Locum Consultant In Intensive Care Medicine - #146122

The Intensive Care Department forms part of the Anaesthetics & theatres departments.

The post holder will join the existing team of 6 intensive care consultants at Queen's hospital providing anaesthetic and critical care support to a wide range of surgical specialties. There is a 1:7 service week rota with opportunities for anaesthetic list to suit interests at the Royal Derby Hospital. There is an example job plan in the attached Job Description.

Work was completed on the QHB Site ICU in 2020. There are 8 funded Level ICU beds

The Adult ITU at Queens Hospital in Burton houses 14 mixed dependency beds. This is up to 8 Level 3 beds. Conveniently located opposite main theatres the units open office space is allocated on the unit with appropriate secretarial support. We admit over 500 patients per year and take pride in being GPICS compliant. We have will have 7 consultant staff, although this offers a frequent on-call the level of acuity is in keeping with a small, but busy, acute hospital site.

The Anaesthetics Department co-ordinates the provision of a comprehensive anaesthetic and intensive care service to all UHDB Hospitals. The Anaesthetic Department is a part of the Surgical Services Directorate comprising Anaesthesia, Surgery and Trauma & Orthopaedics.

In addition to any specialist interests all consultants will be involved in providing a general clinical service to the Trust.

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In Return We Will Offer

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
  
  

Key Facts

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.
  
  

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Adilah Miraj Job title: Consultant Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 01283 511511

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