Job overview
Locum Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
JOB OVERVIEW
We are seeking motivated and enthusiastic people to join our dedicated team in Critical Care, for six months. Our team consists of 11 consultants, 24 junior doctors, and over 100 nurses and AHPs in our two Critical Care units.
About the units:
· St Helier ICU: 13 beds, providing full level 3 and 2 care.
· Epsom HDU: 6-8 level 2 beds.
· Annual admissions: 1400 patients, including 700 emergency medical patients, 350 emergency surgical patients, and 350 patients following complex elective surgery.
Specialties and Collaboration:
We support all general specialties and admit patients from regional Renal, Haematology, and Oncology units. Our in-reach service helps our hospitals achieve the trust’s mission statement of ‘delivering outstanding care every day’. We are part of the South West London Adult Critical Care network (SWLACC).
Inclusion and Diversity:
We are committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace and welcome candidates from all backgrounds.
Apply today!
If you are passionate about delivering outstanding care and eager to contribute to our education and research programmes, we want to hear from you. Apply now to join our dedicated team at Epsom and St Helier Hospitals.
Main duties of the job
Consultant Rota:
The ICU consultants work 1 in 9-person rota on an annualised job plan. The 9-week rota typically includes:
· 7 days as the consultant of the week in St Helier ICU (08:00-18:00h daily, with overnight on-calls at weekends),
· 5 days in Epsom HDU (08:00-18:00h),
· 5 second on-call shifts in St Helier ICU working alongside the Consultant of the week (08:00-21:00h on site, 21:00-08:00h on-call from home within 30 minutes travel distance).
Responsibilities:
· 10 PA contract: 8.3 DCCs (outlined above); 1.7 SPAs (including revalidation, educational supervision, and clinical governance).
· Contribute to our weekly Morbidity and Mortality meetings, monthly ICU Consultant and Clinical Governance meetings, and divisional Quality and Audit meetings.
· Assist with our teaching programmes, including bedside echocardiography and simulation training.
Working for our organisation
St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George’s Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).
After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Our Commitment:
We are proud of our reputation for delivering safe and effective care and providing high quality education. We contribute to a number of national audits, including ICNARC, NELA, and PQIP. Our current SMR is 0.81. Since 2020, we have been short-listed twice for the national Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) award, we have had several peer-reviewed publications, and have presented at national and international conferences.
Why join us?
· Career development: There is an opportunity to negotiate an additional 1 PA in a complementary specialty or sub-specialise in an area of ICU.
· Education: Accredited for FICM Stage 1, 2, and 3 training. We are developing CESR-training pathways in collaboration with St George’s Hospital. We aim to expand our echocardiogram and simulation training. The ICU team also provide education to other teams outside ICU and undergraduates from St George’s Hospital Medical School.
· Innovative environment: We provide a 7-day, 24h critical care outreach service in St Helier Hospital and aim to expand this to Epsom by Summer 2026.
· Supportive team: We provide an in-reach service to the Medicine department, while also collaborating with Anaesthetics, Surgery, Emergency, and Renal departments, and other regional ICUs.
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
1. Specialist registration* in Intensive Care Medicine (either solely or in combination with another specialty) or within 6 months of achieving this.
2. EDIC and / or FFICM and / or equivalent
3. A license to practice with the General Medical Council**
4. Good Clinical Practice training (GCP
Desirable criteria
5. MSc, MD(res), PhD, or similar
6. Educational supervision training that fulfils the Trust’s minimum requirements***
Experience
Essential criteria
7. Ability to take full and independent responsibility for the clinical care of ICU patients
8. Ability to teach & train junior medical staff and undergraduate students
9. Experience of leading clinical audits, quality improvement programmes, implementing change and monitoring compliance.
Desirable criteria
10. Educational training, and/or echocardiography and bedside ultrasound accreditation, and/or Simulation training, and/or Critical Care Transfers and training (eg Access).
11. Postgraduate research, publications in peer reviewed literature
12. Experience of the CESR/Portfolio pathway
Skills
Essential criteria
13. Ability to organise, prioritise, delegate, and manage
14. Ability to work productively in multidisciplinary teams
15. Ability to develop rapport with and discuss treatment options with patients in a way they can understand
Desirable criteria
16. Experience of leading clinical audits, quality improvement programmes, implementing change and monitoring compliance.
17. Development and delivery of a comprehensive and effective critical illness rehabilitation service
18. Postgraduate research
Our mission: ‘to put the patient first by delivering great care to every patient, every day.’
There’s never been a better time to join the Epsom and St Helier team. Our hospitals are facing a bright and busy future, and our staff have a proven track record in providing high quality, compassionate care for our patients.
Boasting incredible staff benefits and dedicated training schemes, working for us will not only take your career forward, but could help to transform the lives of our patients and visitors.
We offer all employees some fantastic staff benefits, and are the only hospitals in Surrey to offer staff the London high cost area supplement. Our hospitals also benefit from great locations, so whether you're attracted to the bright lights of the city or the countryside of Epsom Downs, both are within easy reach.
FURTHER INFORMATION
**PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS POSITION MAY CLOSE EARLIER THAN THE STATED CLOSING DATE IF A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS ARE RECEIVED. IF YOU WISH TO APPLY FOR THIS POSITION, YOU ARE ADVISED TO SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE**
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For new entrants into the NHS, your pay under the Agenda for Change or Medical & Dental Pay Bands, will normally be set at the minimum of the pay band as advertised.
If you apply for this position and do not hear from us within 4 weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been short-listed for interview on this occasion.
ESTH values diversity and is committed to the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority groups. We particularly welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities.
As a Disability Confident Employer we are working to create a workplace that enables all staff to reach their full potential. We are committed to this because we know that greater diversity and inclusion will lead to an even greater positive impact for the people we serve.
Internal applicants from underrepresented minority groups are encouraged to seek development support such as work shadowing and interview skills coaching.