out-of-hours activity would be in Intensive Care for this post, with full participation in the ICU on-call rota.

Relocation Support would be considered as per the Trust's policy.

Planned AAC interview date is Monday 18 November 2024

We are seeking an enthusiastic, dynamic and dedicated Intensive Care Consultant to join a team of intensivists within the department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care. The successful candidate will take part full-time in the Critical Care on-call rota at Stoke Mandeville Hospital and Wycombe Hospitals. The post comprises Critical Care cover as detailed in the description above and job plan below. If the allied specialty is anaesthetics, there will typically be 2-4 anaesthetic sessions in the non-Critical Care weeks. For other allied specialties, the make-up of non-Critical Care weeks will be negotiated with the respective SDU leads.

About us

The Trust has a reputation for teaching and training excellence in medical education and is keen to attract the highest calibre of staff. The Anaesthetic and Critical Care SDU has an exceptional record for excellence in training. Consultant staff are responsible for the training and supervision of junior medical staff and time is allocated to their teaching and supervision. Appropriately trained SAS doctors are encouraged to participate in the teaching programme, and to become educational supervisors and recognised trainers in their areas of expertise.

We are a passionate and friendly team dedicated to continuous improvement in patient care.

A detailed job description and main responsibilities can be found in the attached job description document as well as the person specification.