Consultant in Intensive Care (Anaesthetics)

• We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic consultant with an interest in Intensive care. This post provides an opportunity for the appointee to introduce new ideas and contribute to the progress of the Intensive care department. The post holder is expected to participate in weekday Intensive care cover with some weekend activity. • The appointee will, together with consultant colleagues, be responsible for the provision of critical care medicine to the Trust. Responsibilities: • Provide safe, evidence-based critical care medicine. • Maintain and improve standards and quality of critical care services. • Supervise and train junior staff in both critical cares as required. • Maintain skills and update knowledge base meeting the Continuing Education and Professional Development requirements of the relevant professional body e.g. Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine, Royal College of Physicians, Royal College of Anaesthetists. • Participate in the audit programme of the Department. • Attend departmental and governance meeting • This post will attract a job plan of 10 PAs of which 8.5 PAs will be for direct patient care. Further clinical sessions may be undertaken by mutual consent and with suitable recompense. This job plan may be amended in consultation with the post holder as Trust developments evolve, and as part of the appraisal process. Outline weekly job plan • Noting that 1PA - 4hrs, a draft proposed job plan comprising 10 PA's is as follows: • Each day consist of a shift from 8 am 6 pm with handover incorporated into this period. Monday - AM:ICU (DCC), PM: ICU (DCC) - PA: 2.5 Tuesday -AM: ICU (DCC), PM: ICU (DCC) - PA: 2.5 Wednesday - AM: Non-NHS, PM: Non-NHS - PA: 0 Thursday -AM: SPA, PM: SPA - PA: 1.5 Friday - AM: ICU (DCC), PM: ICU (DCC) - PA: 2.5 Weekend Cover - PA: 1.0 Notes: • This is a Specimen Job Plan and the final job plan will be negotiated on appointment. The weekdays highlighted are merely used for demonstration purposes and will not necessarily be the days agreed after successful appointment. • SPA = Supporting Professional Activity 1.5 PA will be allocated to the successful • applicant on appointment for the first year of appointment. • The successful candidate will not be expected to cover the ICU outside the advertised 8 am-6 pm rota. These shifts will be provided by our anaesthetic/ICM colleagues. • Weekend work will be twice a month and will consist of either Saturday or Sunday[not both] and will be a shift from 8 am and 6 pm. There will be adequate anaesthetic coverage of the nearby obstetric and emergency theatres to provide support if needed. • The appointee will be expected to take an active part in Undergraduate and Postgraduate teaching and training and in this respect, as long as you remain a Consultant within the Trust, you will have an opportunity to become an Honorary clinical lecturer at University of Warwick. Job description Job responsibilities • We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic consultant with an interest in Intensive care. This post provides an opportunity for the appointee to introduce new ideas and contribute to the progress of the Intensive care department. The post holder is expected to participate in weekday Intensive care cover with some weekend activity. • The appointee will, together with consultant colleagues, be responsible for the provision of critical care medicine to the Trust. Responsibilities: • Provide safe, evidence-based critical care medicine. • Maintain and improve standards and quality of critical care services. • Supervise and train junior staff in both critical cares as required. • Maintain skills and update knowledge base meeting the Continuing Education and Professional Development requirements of the relevant professional body e.g. Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine, Royal College of Physicians, Royal College of Anaesthetists. • Participate in the audit programme of the Department. • Attend departmental and governance meeting • This post will attract a job plan of 10 PAs of which 8.5 PAs will be for direct patient care. Further clinical sessions may be undertaken by mutual consent and with suitable recompense. This job plan may be amended in consultation with the post holder as Trust developments evolve, and as part of the appraisal process. Outline weekly job plan • Noting that 1PA - 4hrs, a draft proposed job plan comprising 10 PA's is as follows: • Each day consist of a shift from 8 am 6 pm with handover incorporated into this period. Monday - AM:ICU (DCC), PM: ICU (DCC) - PA: 2.5 Tuesday -AM: ICU (DCC), PM: ICU (DCC) - PA: 2.5 Wednesday - AM: Non-NHS, PM: Non-NHS - PA: 0 Thursday -AM: SPA, PM: SPA - PA: 1.5 Friday - AM: ICU (DCC), PM: ICU (DCC) - PA: 2.5 Weekend Cover - PA: 1.0 Notes: • This is a Specimen Job Plan and the final job plan will be negotiated on appointment. The weekdays highlighted are merely used for demonstration purposes and will not necessarily be the days agreed after successful appointment. • SPA = Supporting Professional Activity 1.5 PA will be allocated to the successful • applicant on appointment for the first year of appointment. • The successful candidate will not be expected to cover the ICU outside the advertised 8 am-6 pm rota. These shifts will be provided by our anaesthetic/ICM colleagues. • Weekend work will be twice a month and will consist of either Saturday or Sunday[not both] and will be a shift from 8 am and 6 pm. There will be adequate anaesthetic coverage of the nearby obstetric and emergency theatres to provide support if needed. • The appointee will be expected to take an active part in Undergraduate and Postgraduate teaching and training and in this respect, as long as you remain a Consultant within the Trust, you will have an opportunity to become an Honorary clinical lecturer at University of Warwick.