Consultant in Intensive Care and Anaesthetics

• Specifically adopt, in conjunction with colleagues, an active role in the planning, development and delivery of the critical care services for the Department.
• Participate in the critical care consultant on-call rota at the Royal Preston and Chorley and South Ribble Hospitals with additional cover during colleagues' absence.
• Assume a continuous commitment for the care of patients, even if employed less than full-time and ensure, in consultation with colleagues, that adequate arrangements are made for leave and off duty periods.
• Promote high professional standards of clinical care for patients, both through direct patient care and by the maintenance of continuing professional development.
• Exercise the freedom to develop specialist elements of the services to reflect perceived priorities within available resources
• To provide an anaesthetic service as a member of the Department of Anaesthesia. This will be across both Preston and Chorley sites depending on Directorate service requirements.
• To undertake pre-operative assessment of patients as appropriate, together with post-operative management and follow-up of patients in appropriate cases.
• To undertake weekly theatre sessions as allocated of which a proportion will be delivered flexibly over each week, to maintain the high level of anaesthetic service delivery required by the Trust. These may include evening sessions, or, rarely, a weekend session (by mutual agreement).

Essential

• MB ChB, MBBS or equivalent Primary Medical Qualification
• Registration with the GMC, with a full licence to practise OR eligible for registration within six months of interview.
• Eligible to be included on the GMC with a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) or equivalent Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR) in ICM & Anaesthetics

Desirable

• Higher qualifications; MA, MSc or MD/PhD
• Hold the FFICM or EDIC
• Extended complementary skills e.g. Echo, USS accreditation

Essential

• Full training in Critical Care Medicine and Anaesthetics

Essential

• Evidence of Clinical Leadership
• Evidence of commitment to audit and improving clinical practice/continuous improvement development in service

Desirable

• Demonstrate with examples clear leadership and successful quality improvement in Critical Care/Anaesthetics
• Evidence of involvement or ideally leadership in QI work

Essential

• Proven effective communication skills with examples.
• Good organisation skills with examples.
• Works well within a multidisciplinary environment.
• Resident within 30 minutes travel time to Chorley/Preston.

Desirable

• Evidence of flexibility and adaptability
• Evidence of cross functional working
• Membership of relevant societies

Essential

• Involvement in Audits
• Broad research experience demonstrating leadership qualities and collaborative working

Desirable

• Established record of research funding.
• Presentations & Peer reviewed publications

Essential

• Meets professional health requirements in line with GMC Standards/ Good Medical Practice

Essential

• Experience in teaching, training and supervising medical students, doctors and the wider MDT

Desirable

• Trained Clinical or Educational Supervisor
• Formal teaching qualification or instructor status for a relevant course on acute care or the deteriorating patient eg. ALS/ATLS