Applications are invited for a locum post in Intensive Care Medicine at one of Europe’s leading hospital sites at Southmead Hospital, Bristol. Applicants who wish to undertake partner specialty work in anaesthesia and/or critical care transfer medicine will be welcome.
The posts will be based in the purpose built 46 bed Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Southmead Hospital, NBT. The successful applicants will join a team of 25 ICU Consultants and more than 40 ICU trainees. The ICU sits within the wider anaesthetic department of more than 80 Consultants.
This is an exciting period for the Unit as it takes forward its 5 year strategy and rolls out service improvements including the introduction of a Clinical Information System. The plans also include continued collaboration with its local Units through the newly formed Severn Sub-Regional Network of hospitals and also supporting the new Retrieve adult critical care transfer service.
Registration Requirements
Applicants are required to be on the Specialist Register for Intensive Care Medicine, or be within six months of obtaining it by the interview date. If partner specialty work is to be undertaken then applicants will be required to be on the Specialist Register for that partner specialty. Full Registration with the GMC is essential.
CESR applicants are welcome and must have their CESR in place at the time of the interview.
Main Duties
The Trust has teaching status and is linked with the University of Bristol and the University of the West of England. The appointee will be required to reside no more than 30 minutes travelling time (by road) from the Southmead Hospital site for on-call purposes. The successful candidate will be employed under Terms & Conditions of Service for Consultants (England) 2003.
About Us
North Bristol NHS Trust is the largest Trust in the South-West Region and hosts the busiest Intensive Care Unit in the Region. It provides a range of local and regional centres of excellence based on one hospital site. It provides medical, surgical, maternity and neonatal care for a population of almost a million people in the Bristol and South Gloucestershire and North Somerset area. It is also the Major Trauma Centre for the Severn Region, the Centre for the Regional Vascular Network, the Bristol Breast Care Centre and The Regional Centre for Neurosciences, Plastics and Burns, Renal and Transplant, Orthopaedics, Urology and Severn Pathology.
The 46 bed Southmead Intensive Care Unit (ICU), now one of the busiest ICUs in the country, with a team of over 300 staff treating more than 2500 critically ill patients each year. Within the team we currently have 25 Consultant Intensivists and more than 40 Postgraduate Doctors in Training. Southmead ICU is the regional specialist critical care centre for neurosurgery, interventional neuroradiology and stroke thrombectomy, neurology, renal medicine, trauma and orthopaedics (including revision joint replacement, complex spinal and pelvic surgery) and urology. It delivers some of the highest intensive care and major trauma survival rates in the country.
Job Description
Job Responsibilities
For a more detailed job description, main responsibilities, and Person Specification, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- FFICM or equivalent
- Full and unrestricted registration with GMC
- CCT in Intensive Care Medicine and have been entered on the GMC Specialist Register at the time of the appointment (specialist registrars that do not hold a CCT must be due to be awarded one within 6 months of the interview date)
Desirable
- Higher academic qualification (e.g. MD or MS)
Training and Experience
Essential
- Recent experience and familiarity of UK hospital systems and practices (or equivalent)
- Minimum of 7 years postgraduate experience including higher surgical/medical training, three years as a Senior Registrar in an approved training post, or equivalent. Part of this period may be in a post of equivalent responsibility and training potential
- Training in diagnosis and treatment of Conditions and subspecialties relevant to NBT patient mix
Desirable
- Evidence of extensive experience in sub-specialties reflected in the job description
- Expertise acquired during training that would augment existing and / or add novel expertise to the delivery of quality Critical Care at NBT
Further Training, Management, Audit
Essential
- Evidence of recent CME/ reasonable training progression at this stage of career
- Knowledge of contemporary NHS management issues
- Knowledge of political context within which we operate
- Experience in audit project and written up
Desirable
- Completion of a general management course or programme
- Demonstration of involvement in clinical directorate management.
Research, Teaching, Publications
Essential
- Proven teaching ability
- Willingness to undertake teaching of medical under-graduates & postgraduates
Desirable
- Proven track record in delivering research, in particular in neurosciences or trauma science relevant to critical care medicine in NBT.
- Willingness to undertake further research
- Proven ability to teach effectively
- Evidence of relevant publications in peer reviewed journals
Leadership and Teamwork
Essential
- Proven ability to build and maintain effective teams
- Have a positive attitude towards members of the wider healthcare team
- Evidence of positive development and change management
- An understanding of positive leadership in the context of healthcare
- Evidence of good organisational and compassionate leadership skills
- Ability to gain the trust and confidence of colleagues and patients
Communication Skills
Essential
- Is empathetic and sensitive to the needs of others including patients and colleagues
- An ability to explain complex and sensitive information, sometimes under stressful circumstances to others
- Must be able to influence and persuade effectively
- Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills in order to write and present management reports as required
Other
Essential
- Must reside within 30 minutes or ten miles from the principal place of work
Employer Details
Employer name: North Bristol NHS Trust
Address: North Bristol Trust, Southmead Hospital, Bristol, BS10 5NB
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The posts will be based in the purpose built 46 bed Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Southmead Hospital, NBT. The successful applicants will join a team of 25 ICU Consultants and more than 40 ICU trainees. The ICU sits within the wider anaesthetic department of more than 80 Consultants.
