Consultant in Critical Care Medic

QEHB is also home to the regional CAR-T centre and has been approved as a one of the handful of UK sites for further expansion of its service.

The QEHB site conducts complex oncological surgery for hepatobiliary, pancreatic, upper gastrointestinal and sarcoma surgery. QEHB is a regional referral centre for neurosurgery and neurosciences, and a hub for the regional 24/7 endovascular stroke thrombectomy service. It is also a Major Trauma Centre, a regional Burns centre and hosts the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine. We deliver an elective cardiac surgery programme and are a tertiary referral unit for emergency cardiac surgical patients, including those requiring cardiac mechanical device support.

For further information in relation to this post, please see attached Job Description and Person Specification.

The core component of this post is to provide critical care cover at the QE Critical Care Unit.

The Critical Care Unit is divided into 4 areas which, alongside housing general medical patients, specialise as follows:

Area A (20 level 3 beds): Liver medicine, Liver transplant and hepatobiliary surgery, upper GI and sarcoma surgery and haematology-oncology

Area B (14 Level 3-beds): Burns and Trauma, Maxillo-facial surgery and major plastics.

Area C (13 Level 3-beds): Neurosurgery and Neurosciences

Area D (20 Level 3 beds): Cardiac surgery, mechanical cardiac support, heart and lung transplantation.

A standard full time job plan will contain 10 programmed activities. A programmed activity will normally have a timetable value of 4 hours and a full-time consultant. The ITU DCC component will be 5.3PAs with 2PAs be devoted to supporting professional activities. We are looking for candidates who hold an interest in a partner speciality, we are interested in hearing from candidates who have a particular interest in Critical Care and Emergency Medicine, Acute Medicine or Anaesthesia. The critical care component may include sessions supporting Critical Care Outreach.

The successful applicant will be expected to participate in all aspects of Clinical Governance ((including Departmental audit and quality improvement programmes) as developed by the Trust to monitor, maintain and develop the quality and effectiveness of care.

The department encourages interest in and support of any ongoing research projects. UHB and the department has academic links with University of Birmingham, University of Warwick and Aston University and has dedicated research facilities - NIHR/Wellcome Clinical Research Facility and Institute of Translational Medicine and a strong clinical trials pharmacy team and research laboratories

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.

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