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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine to join a modern and expanding critical care service in North East England. The Intensive Care Unit admits approximately 400 patients annually and provides Level 3 critical care services. A new purpose-built Intensive Care Unit opened in 2025, offering modern facilities including individual patient rooms, enhanced staff environments, and an advanced clinical information system. The department is supported by an experienced multidisciplinary workforce including consultant intensivists, trainee doctors, nursing leadership teams, and a dedicated Critical Care Outreach service. Applications are welcome from candidates trained in single-speciality Intensive Care Medicine or in dual-training backgrounds (e.g., Anaesthesia and ICM). Consultants play a key role in leading multidisciplinary teams, overseeing patient care pathways and supporting service development across the critical care service.
Job Responsibility:
Provide consultant-level intensive care management for critically ill patients
Lead ICU ward rounds, review referrals and oversee admissions to critical care
Deliver specialist care for patients requiring advanced organ support and complex interventions
Maintain overall clinical responsibility for patients under ICU care
Support the development and operation of the Critical Care Outreach service
Work collaboratively with colleagues in anaesthesia, surgery, emergency medicine and other specialities
Lead multidisciplinary teams delivering patient care
Coordinate care pathways and support collaborative clinical decision-making
Provide senior clinical leadership across critical care services
Participate in teaching and supervision of junior doctors and medical students
Support postgraduate training programmes and continuing medical education
Contribute to clinical skills training for medical staff
Participate in clinical governance, quality improvement and audit programmes
Contribute to research and service development initiatives
Participate in consultant appraisal and job planning processes
Maintain professional development through CPD and Royal College requirements
Participation in the Intensive Care Medicine on-call rota (currently 1:8)
Approximately 46 nights on-call per year
Requirements:
Primary Medical Degree (MBBS or equivalent)
Full GMC registration with a licence to practise
FRCA and FFICM accreditation
Entry on the GMC Specialist Register for Intensive Care Medicine or within 6 months of CCT / Portfolio Pathway (CESR)
Minimum 1 year NHS experience
Demonstrated consultant-level clinical expertise in Intensive Care Medicine