NHS Locum Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine

The Department

If appointed you will become a vital member of the senior team alongside the established Consultants, who will be able to support you whenever you might require their assistance or guidance. This would be a perfect role for an ambitious Anaesthetist with an interest in ICU and would be great for any senior doctors looking to begin their career in the NHS and continue their professional development towards Consultancy.

You would be joining the department of Anaesthetics which is part of the ACT / Head & Neck Directorate, which incorporates Anaesthetics, Critical Care, Theatres, Sterile Services, Acute & Chronic Pain, Anaesthetic Pre-Assessment, Audiology, ENT, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Ophthalmology and Optometry. There are modern well equipped, seven, eight & ten bedded combined High Dependency Units (HDU) / Intensive Therapy Units (ITU) across the Trust that accept adult patients from all specialties.

The 3 departments together conduct over 40,000 anaesthetic procedures a year and dovetails the services from:

• ENT Surgery
• General Surgery
• Obstetrics and Gynaecology
• Ophthalmology
• Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
• Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery
• Urology
• Vascular
• Resuscitation Services in the Accident and Emergency Department

The Job

Specialty Doctor/Senior Clinical Fellow in Anaesthetics & Intensive Care

Location - South Wales

Salary - £50,373 - £78,759

Contract – 12 months (with a view to extend permanently)

Anaesthetics

The Anaesthetics/Theatres department has a main theatre suite housing 6 theatres. These are used by a variety of specialties which include ENT, Gynaecology, General Surgery and Orthopaedics. Cover is provided 5 days per week.

The CEPOD, Trauma and Obstetrics teams are active 24/7. The department has 2 day-surgery theatres and 2 eye-theatres which run MSK, Urology, ENT, Gynae, General Surgery, Eyes and Max Fax. They also support Adult and Paediatrics’ lists. The Pre-Assessment team runs clinics 5 days a week.

Intensive Care

The Intensive Therapy Unit (ITU) is a 9-bed area with a mixture of both intensive and high dependency level patients from medicine, surgery, and obstetrics. They admit approximately 480 patients a year and deal with many more at ward level via the local outreach service.

There are six intensive therapy Consultants, an anaesthetics core trainee undergoing their ITU rotation, ACCS Emergency Medicine trainees, a FICM trainee and an F1/F2 doctor. They attend all cardiac arrest / trauma calls, including emergencies in obstetrics and paediatrics. They do not have a paediatric intensive care, but in conjunction with the anaesthesia team they do provide the initial resuscitation and stabilization of the sick child before they are ultimately repatriated by a specialist team to a tertiary unit.

Working in the ITU you will see the sickest patients in the hospital, from emergency patients of all ages via the emergency department and wards, to major post-operative cases. You will be part of a multi-disciplinary team where the day-to-day business will include the assessment and admission of patients requiring advanced airway (including tracheostomy) and vascular access skills, ward rounds, arranging and preparing patients for intra-hospital investigations and liaising with specialist teams. They will also ensure you are supported to develop your clinical skills and career aspirations throughout your time with them. This may include further exposure in organ donation, focused echocardiography, research, education and wellbeing.

Main Duties

• You will be expected to deputise for absent colleagues and in exceptional, unforeseen circumstances may have to perform additional duties to ensure the safe running of the department. Where such duties take place outside your normal contracted duties, you will receive either an equivalent off duty period or will be remunerated appropriately in your salary.
• You will be required to participate in the Health Board’s (HB) risk management process and in clinical audit and other clinical governance activities within the department, the directorate and the HB. Adherence to Caldicot Principles is mandatory.
• You will be required to participate in the HB’s Appraisal Scheme in conjunction with your Supervising Consultant, to identify training and development needs. You will also be expected to participate in ongoing personal and professional development to fulfil Royal College CME requirements.
• You will be responsible for undertaking the administrative duties associated with the care of patients and the administration of the department.
• You will be required to participate and contribute to Clinical Audit in line with the HB’s policy.

Teaching

Throughout your employment you will be encouraged to become involved with the local departmental teaching curriculum. This involves the development and implementation of simulator-based teaching for Anaesthetic and ICM trainees in the 3G simulation suite supported by teaching mannikins and a comprehensive library of resources. You will also be involved in running a regular journal club, exam practice and critical incident scenarios.

Most permanent members of staff have a range of expertise and many years of medical experience, along with commitments within the school of Anaesthesia, Royal College of Anaesthetists, Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine and Cardiff University. This will allow the successful candidate to make the most out of this post with regards to their continuing professional development (benefiting from both educational guidance and networking opportunities)

Requirements

In order to apply for this opportunity, you will need:

• GMC Registration (either complete or at ID check stage)

• Recognised post graduate degree (e.g. EDAIC, EDIC, MRCP, FRCA, USMLE)
• Language test (OET or IELTS)
• ECFMG verification

• Experience in a similar position overseas or within the NHS (Specialty Doctor/Specialist/Senior Resident)

How BDI Resourcing can support

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• CV Preparation using our recognised bespoke guidance
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• Contract and offer negotiations for salary, relocation packages, tenure and more

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• Document gathering and checking
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• Travel Arrangements
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