Job summary
We are seeking an enthusiastic Consultant to join our team at Scarborough Hospital. We are looking to appoint a new Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine (ICM).
Applicants are eligible to apply if they are on the specialist register for Intensive Care Medicine, or they are within 6 months at interview date, of completing their certificate of completion of training. Intensive Care Medicine applicants from single or dual training backgrounds are welcome to apply.
The post holder will carry out duties as a Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine. This position is based at Scarborough Hospital.
Scarborough Hospital ICU currently admits around 400 patients per year and is staffed to 6 level 3 beds. The Intensive care unit is a brand-new state-of-the-art unit, which recently opened in May 2025. It is a beautifully spacious unit with 10 individual patient rooms. It has a fantastic roof terrace for patients and staff. It has good staff facilities and a high-performance clinical information system. There is an experienced senior nurse leadership and nursing educator team. There is an active Critical Care outreach team.
Scarborough Hospital has a main theatre suite that comprises five theatres in addition to which there is a separate maternity theatre.Surgical services currently supported include general surgery, orthopaedics and trauma, obstetrics and gynaecology, ophthalmology, urology and minor vascular surgery.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will carry out their duties as either a Consultant in Anaesthesia, or as a Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine.
If application for Anaesthesia, you will work as an Anaesthetist to deliver Anaesthesia services for theatres. Potential lists would include general surgery, orthopaedics and trauma, obstetrics and gynaecology, ophthalmology, urology, maternity cover, and minor vascular surgery.
If application for Intensive care, you will do ICU ward rounds, manage referrals, and help run the Critical Care services for the Hospital.
About us
York & Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides a comprehensive range of acute hospital, community and specialist healthcare services for approximately 800,000 people living in and around York, North Yorkshire, North East Yorkshire and Ryedale. We are the largest provider of healthcare in the region and we are incredibly proud of our 8,500 staff. The main hospital sites are at York and in Scarborough.
The Anaesthetic and Critical Care Team at York & Scarborough NHS Foundation Trust stands at nearly 80 Consultants / Specialists and 16 speciality doctors. Within the Trust we are part of the Surgery Care Group. We have a Clinical Director responsible for the Theatres, Anaesthetics and Critical Care directorate (TACC) across the Trust supported by Lead Clinicians for Pain, Intensive Care, Anaesthetics and Theatres.
In joining the Trust, you will have access to a wide range of staff benefits including health and wellbeing support, finance schemes and discounts. There is also a competitive relocation package.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Title:Consultant Intensivist
Work base location:Scarborough Hospital.
Average weekly programmed activities: 10 PA
Up to 2 additional programmed activities may be offered to the post holder based on separate agreement.
The standard Scarborough ICU rota represents 5 PAs
Job plans can be created for single stream applicants. Job plans can be created for applicants from different dual speciality backgrounds. There is a requirement to provide cross-site work in line with current patterns within the department.
The standard core SPA is 1.25 PA week.
There may be an opportunity to increase SPA, where need arises, in line with departmental objectives.
On call is based on a 1:8
This equates to 46 nights on calls per year or 3.8 night on calls per month. This is 1 weekend every 2 months. The on-call rota is currently defined as a Category A rota. For on-call duties the post holder will be required to reside within 30 minutes of the hospital. There is an on-call rota for theatres and obstetrics and there is an on call rota for Critical Care. 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.
Individual job plans.
Job plans can be discussed and tailored with the Clinical Director. Job plans will become operational on commencement. All job plans are agreed in line with the Trusts job planning principles.
For further details / informal visits contact:
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Title:Consultant Intensivist
Work base location:Scarborough Hospital.
Average weekly programmed activities: 10 PA
Up to 2 additional programmed activities may be offered to the post holder based on separate agreement.
The standard Scarborough ICU rota represents 5 PAs
Job plans can be created for single stream applicants. Job plans can be created for applicants from different dual speciality backgrounds. There is a requirement to provide cross-site work in line with current patterns within the department.
