10 sessions per week (ITU 3 days per week)
Permanent
Salary: £113,565 - £150,569 per annum
Closing Date: Tuesday 21st July 2026
Interview Date: Monday 17th August 2026
**This post may close early due to high numbers of applications, so you are advised to apply promptly. **
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This post is for a consultant in Intensive Care (single specialty/dual trained with Anaesthesia or Emergency Medicine/ or completing CESR application).
This is a whole-time post offering an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated clinician to join a dynamic, rapidly expanding team delivering multidisciplinary acute care in George Eliot Hospital Nuneaton
Applicants are required to be fully registered with the General Medical Council, and to be on the Specialist Register, due to obtain their CCT within six months of the date of interview or has CESR application underway.
The appointee is expected to be involved in the department’s undergraduate, postgraduate and other appropriate educational activities.
The appointee will have a responsibility for the running of their clinical service, integrating this with the department as a whole and ensuring appropriate communication with anaesthetists, other specialities, managers, and hospital committees. The appointee will be responsible for contributing to the achievement of relevant aspects of the Trust’s contractual obligations and business plans.
Here at George Eliot our vision to ‘ excel at patient care’ takes centre stage. An ever evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate staff who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do. Our values are not just words on a piece of paper, they bond us together, reflect our ambition and shape who we are:
E ffective Open Communication
e x cellence and safety in everything we do
C hallenge but support
E xpect respect and dignity
L ocal health that inspires confidence
Benefits: On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, in house training and development, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.
If you are applying for a Domestic Assistant or Health Care Assistant role you may be eligible for the refer a friend scheme – find out more here: https://www.geh.nhs.uk/about-us/people-and-workforce/vacancies/refer-friend-scheme
We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic consultant with an interest in Intensive care. This post provides an opportunity for the appointee to introduce new ideas and contribute to the progress of the Intensive care department. The post holder is expected to participate in weekday Intensive care cover with some weekend activity.
The appointee will, together with consultant colleagues, be responsible for the provision of critical care medicine to the Trust.
Responsibilities:
Provide safe, evidence-based critical care medicine.
Maintain and improve standards and quality of critical care services.
Supervise and train junior staff in both critical cares as required.
Maintain skills and update knowledge base meeting the Continuing Education and Professional Development requirements of the relevant professional body e.g. Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine, Royal College of Physicians, Royal College of Anaesthetists.
Participate in the audit programme of the Department.
Attend departmental and governance meeting
This post will attract a job plan of 10 PA’s of which 8.5 PA’s will be for direct patient care. Further clinical sessions may be undertaken by mutual consent and with suitable recompense. This job plan may be amended in consultation with the post holder as Trust developments evolve, and as part of the appraisal process.
Outline weekly job plan
Noting that 1PA - 4hrs, a draft proposed job plan comprising 10 PA's is as follows:
Each day consist of a shift from 8 am – 6 pm with handover incorporated into this period.
Day
AM
PM
PA
Monday
ICU (DCC)
ICU (DCC)
2.5
Tuesday
ICU (DCC)
ICU (DCC)
2.5
Wednesday
Non - NHS
Non - NHS
0
Thursday
SPA
SPA
1.5
Friday
ICU (DCC)
ICU (DCC)
2.5
Weekend Cover
1.0
Notes:
This is a Specimen Job Plan and the final job plan will be negotiated on appointment. The weekdays highlighted are merely used for demonstration purposes and will not necessarily be the days agreed after successful appointment.
SPA = Supporting Professional Activity 1.5 PA will be allocated to the successful
applicant on appointment for the first year of appointment.
The successful candidate will not be expected to cover the ICU outside the advertised 8 am-6 pm rota. These shifts will be provided by our anaesthetic/ICM colleagues.
Weekend work will be twice a month and will consist of either Saturday or Sunday[not both] and will be a shift from 8 am and 6 pm. There will be adequate anaesthetic coverage of the nearby obstetric and emergency theatres to provide support if needed.
The appointee will be expected to take an active part in Undergraduate and Postgraduate teaching and training and in this respect, as long as you remain a Consultant within the Trust, you will have an opportunity to become an Honorary clinical lecturer at University of Warwick.
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Weeks 1-5
SPA
NWD
NWD
NWD
OFF
OFF
Week 6
SPA
NWD
NWD
NWD
OFF
8am-5pm
