Locum Consultant in Critical Care - Cardiothoracic

Applications are invited for a Locum Consultant Intensivist within Adult Critical Care at St George's University Hospitals Foundation Trust, London.

Clinical work will be based on the Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit. There may be the opportunity to contribute to the Critical Care Outreach Service, follow-up clinic as well as to a secondary specialty, subject to negotiation.

Job Summary:

Post holders will:

Provide clinical leadership to a multidisciplinary team delivering Critical Care

Engage in associated Service Development, Clinical Governance and Quality Improvement work

Contribute to the education and supervision of students and trainees

Support Directorate-wide Research activities

Contribute to the clinical management of the base unit

It is envisaged that the post holder will carry out the majority of their duties as a Consultant Intensivist on the Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit. There are opportunities for some DCC time to be allocated to contribute to the General Intensive Care Unit, Critical Care Outreach Service, follow-up clinic or to pursue a secondary clinical speciality. We currently have Consultants who split their time across Anaesthesia, Medical Specialties, St George's Medical School and wider Trust/NHS managerial roles. We would encourage interested applicants to get in touch for an informal discussion about how an alternative secondary specialty interest could be accommodated., Please see the Job Summary section above for a description of the expected duties of the post-holder. The job plan will be fully annualised. Current job planning guidance at St George's expects consultants to work a minimum of 42 clinical weeks per year. There is flexibility in the number of PA commitments that existing consultants offer to the trust and applicants wishing to work less than 10 PAs are encouraged to apply.

The post holder will be required to participate in the CTICU consultant on-call rota. There are 2 rotas on each unit that run in parallel. The first, so-called '1st on' rota is a seven-day duty period running Monday to Monday, including Saturday and Sunday nights. The '2nd on' rota provides for second consultant weekday cover and includes that weekday night.

The post holder will have the option of spending a portion of Direct Clinical Care with the Critical Care Outreach service, which provides 7-day a week 07:45 to 19:45 consultant cover. There is also the opportunity to be involved with the SW London Adult Critical Care Transfer Service and the ICU Survivorship Service.

There is prospective cover for all rotas, hence the post holder is expected to liaise with their consultant colleagues in providing internal cover for annual, study and professional leave, and this may require some flexibility in the post holder's hours.

Our vision as an organisation is to provide outstanding care, every time.

In 2023, we published a five-year strategy which sets out how we plan to achieve this - whilst also giving everyone connected with St George's clarity about our aims and ambitions for the future.

Our strategy is designed to drive decision-making across our two main sites at St George's Hospital in Tooting, and Queen Mary's Hospital in Roehampton; plus, services we run in the community.

Our new strategy is based on four key priorities;

Collaboration and Partnership

Affordable healthcare, fit for the future

Right care, right place, right time

Empowered, engaged staff

With over 9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, we are the largest healthcare provider in southwest London.

Our main site, St George's Hospital in Tooting - one of the country's principal teaching hospitals - is shared with St George's, University of London, which trains medical, healthcare and biomedical sciences students and carries out advanced medical research.