Consultant in Critical Care: Sponsorship Available

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHSFT

Job summary

As a Consultant in Critical Care, you will join a collaborative team providing specialist care to critically ill patients across our organisation. You will work alongside Consultant colleagues to deliver a high-quality Critical Care service, participate in the on-call rota, and ensure patient care is delivered safely and effectively in line with GMC standards and best practice.

Working closely with Anaesthetic, Critical Care, Medical and Transfer Service colleagues, you will contribute to the delivery and continual development of services, supporting efficient use of resources and helping services operate within agreed budgets. The role requires flexibility to work within a nominally fixed timetable to meet the changing needs of patients and the service.

As a senior leader within the Directorate, you will promote effective multidisciplinary team working, undertake managerial responsibilities as required, supervise junior staff and contribute to appraisal and performance management processes. You will also ensure compliance with Trust and departmental policies and procedures.

Teaching and training are central to this role. You will support the education, supervision and career development of junior doctors and contribute to the training of medical students, nursing staff, paramedics and trainees from other specialties through partnerships with the University of Cambridge and the University of East Anglia.

Main duties of the job

Provide expert clinical leadership in the assessment, diagnosis and management of patients, ensuring timely decision-making, appropriate intervention and continuous review of care plans to deliver safe, effective and high-quality patient outcomes.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • MBBS or equivalent medical qualification.
  • CICM (previously FFICM) or eligible for ACICM

Desirable

  • FRCA/FRCEM/FRCP or equivalent
  • Other professional qualification or higher degree e.g., in medical education, clinical research or management

Entry Criteria

Essential

  • Full Registration and a licence to practise with the General Medical Council.
  • Entry on GMC Specialist Register (CCT) or within six months of receipt of Certificate of Completion of specialist training at the time of interview.
  • At least three years of experience working within the National Health Service of the UK.
  • Wide experience in critical care and another acute specialty
  • Experience of teaching trainees to a standard required by the RCoA (with evidence of suitable teaching / supervision qualification).

Professional Values & Behaviours, Skills and Knowledge

Essential

  • Meets the criteria set out in the Specialist generic capabilities framework

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 30 November 2026

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