Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine and Anaesthetics

Job summary

Applications are invited for the post of Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine and Anaesthesia, based at Addenbrooke's Hospital, part of Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Addenbrooke's Hospital is a thriving modern teaching hospital, which is the local hospital for people living in the Cambridge area and is a regional/supra-regional referral centre for a number of specialties, including cancer surgery, neurosurgery, transplantation, plastic surgery, vascular and paediatrics. As a successful teaching hospital, there is unparalleled capacity for teaching, including involvement in the high fidelity simulation centre, and research within the department as well as the wider biomedical campus.

Addenbrooke's is the teaching hospital for the University of Cambridge and is a flagship NHS hospital having achieved NHS Foundation Trust status in July 2004. It has strong international links particularly through the University and it is a world-class centre for medical research.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will join an expanding, innovative and dynamic 32-bed general intensive care unit (John Farman ICU - JFICU) which admits over 1000 patients per year from all the major specialties excluding cardiac (most neuro-sciences and trauma patients are admitted to our sister ICU, NCCU). The majority of admissions to JFICU are emergency admissions and represent the complex mix of patients in Addenbrooke's with large numbers of transplant and hepatology patients. The JFICU medical team is also responsible for 24/7 medical support of the Rapid Response Team (RRT), which is responsible for the assessment and immediate care of all deteriorating adult patients in the organization. The successful applicant will join a team of 18 substantive Consultants providing 24/7 cover to the JFICU and RRT and will join a team of 85 substantive Consultant Anaesthetists providing anaesthetic sessions.

Applicants should be fully registered with the GMC and have a CCT in Intensive care Medicine and/or Anaesthesia or be within six months of award of CCT at the time of interview. Applications are welcomed from those unable to work full time for personal reasons or those wishing to job-share.

About us

The applicant must have demonstrable skills in listening, reading, writing and speaking in English that enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues, as set out in the GMC's Good Medical Practice (2013). Non-UK applicants must possess the IELTS/OET exam before obtaining a GMC licence to practice.

Applications from job seekers who require skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information please visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

It is a requirement for skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, 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) will also be subject to this requirement.

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer.