About this role
Job summary
We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our team in Critical Care Medicine.
This post (registrar equivalent) in critical care medicine is rotational throughout critical care at Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
The post is available from 6 August 2026 until 3 August 2027. Note this post is critical care only (no formal anaesthesia placements). A minimum of 2 years clinical experience in the UK in ICM, anaesthesia or general medicine is required, including at least 3 months ICM and suitable advanced airway skills. The post is suitable for applicants who have completed core training in an ICM partner specialty (anaesthetics/internal medicine/emergency medicine) that would allow application to ST3 ICM training.
GMC registration is required: this post is not suitable for MTI programme sponsorship.
In addition to the challenges of the role, we can offer you a commitment to teaching, education, research and audit.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Main duties of the job
This role is for clinicians at registrar level interested in working with a dynamic and broad MDT within the critical care units across Newcastle Hospitals. The post is intended to provide experience in adult critical care medicine including intensive care training equivalent to that recommended by the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine.
Successful candidates will be expected to have completed foundation training, have 2 years post foundation experience in acute specialties (anaesthetics/emergency medicine/internal medicine/ACCS) in the NHS and to be competent to work with indirect supervision within the intensive care unit. Prior experience in intensive care is required - 3 months minimum. Evidence of suitable advanced airways skills is also required.
Part of the role includes management of referrals from other departments within the hospital, including wards, medical admissions units and Emergency Department and providing medical support for the nursing outreach service. Supervision and teaching of more junior critical care residents is an important part of this post.
For an informal discussion and further information regarding the opportunity and Directorate, please contact: Dr Claire Mitchell Consultant in Critical Care and Anaesthesia, telephone 0191 282 9815 or via email [email protected]
Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification.
About us
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion. We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We're also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients 'contacts' each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people's race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Job description Job responsibilities
Clinical:
The post holder will take part in a full shift rota, along with other trainees, which provides 24-hour care for patients including weekends and night shifts. This includes:
immediate responsibility for care of critical care patients
responsible for the admission and discharge of patients
liaising with other departments and specialties as appropriate
maintaining inpatient records
ordering routine and emergency investigations and receiving and reviewing their results
managing routine and unexpected problems on the critical care unit as they arise
reviewing and admitting new admissions and referrals from both the emergency department and wards.
transfer of patients as appropriate
compliance with trust and departmental protocols and guidelines
As the post holder will be responsible for the assessment and management of critically ill patients with indirect supervision, significant prior experience in intensive care medicine is essential including advanced airway skills and excellent written and spoken English.
Flexibility:
In line with the Trusts core value of placing patients at the heart of everything we do, we are developing our service provision to be responsive to the needs of our patients. To meet those needs some staff groups will be increasingly asked to work a more flexible work pattern so that they can offer services in the evening or weekend. As a result any offer of employment to a consultant post will be subject to you agreeing to work a new more flexible pattern or working in the future if required, including evening and weekend work.
Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications Essential
Primary Medical Qualification Full GMC registration with license to practice Satisfactory completion of foundation training or equivalent.
Desirable
Post graduate intensive care qualification (or part of). Post graduate qualification in anaesthesia or medicine/emergency medicine at a level suitable for ICM ST3 application.
Clinical Skills and Knowledge Essential
Relevant UK NHS clinical experience- 24 months Post graduate experience in medicine/anaesthesia/ICM/emergency medicine 3 months postgraduate ICM experience (post foundation) Evidence of suitable advanced airway skills. Up to date and valid Advanced life support. Good history & examination skills Knows when to appropriately seek assistance from a senior colleague Written evidence of satisfactory training to date e.g. workplace assessments Suitable procedural skills for ST3, i.e CVC, arterial line
Desirable
6 months prior experience in Intensive care post Foundation level. 6 months prior experience in anaesthesia. Prior general medical training. Experience of advanced vascular access and relevant procedural skills.
Management and Administration Experience Essential
Committed to share in professional, managerial and teaching responsibilities necessary to fulfil the obligations of the Directorate to the Trust and its workforce. Able to communicate well with patients and colleagues An understanding of Clinical Governance
Desirable
Proven management and administration ability. Understanding of management goals Experience with audit Evidence of leadership / project management Evidence of having implemented change
Teaching Essential
Experience of supervising junior staff Ability to teach clinical skills.
Desirable
PgCert in Med Ed Teaching course (i.e Train the Trainer, GIC). Evidence with teaching QI/research/audit Evidence of contribution to Medical Student Assessment. Evidence of feedback from teaching
Clinical Governance, Audit and Research Essential
Experience of audit projects
Desirable
Research experience Completion of Good Clinical Practice
Communication, Relationships and Working with Colleagues Essential
Ability to communicate and liaise effectively with patients and other people within a team. Ability to work as a team with professional colleagues in all disciplines Full GMC registration with license to practice to fulfil language requirements.
Desirable
UK medical school qualification
Personal Attributes Essential
Alignment with the Trust's Values. Flexible approach to service delivery and committed approach to development A commitment to personal / unit CPD Time management skills Application form fully completed
Desirable
Evidence of leadership skills. IT literate.
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).
Employer details Employer name The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address Freeman Hospital
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 4LP
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://careers.nuth.nhs.uk/why-us (Opens in a new tab)