Consultant ICM/Anaesthesia

Job Description

We are seeking a new substantive Consultant Intensivist/Anaesthetist colleague to join our friendly and proactive department at Ipswich Hospital, part of East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT). This new post has been developed as we expand our permanent workforce. We are a strong and supportive department and are looking for a long term colleague, who can bring their own skills and attributes to the department. Details of the proposed job plan are within the job description.The Critical Care is a 22 bedded modern facility that occupies the entire first floor of the Garrett Anderson Centre. It is an integrated ICU and HDU with 4 negative pressure side rooms and a dedicated fully equipped paediatric room. Every bed space is equipped with Hamilton intellivent ventilators, we have 8 haemofilter machines; and are advocates of point of care Ultrasound and ECHO. In addition we have an excellent electrophysiology service with the capability of continuous EEG monitoring.The unit has been paperless since 2008 and is currently upgrading its CIS system. We have been continuously submitting data to the ICNARC Case Mix Programme since its inception in 1994, and have consistently excellent outcome data. Last year we had 861 admissions – 56% medical, 24% elective surgery, 20% emergency surgery. The elective surgical workload includes major spinal, colorectal and gynae oncology.There is an active research programme coordinated by two research nurses. The unit also supports an expanding Critical Care Outreach service and a post ICU follow up clinic; as well as trainee Advanced Critical Care Practitioners.The unit is a fully accredited centre for basic and advanced level ICM (Stage 3) training by the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine; and runs a rolling tutorial programme – coordinated by the FICM tutor; as well as supporting regional teaching within East of England Deanery.The unit also teaches final year Cambridge Medical Students.There are 9 Critical Care consultants at present. The unit is covered by 2 consultants each week to ensure continuity of care. The job plan is split into Intensive care weeks and anaesthesia weeks as a result.At Ipswich there are 19 operating theatres in five suites and undertake all usual DGH work, with the addition of major gynae-oncology, the tertiary spinal surgery service and visiting tertiary specialties (e.g. paediatric orthopaedics, urology and plastics). Our regional tertiary referral centre for spinal surgery provides 2 lists per day and a wide variety of interesting spinal operating including posterior cervical surgery, ALIF/XLIF and scoliosis surgery. We have a very proactive regional block ethos, across all specialties with ultrasound machines in each suite and access to the latest NRFit block needles, catheters and elastomeric pumps. The continuous regional block service is well supported by the acute pain team, with continuous blocks now first line for patients with pain from laparotomies, multiple rib fractures and lower limb amputation. Ipswich Hospital has close to 4000 deliveries per year, providing a high standard of obstetric care, 24-hour epidural service and high-risk obstetric anaesthetic clinic.For further details / informal visits contact:Dr Richard Lloyd - Clinical Lead for Critical CareEmail: richard.lloyd@esneft.nhs.ukorDr Hugo Boyce - Clinical Director for AnaesthesiaEmail: hugo.boyce@esneft.nhs.uk