Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine & Anaesthesia

Job responsibilities

Clinical:

• Provision of critical care services as outlined above. The appointee will be expected to make a substantial contribution to the development of critical care services both on the RVI site and to the wider trust. It is expected that the applicant will be able to demonstrate training compatible with a major time commitment to critical care and as such the trust seeks candidates with the a CCT in Intensive Care Medicine or its equivalent.
• Fostering of relations with other specialties. There are strong working relationships in place between critical care and the base specialties we partner. These have delivered not just high quality clinical care but joint initiatives in service development, research and training.
• For the successful candidate with a second specialty of anaesthesia, provision of anaesthesia services as agreed between the successful candidate and the directorate. These may be based within either the Leazes or Victoria Wing theatre suites or cross site. The Victoria wing theatre services include neurosurgery, neuroradiology, orthopaedics and maxillofacial surgery. The Leazes theatre services include upper and lower GI surgery, general, breast and endocrine surgery, ophthalmology, gynaecology, plastic and burn surgery. Cross site theatres may include the day treatment centre at the Freeman Hospital.
• Standalone ICM CCT candidates or those in dual CCT with non-anaesthesia specialties should discuss their needs with the clinical director prior to application.
• On call will be on a 1 in 9 prospective cover basis to either the Ward 18 or Ward 38 Critical Care Unit. Note that each weekend day receives 2 PAs and thereafter is covered on call. There is split weekend cover with a colleague
• The department has a culture of ensuring patient safety within a multi-disciplinary team environment which the applicant is expected to adhere to.

Managerial:

• To participate in all aspects of Clinical Governance, making a significant contribution to multidisciplinary audit and risk management activities in Peri-operative and Critical Care.
• These activities will all be carried out in a multidisciplinary manner. Clinical Governance, Clinical Effectiveness and Audit meetings occur on six mornings and six afternoons every year. All members of the Directorate are expected to attend and contribute. These meetings are utilised to deliver Trust mandatory training.
• Additionally there are weekly departmental meetings within critical care including Clinical Governance, M+M, MDT and consultant meetings.

Administrative:

• To participate in all aspects of Clinical Governance, making a significant contribution to multidisciplinary quality improvement and risk management activities in Peri-operative and Critical Care. The aims of QI will include:Ensuring compliance with national guidelines relating to Critical Care and Anaesthesia.Helping to create an environment of continuously seeking to improve the quality of care.
• The four departments within the Directorate, Adult Anaesthesia, Adult Critical Care, Paediatric Anaesthesia and Pain Management function managerially as a single department. You will be expected to undertake administrative duties in relation to the care of your patients and in relation to the running of the Department of Peri-operative and Critical Care in co-operation with the Heads of Department, Specialty Manager and Clinical Director.
• To become involved with the financial management of the Directorate budget - at all times looking to ensure the delivery of high quality care to agreed standards, but at the same time reviewing working practices to provide the most efficient use of resources.
• There are close links with the other two Directorates at Freeman Hospital Peri-operative Services and Anaesthesia services within the Cardiothoracic Directorate. There is a collaborative approach to manpower planning, Clinical Governance and risk management, therapeutics, equipment and education.

Research:

• The Trust welcomes and encourages research as a high profile activity that compliments the service provided. The emphasis is on studies that fall within the National Institute of Health Research Portfolio.
• The Peri-operative and Critical Care Directorate have gained the accolade of becoming an Academic Clinical Directorate within NuTH with the associated access to research funding. There is ongoing CLRN activity within the Directorate and several active awards for Greenshoot and Research Capability funding within the consultant body.
• Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals Critical Care has a major commitment to research which is currently undergoing significant expansion with resultant opportunity.
• The RVI critical care areas have a strong track record of recruitment to NIHR Portfolio studies.

Teaching:

• The Directorate places considerable emphasis on under-graduate and post-graduate education. You will be expected to make an active contribution to under-graduate and post-graduate teaching of Anaesthesia and critical care medicine.
• The appointee is expected to take on a share of both undergraduate, postgraduate and multidisciplinary teaching.
• In addition, Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals has an active programme in partnership with Northumbria University, to train Advanced Critical Care Practitioners (ACCPs). The Directorate also educates nursing staff, operating departmental personnel, professions allied to medicine, paramedic ambulance personnel and armed forces personnel.
• All Consultants are expected to be actively involved in the clinical and educational supervision of postgraduate trainees in the Directorate.

Job Planning:

• The appointee will undertake an annual appraisal and job plan review. It is expected that objectives within job plan reviews will be based on Trust objectives such as fulfilment of fixed contractual commitments on the basis of a 43 week working year with due allowance for statutory holidays

Education, Qualifications and Specialist Skills

Essential

• Primary Medical Qualification
• Full GMC Registration
• Significant NHS Experience
• Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register (within 9 months from the date of the AAC). With evidence of being on track to complete CCT without delay
• CCT in Intensive Care Medicine
• FICM by exam or equivalent
• For those applicants wishing to practice anaesthesia CCT in Anaesthesia and FRCA by exam or equivalent
• For those applicants wishing to practice alternative second specialty, equivalent training and qualification

Desirable

• Higher Degree
• Special skills training or higher fellowship in sub-specialty critical care
• Leadership and training experience

Clinical Experience

Essential

• Extensive experience in all aspects of adult general intensive care medicine
• Evidence of a substantial commitment to the specialty
• Ability to offer an expert clinical opinion within the speciality
• Ability to take independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients referred to a tertiary centre
• For those applicants wishing to practice anaesthesia, experience in all aspects of adult Anaesthesia
• For those applicants wishing to practice alternative second specialty equivalent clinical experience

Desirable

• Trauma provider e.g. ETC/ATLS
• Life support provider e.g. ALS
• Point of care ultrasound skills e.g FICE, CUSIC, FUSIC

Management and Administration Experience

Essential

• Involvement with management and project leadership within the specialty
• Evidence of involvement in authoring or reviewing clinical guidelines
• A clear understanding of Clinical Governance
• Good time and people management skills
• Must work well as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Committed to economic use of resources
• Flexible approach to service delivery and commitment to development
• Evidence of completed audit projects

Desirable

• Proven management and administrative experience and understanding of management goals.
• Evidence of leadership / project management
• Evidence of having implemented change
• Experience in developing and implementing new technologies

Teaching

Essential

• Experience of supervising junior medical staff
• Experience of participation in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching
• Ability to teach clinical / technical / practical skills
• Ability to teach stage 3 ICM trainees

Desirable

• Attendance at courses to develop teaching skills
• Evidence of broad education interest and skill set going beyond immediate delivery of patient side teaching
• Experience of delivering simulation teaching
• Postgraduate qualification in medical education

Research

Essential

• Evidence of involvement in and understanding of research methodology and publication of findings.
• Evidence of supporting local research trials
• Research/critical review of literature

Desirable

• Higher degree
• Publications in the last five years

Audit

Essential

• Evidence of participation in audit

Desirable

• Evidence of having changed practice as a result of audit
• Evidence of having revisited the audit to assess improvement

Personal Attributes

Essential

• Alignment with the Trust's Core & Professional Behaviours
• Flexible approach to service delivery and committed approach to development
• Committed to share in professional, managerial and teaching responsibilities necessary to fulfil the obligations of the Directorate to the Trust and its workforce
• A commitment to personal / unit CPD
• Ability and willingness to work the on-call rota
• Ability and willingness to work a more flexible pattern of working in the future if required, including evening and weekend work

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.

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UK Registration

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