Locum Consultant Critical Care - Southend
The closing date is 07 October 2025
Job summary
Our Critical Care service at Southend Hospital is looking for a Locum Consultant to join an inclusive, friendly team on a 12 month basis. We are an ambitious Division, and successful individuals would be joining at a time where they can help shape the future with opportunity to meaningfully contribute to development of the Service.
You will be working with the other Critical Care Consultants to direct and deliver care to patients referred and admitted to the critical care unit, participating in the established on-call rota and service framework.
Your role will be to deliver critical care that meets the standards set out in the Intensive Care Society's Guidelines on the Provision of Intensive Care Services (GPICS, edition 2), with specific reference to section 3.1., ensuring that the decision to admit a patient to critical care is made only after discussion with a Critical Care Consultant and ensure that all unplanned admissions to Critical Care occur within 4 hours of the decision to admit.
This post is a Locum role and will allow the successful applicant to be supported through CESR and post will be converted to substantive once you are on the specialist register.
Main duties of the job
Your role will ensure that the decision to admit a patient to Critical Care is made only after discussion with a Critical Care Consultant, that all unplanned admissions occur within 4 hours of decision to admit and you will also ensure that all patients admitted to Critical Care have a Consultant directed care plan on admission and all patients admitted are reviewed in-person by a Consultant as urgently as the situation dictates and always within 12 hours of admission.
Our MSE Critical Care units operate on the "closed unit model"; our Critical Care Consultants are expected to work collaboratively with specialty teams but the final decisions on admission, discharge and immediate day-to-day management is the responsibility of the attending Critical Care Consultant.
You will be expected to participate in multidisciplinary team meetings, to provide expert opinion to specialty colleagues when requested, particularly with a view to supporting discussions and decisions on treatment escalation planning if so asked, be expected to communicate effectively with patients and their relatives, providing high-quality verbal and/ or written information and manage discussions regarding treatment escalation planning, resuscitation and end-of-life planning with sensitivity.
You will, in conjunction with other Critical Care consultants be directly responsible for the supervision of and training of junior doctors working within Critical Care. A high level of Consultant oversight is expected.
About us
Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.
We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust
Details
Date posted
09 September 2025
Pay scheme
Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade
Consultant
Salary
£109,725 a year Per Annum (Pro rata for Part Time)
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
6 months
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
390-TAC-SO-6163
Job locations
Southend
Prittlewell Chase
Westcliff on Sea
SS0 0RY
Employer details
Employer name
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Southend
Prittlewell Chase
Westcliff on Sea
SS0 0RY
Employer's website
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