Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine

Job Description

CONSULTANT IN INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE (WITH A SPECIALIST INTEREST) (2 POSTS – PERMANENT AND FIXED TERM FOR 12 MONTHS) VICTORIA HOSPITAL, KIRKCALDY REF NO: 014761 Applications are welcome for the above full-time posts based at the Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy. We are looking to appoint an intensive care medicine consultant with an associated specialist interest to complement a department of 9 ICM consultants in a busy District General Hospital. The posts will attract 2 SPA’s to support service development, departmental extra-clinical commitments and personal administration. On-call commitments will cover ICU and may include a resident component in the future. The ICU at Victoria Hospital has 10 beds, with approximately 400 level 3 patients admitted annually. We provide critical care for a wide range of general medicine and surgery patients. Onsite surgical specialties requiring critical care support include General Surgery, ENT, Maxillofacial, Obstetrics, Trauma and Orthopaedics. We expect that any base specialty interest could be accommodated, including anaesthesia, renal and respiratory medicine. Sub-specialist interests in anaesthesia such as obstetrics, regional anaesthesia, colorectal, day case anaesthesia and pre assessment could be accommodated. The successful candidate will have a medical post graduate qualification (i.e. FRCA, MRCP, FFICM, etc.) and be on the Specialist Register or within six months of a Certificate of Completion of Training at the time of interview. NHS Fife has an active postgraduate medical centre with fully stocked libraries and a comprehensive teaching programme with close links to Dundee, Edinburgh and St Andrews Medical Schools. Personal development is encouraged, as we are keen for individuals to pursue and develop special interests. This post may be eligible for Tier 2 sponsorship if no suitable UK or EEA National is identified. For informal discussions contact Dr Ross Simmons, Clinical Lead Anaesthetics onExt 23625 or Dr Robert Thompson, ICU Lead onExt 21623. Closing Date: Friday 7th August 2020 Interview Date: To Be Confirmed. CONSULTANT IN INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE (WITH A SPECIALIST INTEREST)40 HOURS PER WEEK, PERMANENT POSTVICTORIA HOSPITAL, KIRKCALDYREF NO: 038451Applications are welcome for the above full-time post based at the Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy.We are looking to appoint an intensive care medicine consultant with an associated specialist interest to complement a department of 9 ICM consultants in a busy District General Hospital. The posts will attract 2 SPA’s to support service development, departmental extra-clinical commitments and personal administration. On-call commitments will cover ICU and may include a resident component in the future. The ICU at Victoria Hospital has 10 beds, with approximately 400 level 3 patients admitted annually.We provide critical care for a wide range of general medicine and surgery patients. Onsite surgical specialties requiring critical care support include General Surgery, ENT, Maxillofacial, Obstetrics, Trauma and Orthopaedics. We expect that any base specialty interest could be accommodated, including anaesthesia, renal and respiratory medicine. Sub-specialist interests in anaesthesia such as obstetrics, regional anaesthesia, colorectal, day case anaesthesia and pre assessment could be accommodated.The successful candidate will have a medical post graduate qualification (i.e. FRCA, MRCP, FFICM, etc.) and be on the Specialist Register or within six months of a Certificate of Completion of Training at the time of interview.NHS Fife has an active postgraduate medical centre with fully stocked libraries and a comprehensive teaching programme with close links to Dundee, Edinburgh and St Andrews Medical Schools. Personal development is encouraged, as we are keen for individuals to pursue and develop special interests.This post may be eligible for Tier 2 sponsorship if no suitable UK or EEA National is identified.For informal discussions contact Dr Ross Simmons, Clinical Lead Anaesthetics onExt 23625 or Dr Robert Thompson, ICU Lead onExt 21623.Details of all NHS Scotland Medical Vacancies can be found at