Job summary
Consultant in Critical Care Medicine with an interest in Echocardiography (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, Interim 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.
Main duties of the job
PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES:
The post
Oxford Critical care is an expanding, dynamic service committed to to delivery of outstanding clinical care. There is an established echocardiography programme within the service that delivers world class training. It is an integrated part of the clinical service and needs to expand due to increased clinical demand.
This post will suit a highly motivated individual who is, foremost, an excellent clinician trained in general adult intensive care, capable of performing detailed echocardiography and integrating findings into advanced clinical management. They must be a keen educator able to contribute to the established echocardiography fellowship programme. They will work flexibly across both hospital sites as patient need dictates.
See the attached JD 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
The post holder will join a teamof 20 Substantive consultants in ICU. They will work along side the other BSE accredited Consultants in delivering the clinical service and fellowship programme. They will liaise with other services including cardiology and cardiothoracic ICU colleagues to ensure patients with complex cardiovascular pathology receive the highest level of care.
Follow-up
The Critical Care follow-up clinic takes place on Thursday afternoons. All patients who have been in Critical Care for more than 4 days are invited to attend. Self or GP referral of any other patients experiencing physical or psychological sequelae of critical care is also encouraged. These clinics are staffed by Critical Care Consultants.This service is expanding with aim of providing a multi-disciplinary rehabilitation service.
Research
The Critical Care service has a long history of clinical research, and at the time of writing patients are being recruited into several studies. There is a purpose-built critical care research and education centre (Kadoorie Centre) on the John Radcliffe site which houses research teams
See the attached JD for more details.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will join a teamof 20 Substantive consultants in ICU. They will work along side the other BSE accredited Consultants in delivering the clinical service and fellowship programme. They will liaise with other services including cardiology and cardiothoracic ICU colleagues to ensure patients with complex cardiovascular pathology receive the highest level of care.
Follow-up
The Critical Care follow-up clinic takes place on Thursday afternoons. All patients who have been in Critical Care for more than 4 days are invited to attend. Self or GP referral of any other patients experiencing physical or psychological sequelae of critical care is also encouraged. These clinics are staffed by Critical Care Consultants.This service is expanding with aim of providing a multi-disciplinary rehabilitation service.
Research
The Critical Care service has a long history of clinical research, and at the time of writing patients are being recruited into several studies. There is a purpose-built critical care research and education centre (Kadoorie Centre) on the John Radcliffe site which houses research teams
See the attached JD for more details.
Person Specification
Qualifications/Training
Essential
- GMC Registration- Full registration and licence to practise
- 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)
- BSE accreditation
- Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
Desirable
- Higher medical degree
- DICM, FFICM, EDIC or equivalent
- CCT equivalence in specialty relevant to ICM
- Post graduate thesis
- Experience of training others in Echocardiography
- 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
Other Requirements
Essential
- Transport : Full driving license
Person Specification
Qualifications/Training
Essential
- GMC Registration- Full registration and licence to practise
- 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)
- BSE accreditation
- Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
Desirable
- Higher medical degree
- DICM, FFICM, EDIC or equivalent
- CCT equivalence in specialty relevant to ICM
- Post graduate thesis
- Experience of training others in Echocardiography
- 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
Other Requirements
Essential
- Transport : Full driving license
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).
