Consultant Intensivist

Job description

Job responsibilities

Critical Care at Birmingham Heartlands and Good Hope Hospitals

CDG2b manage Critical Care services within University Hospitals Birmingham which comprises Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Heartlands Hospital and Good Hope Hospital.

Heartlands hospital has a dedicated 15 level 3 equivalent ITU over 2 floors. Good Hope has a purpose built ITU, currently open to 6 Level 3 equivalent beds. Nursing and medical staff rotate between both Heartlands and Good Hope sites. The units support sub-specialities including vascular and endovascular surgery, ENT, bariatric medicine, cytoreductive surgery specialist respiratory medicine including cystic fibrosis, infectious diseases and paediatric emergencies.

The dedicated and enthusiastic consultants are supported by a well-established critical care outreach team. Heartlands is a national leader for the development and training of Advanced Critical Care Practitioners and has an experienced team working 24/7. Heartlands hospital is an approved training centre for Intensive Care Medicine and offers a weekly educational program along with CUSIC and FICE training. We have an active Critical Care research department with two Professorial posts, an NIHR Senior Lecturer and a team of dedicated research nurses.

Services on each of the four hospital sites are as follows:

Queen Elizabeth Hospital

The service provision at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital covers a wide variety of specialties but has a major commitment to cardiac (including transplantation), neurosurgery, thoracic surgery, hepatobiliary (including liver transplantation), gastrointestinal, vascular, renal (including transplantation), trauma, ENT, maxillofacial, ophthalmology, burns and plastics. The department also provides support to the Birmingham Women's Hospital for obstetrics, gynaecology and fertility services. Additional service level agreements also exist with the local dental hospital and the mental health trusts.

Birmingham Heartlands Hospital

Heartlands Hospital provides the city-wide vascular service including a vascular emergency service and endovascular service. A dedicated elective paediatric surgical unit for patients over the age of one has been set up and offers trauma, ophthalmic, ENT and general surgery. Three theatres provide a dedicated trauma service offering surgery to 1,500 patients with frailty fractures a year. A 20-bedded critical care unit and obstetric unit complete the service. It has a busy emergency department which accounts for much of the out of hours work. Heartlands Treatment Centre, a dedicated ambulatory care and diagnostic centre running three day case theatres, is due to open in early 2023.

Good Hope Hospital

Good Hope Hospital services include gynaecology, colorectal and emergency surgery, as well as a consultant-led delivery suite. From July 2022, three theatres will offer elective orthopaedic surgery. Good Hope also has a critical care unit with provision of up to 20 beds and an emergency department.

Solihull Hospital

Solihull Hospital, is a designated elective surgical hospital providing upper and lower GI, ENT, breast and plastics and urology services in 10 theatres. A six-bedded Enhanced Postoperative Care Unit (EPOC) is jointly led by the anaesthetic service, with dedicated consultant cover. There are no emergency services at Solihull.

Planning for a new build block of six theatres at Solihull Hospital has commenced.

For more information about this role, please see the attached Job Description or contact Dr Anand Damodaran - anand.damodaran@uhb.nhs.uk

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• *MBBS or recognised equivalent
• *Evidence of Advanced Training in Intensive Care Medicine
• *Evidence of Advanced Training in Intensive Care Medicine

Desirable

• *ALS instructor status
• *Dual CCT Intensive Care Medicine
• *CCT in anaesthesia or second speciality (if applicable) eligibility within 6 months
• *Eligibility for inclusion on the Specialist Register.

Experience

Essential

• *Broad based experience in critical care
• *Experience of working in the NHS

Desirable

• *Aware of the differing needs of a diverse population in relation to ethnicity

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Heartlands Hospital

Bordesley Green E

Birmingham

West Midlands

B9 5SS

Employer's website

https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/jobs.htm (Opens in a new tab)