Job summary
- Main area
- Intensive Care Medicine
- Grade
- Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 432-MC2755
- Employer
- East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Colchester Hospital
- Town
- Colchester
- Salary
- £109,725 - £145,478 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/11/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Consultant in Intensive Care *Gold Package £20K lump sum & 1.5 SPA*
Consultant
We are one of the largest NHS organisation in England. Our scale provides exciting opportunities for development, innovation, research, education and training.
Talk to us about our range of flexible working opportunities, apprenticeships and staff benefits
Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is at the heart of all we do; and it forms part of the ESNEFT’s core activities. The Trust operates and relies on everyone treating each other with dignity and respect, to receive equitable and fair treatment in the implementation of Policies, Procedures and in its Practices, to foster positive work relationships, and finally to act with integrity as a professional within ESNEFT as well as a representative of the NHS as a whole. The EDI Agenda reflects the Trust values such as Optimistic, Appreciative and Kind. In line with the NHS Long Term Plan, People Plan, People Promise and a Model Employer intrinsic in the Equality Diversity and Inclusion Agenda, we consistently strive to improve, to take the learning into Action for a better ESNEFT.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.
Job overview
Applications are invited for enthusiastic, motivated and committed individuals to join our friendly and dynamic team within the Critical Care department at Colchester Hospital, part of East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust.
The appointed post-holder will join the team to make 10 Consultant Intensivists with dedicated sessions on the Critical Care Unit. The post-holder will participate in the 1:10 out of hour’s on-call rota for critical care. Any anaesthetic or allied specialty sessions will fall in the weeks outside of Critical Care commitments.
Our Gold Welcome Package includes a relocation package of £8,000, additional £20,000 lump sum plus 1.5 additional ‘SPA’ time for the first 24 months to thank you for choosing to work with ESNEFT.
The post-holder’s duties will be primarily at the Colchester Hospital, but their presence may from time to time be required in other parts of the Trust.
Main duties of the job
The key duties and responsibilities of the post will include:
- Work with colleagues to provide a consultant-led service with the highest standards of care, developing and maintain good working practices.
- Participate in the dedicated CCU on-call rota with other Consultant colleagues. Provide daytime cover for Critical Care, support the Outreach service, and participate in CCU follow-up clinics.
- Work with the multi-professional team to develop care pathways and clinical guidelines.
- Collaborate and promote close working links with colleagues, other departments and primary care.
- Provide a role model of professional leadership, which underpins the corporate values and behaviour agreed by the organisation, ensuring these are understood and demonstrated by the medical workforce within their area and take remedial action where poor behaviours are demonstrated.
- Offer educational support, clinical support, and leadership to junior medical colleagues, nursing colleagues, and other members of the multi-disciplinary team.
- To engage with the audit cycle of the department and participate fully in the clinical incident reporting system.
Working for our organisation
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisation in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached for a detailed job description and main responsibilities for the role in Intensive Care Medicine at Colchester Hospital.
Person specification
Essential
Essential criteria
- Full registration with the GMC with a licence to practice
- CCT/CCST or entry onto the Specialist Register for ICM and Anaesthesia (or Emergency Medicine or Acute Medicine) or within 6 months of interview date
- To undertake the role of consultant and all its implied responsibility for clinical management tasks
- If dual specialism: FRCA if anaesthesia, MRCP if medical specialist, FRCEM if ED specialist
- Advanced Training in Intensive Care Medicine as defined by FICM or equivalent
- Ability to organise and prioritise work effectively and be involved in the organisation of the department
- Ability to communicate clearly with patients and others in written and spoken English
- Understanding of NHS management structure To undertake the role of consultant and all its implied responsibility for clinical management tasks
- Ability and willingness to work hours of the job and provide out of hours cover on-call with any reasonable adjustment to take account of any local requirements
- ALS and APLS or equivalent - or willing to undertake within 6 months of appointment
Desirable criteria
- Further qualification in ICM, eg EDIC
- FICE accreditation, or equivalent
- ATLS
- A period of training in centre outside the regional training scheme either abroad or in the UK
- Evidence of work submitted for peer review
- Evidence of participation at “Training the Trainers Course”
- Experience in simulator training
- Evidence of presentation of personal work at national/international professional society meetings Publications in refereed journals
- Higher degree (MD, PhD)
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Patricia Figgis
- Job title
- Clinical Lead for Critical Care
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07434558401
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