Required to fill this full time replacement post within the Intensive Care Department.

We are seeking enthusiastic and motivated candidates to join the Intensive Care teams at LTHT. Adult Critical Care at Leeds has a total of 84 beds across two sites covering a range of secondary and tertiary services and providing a substantial amount of undergraduate and postgraduate education and training. Leeds General Infirmary is a Major Trauma Centre with specialties including Neurosurgery and Cardiac Surgery. St James University Hospital is a transplant centre with specialties including oncology and thoracic surgery. You will be joining a large but friendly department with a diverse range of interests and sub specialties.

We are seeking candidates that are committed to working with us to develop and advance tertiary Intensive Care Services. We are happy to look to tailor job plans to align with the career aspirations of successful candidates, including potential cross site working in ICM, as well as sessions in anaesthesia or another speciality depending on candidate CCT. As a large and busy hospital trust LTHT offers a plethora of opportunities with regard specialist services, teaching, POCUS, research and innovation.

If shortlisted, you will be required to give a 10-minute presentation on:

What does excellence in Intensive Care look like in 2030?

INTERVIEWS WILL BE HELD VIA MS TEAMS: Wednesday 20 November 2024

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant should possess FFICM (and the relevant equivalent in anaesthesia or another speciality the candidate wishes to perform) and should be included on the Specialist Register or within 6 months of CCT at the time of interview, if currently within a training programme within the UK. In accordance with the consultant appointment regulations, all other categories of doctors must be on the Specialist Register.

Applicants should have established skills in Intensive Care. A strong commitment to service development is desirable.

Consideration will be given to applicants who wish to work full or part time and those wishing to job share.

About us

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is one the largest teaching hospital trusts in Europe, with access to leading clinical expertise and medical technology. We care for people from all over the country as well as the 780,000 residents of Leeds itself. The Trust has a budget of £1.1 billion. Our 20,000 staff ensure that every year we see and treat over 1,500,000 people in our 2,000 beds or out-patient settings, comprising 100,000 day cases, 125,000 in-patients, 260,000 A& E visits and 1,050,000 out-patient appointments. We operate from 7 hospitals on 5 sites all linked by the same vision, philosophy and culture to be the best for specialist and integrated care.

Our vision is based on The Leeds Way, which is a clear statement of who we are and what we believe, founded on values of working that were put forward by our own staff. Our values are to be:

Patient-centred

Fair

Collaborative

Accountable

Empowered

We believe that by being true to these values, we will consistently achieve and continuously improve our results in relation to our goals, which are to be:

1. The best for patient safety, quality and experience

2. The best place to work

3. A centre of excellence for specialist services, education, research and innovation

4. Hospitals that offer seamless, integrated care

5. Financially sustainable

Job description
Job responsibilities

2. OBJECTIVES OF THE POST

1. To work with other consultant colleagues in the provision of a comprehensive critical care service within the Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust.

2. To maintain and expand the excellence of teaching and research already established within the Trust.

3. To support the Trusts clinical business strategies for all medical and surgical specialties, taking account of the changes in clinical practice and new technologies available.

4. To participate with other colleagues in the provision of comprehensive medical training

5. To participate in, and progress, the delivery of clinical governance and business strategies within critical care medicine.

6. To work with other members within the Department of Adult Critical Care in providing a highly effective and efficient clinical service to the Trust.

7. To work in a multi- disciplinary team in the provision of a Critical Care Outreach service.

Person Specification
Experience
Essential

• Must be able to demonstrate a high level of clinical experience and competence in intensive care medicine and any allied specialty.
• Specifically, they must demonstrate higher training in intensive care medicine with experience in Tertiary Centre Intensive Care.
• Evidence of continuous career progression consistent with personal circumstances.

Desirable

• A demonstrated commitment to developing or advancing tertiary critical care services, to meet evolving population needs.

Training, Research, Teaching & Audit
Essential

• FFICM specialty register or within 6 months. The job could also support applicants with second CCT in a signed specialty e.g., Anaesthesia.
• Evidence of the ability to carry out medical research.
• Experience in training undergraduate medical students and postgraduate doctors.
• Experience of participation in regular clinical audit.
• Experience of participation in regular clinical audit.

Desirable

• Experience of instigating, running and publishing research projects.
• Previous attendance on Appraisal Techniques and Small Group Teaching Workshops.
• Experience of innovating in education.

Qualifications
Essential

• MB BS (or equivalent).
• On FFICM specialty register or within 6 months. The job could also support applicants with second CCT in a signed specialty e.g., Anaesthesia.
• Eligible for full registration with the GMC at time of appointment and hold a current licence to practice. YOU MUST STATE YOUR GMC NUMBER ON YOUR APPLICATION FORM.
• Eligibility to work in the UK.
• Is up to date and fit to practise safely.

Desirable

• Relevant higher degree.

Management, Interpersonal Skills & Other Criteria
Essential

• Understanding of current issues in the NHS.
• *Well organised and skilled in good time management.
• *Effective interpersonal skills.
• *Demonstrate ability to relate to and work within a team.
• -Hold full GMC Registration with a license to practice.
• -Entry on the GMC Specialist Register via:
• -CCT (proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of interview) CESR (or) international applicants should comply with the GMC specialty registration process

Desirable

• Attendance at recognised management course.

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