Critical Care Consultant: Sponsorship Available

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

The Department of Critical Care is seeking a Consultant Intensivist to join our accomplished and forward-thinking team. We are dedicated to delivering exceptional critical care placing our patients at the centre of everything we do. Our successful candidates will have the opportunity to maintain specialist skills whilst developing expertise in areas such as cardiothoracic critical care, VV and VA-ECMO, cardiogenic shock, perioperative critical care, haematology-oncology critical care, HDU, outreach services, optimisation of EPIC workflows, and research in critical care. We provide comprehensive care for patients with complex medical and surgical conditions, managing a wide spectrum of medical and surgical emergencies.

We provide tertiary critical care across the region and have established an international reputation for clinical excellence and pioneering research. The units are equipped with advanced monitoring, point-of-care testing, and the EPIC electronic health care system for efficient documentation and prescribing.

Our role extends from the emergency department through wards, theatres, and external referrals. We maintain a fully funded critical care follow-up clinic. We have an established 24/7 outreach service, ensuring emergency critical care is delivered wherever our patients need us in the Trust.

Main duties of the job

Provide High-Quality Care to Patients: Maintain professional registration and clinical competence while delivering timely, patient-centred care collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team.

Research, Teaching and Training: Support research governance, deliver high-quality multidisciplinary education, and undertake appropriate supervisory, appraisal and training responsibilities.

Performance Management: Work with clinical and managerial colleagues to improve clinical outcomes, patient flow, operational efficiency, data quality and financial performance.

Medical Staff Management: Ensure safe and contract-compliant resident doctor staffing through effective rota and leave management, supervision, recruitment, objective-setting and appraisal.

Governance: Monitor clinical outcomes, lead audit and incident learning, implement standards and guidance, promote infection prevention, and respond promptly to reports and complaints.

Strategy and Business Planning: Contribute to directorate and Trust planning and objectives, while representing the organisation at relevant external clinical networks and meetings.

Leadership and Team Working: Provide effective leadership, promote multidisciplinary and partnership working, chair specialty meetings, manage conflict constructively and comply with absence procedures.

Person Specification

Professional Qualification

Essential

  • Full GMC Registration, Entry on the Specialist Registrar with CCT in ICM, FFICM

Desirable

  • A higher degree (PhD, MD or equivalent).

Clinical Experience

Essential

  • Comprehensive clinical experience in Intensive Care.

Desirable

  • Expertise in undergraduate education, simulation, outreach, pulmonary hypertension, echocardiography, human factors, transport, major incident planning or ECMO.

Clinical Skills

Essential

  • Ability to work as an effective member of a multidisciplinary team.

Desirable

  • Ability to think strategically for service improvement.

Audit Management & IT

Essential

  • Understanding of the principles and applications of clinical audit

Desirable

  • Ability to improve clinical elements of EHR systems

Research, Teaching skill & experience

Essential

  • Understanding of the principles and applications of clinical research and experience of undergraduate teaching and post graduate training.

Desirable

  • Ability to attract funding for research projects, as part of the overall ICU research strategy an advantage, teaching qualification and simulation module leadership and curriculum development, human factors, undergraduate training.

Data management

Essential

  • Understanding and interpretation of complex clinical datasets and ability to use data-driven insights to inform clinical decision-making

Desirable

  • Experience with statistical analysis and data visualization tools and advanced skills in leveraging electronic health record systems for data management and analysis

Leadership / Management skills

Essential

  • Evidence of understanding of the role of clinical management.

Desirable

  • Management training or qualification and evidence of leadership in the development of clinical services.

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: 28 October 2026

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