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A substantive Consultant opportunity in Intensive Care Medicine (ICM) is available to join a collaborative, forward-thinking intensive care department in the South West.
We welcome applications from both single-speciality ICM and dual-trained consultants, with the opportunity to accommodate a second speciality by negotiation. Current dual-trained consultants typically undertake around 60% of their Direct Clinical Care (DCC) within ICU, with the remainder delivered in a partner speciality.
The ICU admits more than 1,000 patients annually, covering a mixture of elective and emergency admissions. The service operates from a 16-bed ICU opened in 2025, providing modern facilities for patients and staff.
The successful candidate will contribute to high-quality clinical care while supporting research, innovation, quality improvement, patient safety and service development. The department works closely with Intensive Care, Anaesthesia, and Chronic Pain, with a strong emphasis on multidisciplinary and cross-speciality collaboration.

Main Duties of the Job

The successful candidate will:

• Provide consultant-level clinical care within Intensive Care Medicine.
• Assess, diagnose and manage patients requiring intensive care across emergency and elective admissions.
• Provide expert clinical opinion across a broad range of intensive care presentations.
• Take full, independent responsibility for patient care.
• Participate in resident and non-resident out-of-hours ICU on-call duties.
• Work collaboratively with anaesthesia, emergency medicine and other relevant specialties.
• Contribute to the safe and efficient running of the intensive care service.
• Participate in clinical audit, directorate meetings and service administration.
• Support service development and improvements in patient care delivery.
• Maintain professional expertise through appropriate meetings, courses and continuing medical education.
• Participate in annual appraisal and yearly pay progression meetings with the Clinical Lead.
• Work closely with managers, professional colleagues and allied healthcare professionals to ensure safe and efficient services.

Specialist Interests

The department can accommodate the development or continuation of a specialist interest, subject to service requirements. Dual-trained applicants may also negotiate a workload split between Intensive Care Medicine and their partner speciality.

Research, Teaching & Quality Improvement

The department has an established commitment to:

• Research and innovation
• Clinical quality improvement
• Patient safety
• Clinical audit
• Undergraduate and postgraduate education
• Teaching and supervision of trainees

The wider organisation has academic links with universities and established research and education facilities. Consultants are expected to contribute to teaching activities, while the research and development department supports research across medical disciplines.

Person Specification

Essential Requirements

• Successful completion of relevant intercollegiate speciality examinations, such as FFICM or equivalent.
• Full GMC registration.
• Entry on the GMC Specialist Register, or expected entry within six months.
• Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining UK CCT in Intensive Care Medicine.
• For dual-trained candidates, appropriate clinical training and experience equivalent to UK CCT in the second speciality.
• Ability to provide expert clinical opinion across emergency and elective intensive care.
• Ability to take full and independent responsibility for patient care.
• Commitment to continuing medical education.
• Ability to advise on the efficient running of a specialist service.
• Ability to lead an intensive care team.
• Understanding of staff planning, organisation and coordination.
• Experience supervising trainees and teaching clinical skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively across professional and departmental boundaries.
• Evidence of adaptability, flexibility and commitment to patient care.

Desirable

• Additional undergraduate or postgraduate qualifications.
• Current life-support qualifications such as ALS, APLS or ATLS.
• Instructor status on established courses.
• Additional intensive care clinical experience.
• Experience in intensive care subspecialty areas.
• Skills relevant to intensive care, such as bronchoscopy or focused ultrasound.
• Additional management or leadership experience.
• Postgraduate teaching qualification.
• Experience supporting research studies or quality improvement projects.
• Publications in peer-reviewed journals or national/international presentations.

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