Job summary
The post holder will join an existing team of Intensivists in Scarborough and contribute to daytime and on-call ICU duties. The ICU at Scarborough Hospital currently admits around 400 patients per year and is currently staffed to a dependency of 6 level 3 beds with future growth likely.
A brand new, purpose-built, state of the art Intensive Care Unit opened in May 2025. The new Intensive care unit has 10 individual patient rooms, a roof terrace, and fantastic staff facilities.
The Intensive care unit is staffed from 8am to 6pm every day of the week by a FICM accredited Consultant Intensivist. Overnight cover may be provided either by an Intensivist or an Anaesthetist (Specialist or Consultant) with an interest in ICM. The rota is currently 1:8 but this is looking to expand over time. Daytime ICU cover may also be provided by a York-based ICU consultant. The ICU is also staffed by a robust well-staffed SAS / middle grade / trainee rota during the day and out of hours.
The nursing teams are very well supported by an experienced senior nurse leadership and educator team. The nursing teams have good recruitment and staffing numbers.
The intensive care uses the high performance Metavision Clinical Information System for records which can be accessed and viewed remotely.
Main duties of the job
Average direct clinical care commitment (DCC) per week: 5.95 PA/week
Currently, the Consultant workforce in Scarborough are all dual-trained in Anaesthesia and deliver an average of 2.4 PAs per week of weekday ICU and the remainder as Anaesthesia sessions. These anaesthesia sessions are delivered flexibly.
Single stream ICM applicants would deliver more ICU weekday sessions. There is flexibility to write a job plan that includes any second dual specialty if required up to an average of approximately 1 day / 2.5PA per week. Working patterns will vary and will obviously depend on if you are single, or dual CCT, and what your second specialty commitment is. Individual job plans will be discussed and finalised with the Lead Clinician and Clinical Director on appointment and will become operational on commencement.
About us
Our benefits
We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:
- Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
- 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
- A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
- Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
- NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
- An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
- Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers
For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Work base hospital: Scarborough (requirement to live within 30 mins)
Average weekly programmed activities: 10 PA
Individual job plans will be discussed and finalised with the Lead Clinician and Clinical Director on appointment and will become operational on commencement. All job plans are agreed in line with the Trusts Job Planning Principles. Job plans will be reviewed annually in line with appraisals. The job plan will be a prospective agreement that sets out a consultants typical working pattern, duties and responsibilities. It will cover all aspects of a consultants professional practice including clinical work, teaching, research, education, managerial responsibilities, and external commitments.
Core SPA:1.25 PA/week
This includes the following: professional development, appraisal, revalidation, administration, teaching, ICU time out governance, and grand round meetings. There will be opportunity to take on further roles which will have additional SPA allocated- all Consultants are encouraged to do so.
On call commitment: 2.8 PA/week
This on call rota is based on a 1:8 rota.
This is 26 weeknights on call from 6pm-8am per year.
This is 20 days plus the night on calls on either a Friday, Saturday or Sunday per year.
The on-call rota is currently defined as a Category A rota.
For on-call duties the post holder will be required to live within 30 minutes of the hospital.
Unpredictable on call is determined and subject to the NHS standard hours monitoring exercise.
On call intensity can obviously vary but the monitoring exercise conducted in 2024 reflects low average overall on call intensity.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Work base hospital: Scarborough (requirement to live within 30 mins)
Average weekly programmed activities: 10 PA
Individual job plans will be discussed and finalised with the Lead Clinician and Clinical Director on appointment and will become operational on commencement. All job plans are agreed in line with the Trusts Job Planning Principles. Job plans will be reviewed annually in line with appraisals. The job plan will be a prospective agreement that sets out a consultants typical working pattern, duties and responsibilities. It will cover all aspects of a consultants professional practice including clinical work, teaching, research, education, managerial responsibilities, and external commitments.
Core SPA:1.25 PA/week
This includes the following: professional development, appraisal, revalidation, administration, teaching, ICU time out governance, and grand round meetings. There will be opportunity to take on further roles which will have additional SPA allocated- all Consultants are encouraged to do so.
On call commitment: 2.8 PA/week
This on call rota is based on a 1:8 rota.
This is 26 weeknights on call from 6pm-8am per year.
This is 20 days plus the night on calls on either a Friday, Saturday or Sunday per year.
The on-call rota is currently defined as a Category A rota.
For on-call duties the post holder will be required to live within 30 minutes of the hospital.
Unpredictable on call is determined and subject to the NHS standard hours monitoring exercise.
On call intensity can obviously vary but the monitoring exercise conducted in 2024 reflects low average overall on call intensity.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Primary Medical Degree
- GMC Registration and License to practise without restriction
- Entry on Specialist Register for Intensive Care Medicine OR Within 6 months of completion of UK ICM training programme with expected entry onto the Specialist Register for Intensive Care Medicine
Clinical Competence
Essential
- Evidence can work independently at consultant level
- Evidence of experience and competence at managing critically unwell children
- Evidence of competence in line with Stage 3 FICM curriculum
- Evidence and examples to show can work under pressure
- Evidence of advanced resuscitation skills
- Evidence and examples can manage complex clinical prioritisation decision making
Leadership and Teamwork
Essential
- Evidence of leadership experience and skills
- Evidence of engagement in clinical governance
- Evidence can work in multi-disciplinary team
Quality Improvement and Research
Essential
- Evidence of quality improvement work and service improvement
- Ability to critically review research
Teaching
Essential
- Evidence of experience of teaching undergraduate and post graduate trainees with formal positive feedback
Communication
Essential
- Evidence and examples to demonstrate high level communication skills
- Demonstrates compassion and emotional intelligence
Other
Essential
- Willing to reside within a distance of 30 minutes or 10 miles by road from Scarborough Hospital
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Primary Medical Degree
- GMC Registration and License to practise without restriction
- Entry on Specialist Register for Intensive Care Medicine OR Within 6 months of completion of UK ICM training programme with expected entry onto the Specialist Register for Intensive Care Medicine
Clinical Competence
Essential
- Evidence can work independently at consultant level
- Evidence of experience and competence at managing critically unwell children
- Evidence of competence in line with Stage 3 FICM curriculum
- Evidence and examples to show can work under pressure
- Evidence of advanced resuscitation skills
- Evidence and examples can manage complex clinical prioritisation decision making
Leadership and Teamwork
Essential
- Evidence of leadership experience and skills
- Evidence of engagement in clinical governance
- Evidence can work in multi-disciplinary team
Quality Improvement and Research
Essential
- Evidence of quality improvement work and service improvement
- Ability to critically review research
Teaching
Essential
- Evidence of experience of teaching undergraduate and post graduate trainees with formal positive feedback
Communication
Essential
- Evidence and examples to demonstrate high level communication skills
- Demonstrates compassion and emotional intelligence
Other
Essential
- Willing to reside within a distance of 30 minutes or 10 miles by road from Scarborough Hospital
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).
