Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine and Anaesthesia in RLI

Job overview

Applications are welcomed for a highly motivated Consultant Anaesthetist/ Intensivist post based at Royal Lancaster Infirmary. 

Applicants must be on the specialist register or be within six months of their expected date of CCT at the time of interview.

The hospital is a trust of 5 site bases with intensive care departments on 2 of its larger sites and theatres on 3 of the 5 sites. You will predominantly be based at the Royal Lancaster Infirmary covering the Intensive Care Unit. You will join a department of 8 Consultants with several Specialists, Specialty Doctors and ACCP’s.

Depending upon your clinical skills the successful candidate could have the opportunity to work in main theatres covering maternity, gynaecology, orthopaedic and trauma, ophthalmology and ENT while also attending our Westmorland General Hospital that focuses primarily on Elective Surgery.

Interview date for this role is tbc

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You will work in the Intensive Care Unit at Royal Lancaster Infirmary participating in a 1:8 consultant of the week and non-resident on call rota. Prospective cover for annual and study leave is in place.

The post holder will be expected to follow the job plan and manage their own work programme, within Trust policy & procedures. This post is based at Royal Lancaster Infirmary. The direct clinical care work on the 10 PA contract will initially comprise 8.5 PAs for clinical care and 1.5 SPA. Clinical activity in a complementary specialty will be considered alongside intensive care medicine.

On-call: 1:8 Non-Resident in Intensive Care Unit at Royal Lancaster Infirmary.

Working for our organisation

UHMB has a keen interest and extensive involvement in Medical and Dental Education at both Undergraduate and Postgraduate levels. We work in partnership with Health Education England North West (HEENW), the General Medical Council (GMC) and our local medical schools, to provide quality education and training which meets the requirements of these regulatory bodies as well as the Trust’s high standards of patient care. 

 UHMBT provide clinical placements for Medical Students from Lancaster Medical School and Medical Students and Student Physician Associates from the University of Central Lancashire. 

We also provide training for our doctors in training, specialty doctors and GP trainees as well as supporting the development of our consultant educators.

The Hospitals are situated on the edge of the Lake District, surrounded by an area of natural beauty offering outdoor and recreational activities, relating to the sea, lakes and fells.