Job summary
Consultant in Critical Care Medicine with an interest in Medical Informatics- (1 Post)
A whole-time/part-time post as consultant in Critical Care Medicine (CCM) is available now at the John Radcliffe Hospital. This is a substantive post.
The appointment is on a whole-time/part-time basis, but applications are welcome from those who wish to job share.
Candidates are highly recommended to visit the department and hospital and are invited to contact Peyton Davis, Clinical Director of the Critical Care, Anaesthetics, Preoperative Assessment, Pain Management and Resuscitation (CAPR) Directorate, and the Clinical Lead, Dr Elaine Armstrong (Elaine.armstrong@ouh.nhs.uk), Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, The John Radcliffe Hospital.
Any person who is unable for personal reasons to work full-time will be eligible to be considered for the post. If such a person is appointed, modification of the job content will be discussed on a personal basis, in consultation with consultant colleagues. Suitably qualified job-share candidates will receive serious consideration.
Main duties of the job
Oxford Critical care is an expanding, dynamic service committed to delivery of outstanding clinical care. As part of the forward facing, digital strategy this post is for a consultant with an interest in medical informatics who will have an integral role in creating a modern, future focused Critical care service and supporting data led quality improvement.
It will suit a highly motivated individual who is, foremost, an excellent clinician, that seeks to develop the service information technology, has experience in digital transformation and of managing healthcare data.
The post holder will join a team of 20 Substantive consultants. They will work alongside the service ICCA lead, current IT lead and audit and research team. They will liaise with the trust digital team to ensure optimal trust wide integration of new development
Please see the attached Job Description for more details.
About us
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. For more information on OUH please view OUH At a Glance by OUHospitals - Issuu
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.
We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.
These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical Service.
Adult critical care services are provided by the Oxford University Hospitals Trust at the John University Hospital site (General, Neurosciences and Cardiac) and the Churchill Hospital site (General, Transplant, Haematology). This post is for a consultant to work in the General Critical Care service at the John Radcliffe and Churchill Hospitals, providing direct care of admissions, leading ward rounds and consultations on critically ill inpatients on wards and the emergency department.
TheGeneral Critical Care Service currently consists of a 26 bedded unit at the John Radcliffe site (of which 22 beds are routinely open) and an 8 bedded unit at the Churchill site. At the John Radcliffe the service is split over 2 floors a 10 bedded floor and a second floor with 16 physical bed spaces with up to 12 in use at any time. The service is currently expanding and key to this is the Consultant led referral service which runs Monday to Friday with a plan to extend this to 7 days a week. It is the ambition of the service to take part in a comprehensive Outreach service.
Please see the attached Job Description for more details.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical Service.
Adult critical care services are provided by the Oxford University Hospitals Trust at the John University Hospital site (General, Neurosciences and Cardiac) and the Churchill Hospital site (General, Transplant, Haematology). This post is for a consultant to work in the General Critical Care service at the John Radcliffe and Churchill Hospitals, providing direct care of admissions, leading ward rounds and consultations on critically ill inpatients on wards and the emergency department.
TheGeneral Critical Care Service currently consists of a 26 bedded unit at the John Radcliffe site (of which 22 beds are routinely open) and an 8 bedded unit at the Churchill site. At the John Radcliffe the service is split over 2 floors a 10 bedded floor and a second floor with 16 physical bed spaces with up to 12 in use at any time. The service is currently expanding and key to this is the Consultant led referral service which runs Monday to Friday with a plan to extend this to 7 days a week. It is the ambition of the service to take part in a comprehensive Outreach service.
Please see the attached Job Description for more details.
Person Specification
Qualifications/Training
Essential
- CCT in intensive care medicine or equivalent level of training (e.g. on GMC Specialist Register in ICM or within six months of achieving CCT at the time of interview)
- Experience of digital transformation
- Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
- GMC Registration Full registration and licence to practise
Desirable
- Higher medical degree
- DICM, FFICM, EDIC or equivalent
- CCT equivalence in specialty relevant to ICM
- Post graduate thesis
- Msc Health informatics (or working towards)
- Additional training in areas relevant to ICM (e.g. Tertiary Trauma Care, Echocardiography, Transfer, Pleural Ultrasound)
Experience
Essential
- UK teaching hospital, ICM experience
- Evidence of ability to make decisions at consultant level and to manage complex clinical problems.
Desirable
- Consultant ICM experience.
- Outreach experience
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Excellent leadership skills. Evidence of ability to lead a clinical team at the level of a consultant in a teaching hospital.
- Effective administrative and time management skills. Training in clinical management.
- Evidence of significant contribution to successful teamwork
- Good spoken and written English. Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills.
- Proven ability to organise and deliver high quality training
- Significant experience and qualification within Critical Care
- Evidence of effective and sustained contribution to clinical governance, clinical risk management and clinical audit activities
- Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems
Desirable
- Evidence of leadership in research, professional bodies, or other spheres
- Management qualification.
- Any sub-specialty practical skills relevant to ICM. Specific interests in echocardiography and/or critical care ultrasound including teaching experience of one or both.
- Proven ability to communicate in written form (e.g. publications, reports)
- Formal teacher training
- Additional training expertise (e.g. simulation, assessment, course development)
- Links to safety training
- Evidence of completed and published primary or secondary research
- Ability to supervise research
- Research grants
Research skills Other Requirements
Essential
Person Specification
Qualifications/Training
Essential
- CCT in intensive care medicine or equivalent level of training (e.g. on GMC Specialist Register in ICM or within six months of achieving CCT at the time of interview)
- Experience of digital transformation
- Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
- GMC Registration Full registration and licence to practise
Desirable
- Higher medical degree
- DICM, FFICM, EDIC or equivalent
- CCT equivalence in specialty relevant to ICM
- Post graduate thesis
- Msc Health informatics (or working towards)
- Additional training in areas relevant to ICM (e.g. Tertiary Trauma Care, Echocardiography, Transfer, Pleural Ultrasound)
Experience
Essential
- UK teaching hospital, ICM experience
- Evidence of ability to make decisions at consultant level and to manage complex clinical problems.
Desirable
- Consultant ICM experience.
- Outreach experience
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Excellent leadership skills. Evidence of ability to lead a clinical team at the level of a consultant in a teaching hospital.
- Effective administrative and time management skills. Training in clinical management.
- Evidence of significant contribution to successful teamwork
- Good spoken and written English. Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills.
- Proven ability to organise and deliver high quality training
- Significant experience and qualification within Critical Care
- Evidence of effective and sustained contribution to clinical governance, clinical risk management and clinical audit activities
- Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems
Desirable
- Evidence of leadership in research, professional bodies, or other spheres
- Management qualification.
- Any sub-specialty practical skills relevant to ICM. Specific interests in echocardiography and/or critical care ultrasound including teaching experience of one or both.
- Proven ability to communicate in written form (e.g. publications, reports)
- Formal teacher training
- Additional training expertise (e.g. simulation, assessment, course development)
- Links to safety training
- Evidence of completed and published primary or secondary research
- Ability to supervise research
- Research grants
Research skills Other Requirements
Essential
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
