Consultant Intensivist

Overview

In this Consultant role, you will provide consultant-led Intensive Care Medicine services within a collaborative ICU. You’ll work with a multidisciplinary team to support training, governance, and quality improvement initiatives. The post emphasizes developing your practice while contributing to service growth and regional education. You’ll engage with learning-focused culture, research, and innovation to drive patient care at scale in North Wales.

Pay / Benefits

• Permanent contract
• Full-time
• Competitive salary (£114,099 to £166,585 p.a. pro rata)

Responsibilities

• Provide consultant-led Intensive Care Medicine services
• Participate in ICU on-call rota (1:10, non-resident)
• Provide daytime Critical Care cover
• Undertake anaesthetic or second-specialty sessions
• Supervise and teach trainees and specialty doctors
• Support Stage 1–3 ICM training
• Participate in departmental and regional teaching programmes
• Participate in clinical governance activities
• Undertake quality improvement projects
• Participate in clinical audit
• Contribute to risk management processes
• Support national audits (ICNARC, CCMDS)

Key requirements

• Full GMC Specialist Registration in ICM (dual with Anaesthesia preferred; dual with another specialty or single CCT in ICM considered) or CCT within 6 months of interview
• FFICM and/or FRCA (or equivalent)
• Stage 3 training/SIA in Critical Care Medicine relevant to the post
• Stage 3 training in Anaesthesia or second specialty
• Ability to work independently in a 12-bed mixed Level 2/3 unit
• Competence in standard ICU procedures (intubation, lines, bronchoscopy, POCUS)

• Leadership in a multidisciplinary team
• Effective communication with patients, families, and colleagues
• Active involvement in teaching and clinical supervision
• ICU procedures: intubation, lines, bronchoscopy, POCUS
• POCUS accreditation (mentioned)
• Experience with clinical governance and national audits (ICNARC, CCMDS)

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