Job Summary
We are delighted to welcome applications for a Consultant in Critical Care to join the expanding East Kent Critical Care team at the Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital, East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust. If you join our expanding department, you'll discover a rewarding role with great scope for professional development, research and teaching, plus a fantastic lifestyle. Our Trust is investing heavily in our Critical Care Units over the next 12 months and we would love you to be a part of this. We are a community of great people providing great healthcare, improving health and lives. Here you can be confident of making a difference to our patients, our incredible healthcare teams and our dedicated medical students and doctors in training. The Kent & Medway Medical School has recently opened in Canterbury. This is a game‑changing opportunity and one which the two universities and the Kent and Medway trusts have been working towards for several years. Successful applicants with an interest in medical education will be supported in taking up an honorary senior lecturer post at the medical school - subject to agreement by KMMS. Both London and the Continent are on your doorstep, with easy access to the capital, and to the Channel Ports and Channel Tunnel.
Main Duties
As a GMC registered Consultant, you will play a vital role in our progressive East Kent Critical Care team. The team operates across three units – Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital, Margate (9 beds), the Kent and Canterbury Hospital (8 beds) and the William Harvey Hospital (expanding to 24 beds from Spring 2022). This post, including on‑call commitments, is based at QEQM Hospital, with expectations to work some sessions at the Kent and Canterbury unit as required. Our specialists value critical care ultrasonography, with state‑of‑the‑art equipment supporting focused echocardiography and bedside ultrasonography. We have accredited CUSIC and FICE mentors, plus two FICE supervisors, and recent upgrades include a new echo machine and training mannequin covering transthoracic, transoesophageal echo and lung/abdominal ultrasound.
Key Details
Date posted: 29 October 2025
Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade: Consultant
Salary: £109,725 to £145,478 a year (pro rata where applicable)
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full‑time, Flexible working
Reference number: 344‑6371CONSAC-H
Job locations: QEQM Hospital, Margate, CT9 4AN
Person Specification
Essential Qualifications and Training
* Full GMC Registration
* CCT Specialist Registration (or will obtain within 6 months of interview date) in intensive care medicine and one of anaesthetics, emergency medicine or acute medicine or CESR equivalent
* Minimum of English Level 2 (GCSE grade C or equivalent), IELTS, or graduate of a UK Medical School
Desirable Qualifications
* FFICM, EDIC, FCEM, MRCP, FRCA
* Formal teaching or instructing qualification
* Good clinical practice training
Essential Experience
* Experience of morbidity and mortality review; evidence of audit of own practice
Desirable Experience
* Structured judgement review training
Essential Skills and Experience
* Wide experience caring for critical ill adults & children
* Wide experience of one of: anaesthesia, emergency or acute medicine
* Previous NHS experience; teaching; audit participation
Desirable Skills and Experience
* Critical care publications or presentations
Other Requirements
* Candidates must be able to demonstrate the ability to travel effectively between sites
* Models the Trust values
Personal / Professional Attributes
* Able to work effectively within a Multi‑Disciplinary Team
* Vigilant about patient and staff safety and wellbeing; able to listen and communicate clearly
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and a disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service is required to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require a Skilled Worker Visa to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.
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