Job summary
We are recruiting for a Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine as a single or dual CCT. They will join our highly motivated, dynamic and rapidly expanding team delivering multidisciplinary, five star acute patient care.

Applicants are required to hold Membership of an appropriate Royal College and have full UK or equivalent qualifications.

Applicants must be eligible for full registration with the GMC at the time of appointment and have entry on the GMC Specialist Register via one of the following:

• Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT). (The proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of the interview)
• Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR). (CESR candidates must have written GMC confirmation upon successful application).

Main duties of the job
The Intensive Care Unit hosts 8 level 3 beds and 6 level 2 beds with the flexibility to increase the number of level 3 beds (up to 11). A Medical and Nurse Consultant-Led Critical Care outreach and Medical Emergency Team (MET) are well established, with a regular rehabilitation service and follow-up clinic for patients discharged from Critical Care.

Consultants in Clinical Biochemistry, Plastics and Burns, Microbiology and Radiology join the multidisciplinary (MDT) meeting once a week and there is an excellent working relationship with all other specialty consultants.

The vast majority of admissions (approximately 800/year) are emergency cases. There is a wide range of General Medicine, Surgical, Urological, ENT and Orthopaedic/Trauma cases. Whiston hospital hosts the regional burns and plastic surgery unit and offers excellent experience in the management of the critically ill burns patient. The unit has extensive expertise in burns management, ventilation for ARDS, renal replacement therapy, etc.

The Unit is extremely active in original and NIHR portfolio research, and provides data to ICNARC regularly.

About us
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.

We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.

Our services:
Acute Care: Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.

Primary Care: Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.

Community Services: Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.

Specialist Regional Services: We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.

Achievements:

• Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme

Details
Closing date: 06 December 2026
Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade: Consultant (Grade YM 72)
Salary: £113,565 to £150,569 a year per annum
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 409-S8040327

Person Specification
Values

• Essential: We are kind, We are open, We are inclusive

Qualifications

• Essential: Full GMC registration and on Specialist Register or within six months of receipt of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) or equivalent at time of interview. CESR candidates must have written GMC confirmation of successful application
• Essential: MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
• Essential: MRCP / FRCA or FCEM equivalent medical qualification
• Essential: FFICM or equivalent medical qualification
• Essential: ALS / ATLS / APLS
• Essential: FUSIC accreditation (or other focussed cardiac ultrasound qualification)
• Desirable: MD/PHD or equivalent medical qualification
• Desirable: DICM, EDIC or equivalent diploma in Intensive Care Medicine
• Desirable: Formal qualification in medical education
• Desirable: BSE accreditation for echocardiography

Knowledge and Experience

• Essential: Advanced or stage 3 training/fellowship in ICM or equivalent experience
• Essential: Clear evidence of an interest in and a commitment to intensive care medicine
• Desirable: Experience in medical education

Skills

• Essential: Ability to take full and independent responsibility for the care of critically ill patients
• Essential: Percutaneous tracheostomy and bronchoscopy skills
• Essential: Active consistent engagement with quality improvement projects and clinical audit
• Essential: Evidence of reflective practice
• Essential: Understanding of NHS management structures and roles
• Essential: Completion of higher training relevant to subspecialty of interest (If applicable)
• Essential: Evidence of implementing change to improve patient care
• Desirable: Evidence of leadership development

Other

• Essential: Evidence of Revalidation within the last 5 years and appraisal within the last year
• Essential: Active participation in teaching and education of medical students, junior doctors and allied healthcare professionals
• Essential: Evidence of achieving GMC standards to be recognised as a Clinical Supervisor
• Essential: Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Essential: Good organisational skills
• Essential: Commitment to team working
• Essential: Ability to work in a flexible manner
• Desirable: Evidence of achieving GMC standards to be recognised as an Education Supervisor
• Desirable: Significant involvement in clinical research (data collection, PI, CI)
• Desirable: Posters/Presentations at regional and national meetings
• Desirable: Publications in peer reviewed journal

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship
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).

Employer details
Employer name: Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Address: Whiston Hospital, Warrington Road, Prescot, L35 5DR, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.merseywestlancs.nhs.uk/

For questions about the job, contact: Clinical lead Dr Nick Bolton, Nicholas.Bolton@merseywestlancs.nhs.uk, 01514301421

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