Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine

Job overview

An opportunity to join a bright and dynamic Critical Care department where you will be mentored and supported to flourish in your career where many opportunities are available across a major tertiary working in one of the largest Trusts in England.

Manchester University Foundation Trust represents an exciting opportunity to work within a leading Trust that provides a wide range of tertiary specialties in medicine and surgery. A consultant in Intensive Care Medicine will have the opportunity to work within a dynamic department that leads in quality clinical care. Candidates with complementary specialty training will have the opportunity to accommodate a complementary specialty in job plan.

Desirable experiences would include experience in different hospitals / departments where opportunities to develop leadership and management experience have been fully utilised. Evidence of team working is essential.

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An exciting opportunity has emerged for a high quality candidate to join the critical care team as a Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) was formed on 1st October 2017 following the merger of Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CMFT) and University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust (UHSM).

The Trust comprises of Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester Royal Eye Hospital, University Dental Hospital of Manchester, St Mary’s Hospital for Women, The Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital, Trafford General Hospital, Wythenshawe Hospital, Altrincham Hospital and Withington Community Hospital.

MFT is in partnership with the Manchester Academic Health Science Centre (MAHSC) which provides patients and clinicians with rapid access to the latest discoveries, and improving the quality and effectiveness of patient care.  

Through extensive local, national and global collaborations, MAHSC is becoming a major biomedical and health hub, providing clinical and research leadership and helping healthcare organisations to reap the benefits of research and innovation to drive improvements in care.

Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a major UK teaching hospital with an exceptionally strong academic and research base.

Working for our organisation

MFT is England’s largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we’ve launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.