The standard core SPA is 1.25 PA week.
There may be an opportunity to increase SPA, where need arises, in line with departmental objectives.
On call is based on a 1:8
This equates to 46 nights on calls per year or 3.8 night on calls per month. This is 1 weekend every 2 months. The on-call rota is currently defined as a Category A rota. For on-call duties the post holder will be required to reside within 30 minutes of the hospital. There is an on-call rota for theatres and obstetrics and there is an on call rota for Critical Care. 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.
Individual job plans.
Job plans can be discussed and tailored with the Clinical Director. Job plans will become operational on commencement. All job plans are agreed in line with the Trusts job planning principles.
For further details / informal visits contact:
Person Specification
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Able to demonstrate a high level of clinical experience and skill.
- Knowledge of good medical practice and GMC requirements.
- Commitment to Continuing Medical Education and the requirements of Clinical Governance and audit.
- Experience in teaching & supervising medical students and junior trainees
- Able to teach clinical skills.
- Able to critically review and apply research to clinical situations.
- Experience of undertaking audits and presenting their findings
- Written and spoken English adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients & colleagues.
- Able to communicate effectively with multi-disciplinary team members, patients, relatives, GPs and other agencies.
- Able & willing to take on leadership roles.
- Strategic thinker with enquiring, critical approach to work.
- Capable of building trust and confidence.
- Open to new ideas; willing to learn and develop.
- Able to work effectively despite pressures, and to cope with stressful situations in a calm and reflective manner.
- Contributes to improving patient experience and involving patients in decisions about their care.
- Ability to work in partnership to deliver a patient centred service.
- Understanding of current NHS issues.
- Able to organise and manage the department targets.
- Works diligently and efficiently to deliver high quality service.
- Understands the wider organisation and understands and values the need for efficient use of resources.
- Able to make own arrangements for travel between working sites.
- Willing to reside within a distance of 30 minutes or 10 miles by road from their principal place of work, unless agreed otherwise agreed with the Medical Director.
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- MRCP or equivalent qualification.
- Eligible for full GMC registration with license to practice.
- Entry on the relevant GMC Specialist Register via: - CCT (proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of interview) - Or CESR
- Is up to date and fit to practise safely.
Desirable
- MD or equivalent higher degree or evidence of relevant research in relevant Specialty.
- Higher teaching qualification.
Person Specification
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Able to demonstrate a high level of clinical experience and skill.
- Knowledge of good medical practice and GMC requirements.
- Commitment to Continuing Medical Education and the requirements of Clinical Governance and audit.
- Experience in teaching & supervising medical students and junior trainees
- Able to teach clinical skills.
- Able to critically review and apply research to clinical situations.
- Experience of undertaking audits and presenting their findings
- Written and spoken English adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients & colleagues.
- Able to communicate effectively with multi-disciplinary team members, patients, relatives, GPs and other agencies.
- Able & willing to take on leadership roles.
- Strategic thinker with enquiring, critical approach to work.
- Capable of building trust and confidence.
- Open to new ideas; willing to learn and develop.
- Able to work effectively despite pressures, and to cope with stressful situations in a calm and reflective manner.
- Contributes to improving patient experience and involving patients in decisions about their care.
- Ability to work in partnership to deliver a patient centred service.
- Understanding of current NHS issues.
- Able to organise and manage the department targets.
- Works diligently and efficiently to deliver high quality service.
- Understands the wider organisation and understands and values the need for efficient use of resources.
- Able to make own arrangements for travel between working sites.
- Willing to reside within a distance of 30 minutes or 10 miles by road from their principal place of work, unless agreed otherwise agreed with the Medical Director.
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- MRCP or equivalent qualification.
- Eligible for full GMC registration with license to practice.
- Entry on the relevant GMC Specialist Register via: - CCT (proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of interview) - Or CESR
- Is up to date and fit to practise safely.
Desirable
- MD or equivalent higher degree or evidence of relevant research in relevant Specialty.
- Higher teaching qualification.
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).
