Locum Consultant in Neurosciences and Trauma Intensive Care

Job description

Applications are invited for the post of Locum Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine with a subspecialty interest in Neurosciences and Trauma Intensive Care Medicine, with or without sessional commitment to anaesthesia and perioperative medicine, based at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge. The post is available from as soon as possible for a duration of 12 months.

Addenbrooke’s Hospital is the Major Trauma Centre for the East of England, serving a population of around 6.4 million people. This thriving, modern teaching hospital is the local hospital for people living in the Cambridge area and is the regional referral centre for a number of specialties, including neurosurgery, cancer surgery, transplantation, plastic surgery, vascular and paediatrics. Addenbrooke’s offers unparalleled capacity for teaching, including involvement in the high fidelity simulation centre, and research within the department as well as the wider biomedical campus.

Successful candidates will be leading the care provided by the multidisciplinary team of the Neurosciences and Trauma Critical Care Unit (NCCU). NCCU is an expanding critical care unit (currently 27 beds and approximately 1000 admissions per year) providing critical care to victims of major trauma and to patients with complex neurosurgical and neurological disease. NCCU medical establishment consists of 15 consultants, 24 junior doctors, 2 foundation doctors, and 2 advanced critical care practitioners.

Provisional job plans are designed for candidates with a dual specialisation in intensive care medicine and anaesthesia. Candidates with a single specialty in intensive care medicine (or with a second specialty other than Anaesthesia) will also be considered for the intensive care (NCCU) component of the post.

Applicants should be fully registered with the GMC, have a CCT in Intensive Care Medicine or be within six months of award of CCT at the time of interview, and evidence of recent clinical experience necessary to fulfil all aspects of the job plan. Applications are welcomed from those unable to work full time or those wishing to job-share.

The applicant must have demonstrable skills in listening, reading, writing and speaking in English that enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues, as set out in Good Medical Practice (GMC, 2013).

Applications from job seekers who require Tier 2 sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information please visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, Tier 2 skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, must present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) will also be subject to this requirement.

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

Company Description

Cambridge University Hospitals is one of the largest and best known trusts in the country. As the local hospital for our community we deliver care through Addenbrooke’s and the Rosie hospitals. We are also a leading national centre for specialist treatment, a government-designated comprehensive biomedical research centre, one of only six academic health science centres in the UK and a university teaching hospital with a worldwide reputation. Building on these different elements, our vision is to improve people’s quality of life through innovative and sustainable healthcare.