This is an exciting period for the Unit as it takes forward its 5 year strategy and rolls out service improvements including the introduction of a Clinical Information System. The plans also include continued collaboration with its local Units through the newly formed Severn Sub-Regional Network of hospitals and also supporting the new Retrieve adult critical care transfer service.
Registration Requirements
Applicants are required to be on the Specialist Register for Intensive Care Medicine, or be within six months of obtaining it by the interview date. If partner specialty work is to be undertaken then applicants will be required to be on the Specialist Register for that partner specialty. Full Registration with the GMC is essential.
CESR applicants are welcome and must have their CESR in place at the time of the interview.
Main Duties
The Trust has teaching status and is linked with the University of Bristol and the University of the West of England. The appointee will be required to reside no more than 30 minutes travelling time (by road) from the Southmead Hospital site for on-call purposes. The successful candidate will be employed under Terms & Conditions of Service for Consultants (England) 2003.
About Us
North Bristol NHS Trust is the largest Trust in the South-West Region and hosts the busiest Intensive Care Unit in the Region. It provides a range of local and regional centres of excellence based on one hospital site. It provides medical, surgical, maternity and neonatal care for a population of almost a million people in the Bristol and South Gloucestershire and North Somerset area. It is also the Major Trauma Centre for the Severn Region, the Centre for the Regional Vascular Network, the Bristol Breast Care Centre and The Regional Centre for Neurosciences, Plastics and Burns, Renal and Transplant, Orthopaedics, Urology and Severn Pathology.
The 46 bed Southmead Intensive Care Unit (ICU), now one of the busiest ICUs in the country, with a team of over 300 staff treating more than 2500 critically ill patients each year. Within the team we currently have 25 Consultant Intensivists and more than 40 Postgraduate Doctors in Training. Southmead ICU is the regional specialist critical care centre for neurosurgery, interventional neuroradiology and stroke thrombectomy, neurology, renal medicine, trauma and orthopaedics (including revision joint replacement, complex spinal and pelvic surgery) and urology. It delivers some of the highest intensive care and major trauma survival rates in the country.
Job Description
Job Responsibilities
For a more detailed job description, main responsibilities, and Person Specification, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- FFICM or equivalent
- Full and unrestricted registration with GMC
- CCT in Intensive Care Medicine and have been entered on the GMC Specialist Register at the time of the appointment (specialist registrars that do not hold a CCT must be due to be awarded one within 6 months of the interview date)
Desirable
- Higher academic qualification (e.g. MD or MS)
Training and Experience
Essential
- Recent experience and familiarity of UK hospital systems and practices (or equivalent)
- Minimum of 7 years postgraduate experience including higher surgical/medical training, three years as a Senior Registrar in an approved training post, or equivalent. Part of this period may be in a post of equivalent responsibility and training potential
- Training in diagnosis and treatment of Conditions and subspecialties relevant to NBT patient mix
Desirable
- Evidence of extensive experience in sub-specialties reflected in the job description
- Expertise acquired during training that would augment existing and / or add novel expertise to the delivery of quality Critical Care at NBT
Further Training, Management, Audit
Essential
- Evidence of recent CME/ reasonable training progression at this stage of career
- Knowledge of contemporary NHS management issues
- Knowledge of political context within which we operate
- Experience in audit project and written up
Desirable
- Completion of a general management course or programme
- Demonstration of involvement in clinical directorate management.
Research, Teaching, Publications
Essential
- Proven teaching ability
- Willingness to undertake teaching of medical under-graduates & postgraduates
Desirable
- Proven track record in delivering research, in particular in neurosciences or trauma science relevant to critical care medicine in NBT.
- Willingness to undertake further research
- Proven ability to teach effectively
- Evidence of relevant publications in peer reviewed journals
Leadership and Teamwork
Essential
- Proven ability to build and maintain effective teams
- Have a positive attitude towards members of the wider healthcare team
- Evidence of positive development and change management
- An understanding of positive leadership in the context of healthcare
- Evidence of good organisational and compassionate leadership skills
- Ability to gain the trust and confidence of colleagues and patients
Communication Skills
Essential
- Is empathetic and sensitive to the needs of others including patients and colleagues
- An ability to explain complex and sensitive information, sometimes under stressful circumstances to others
- Must be able to influence and persuade effectively
- Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills in order to write and present management reports as required
Other
Essential
- Must reside within 30 minutes or ten miles from the principal place of work
Employer Details
Employer name: North Bristol NHS Trust
Address: North Bristol Trust, Southmead Hospital, Bristol, BS10 5NB
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