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We wish to appoint a consultant colleague to join the Critical Care team at Glasgow Royal Infirmary to provide critical care services The successful candidate will join a cohesive and friendly team of Intensive Care Consultants. The group is committed to improving all aspects of the care we provide and as such we have developed a strong focus on quality improvement in recent years.
The critical care unit is normally a mixed 20 bedded area (12 level 3 beds and 8 level 2 beds) arranged as 2 co–located units of 10 beds.
There are currently 14 substantive consultants who provide care to intensive care, as well as services to their base specialty. The consultants generally work in units of 4 days (Monday – Thursday) and 3 days (Friday – Sunday).
At present, on call is provided on 1:15 first on (overnight) and 1:15 second on (additional evening cover Monday – Friday, additional daytime cover Saturday and Sunday).
Minimum unit staffing is one consultant and one trainee for each 10 bedded unit. There may also be senior trainees in intensive care medicine or from other medical specialties.
There is one foundation year trainee ( this will increase to three trainees in 2022) and three substantive Advanced Critical Care Practitioners, with a plan to increase further.
Glasgow Royal Infirmary provides tertiary care for Burns, Pancreatic disease, complex Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery, Bariatric Surgery, Abdominal and Musculoskeletal Sarcoma Surgery and Gynaecological cancer. The Regional Plastics service and the Invasive Placental Disease service are also located at Glasgow Royal Infirmary.
We have an active research programme, in conjunction with the University department of Anaesthesia, Pain and Critical Care. The existing consultant body has varied interests and expertise including health improvement, trauma, education, ventilation and respiratory disease, ethics, diagnostic error and academic critical care.
The job plan outside critical care will be in Anaesthesia. It may also be possible to undertake some sessions in academic critical care.
Applicants must have full GMC Registration, a license to practise and be eligible for inclusion in the GMC Specialist Register. Those trained in the UK should have evidence of higher specialist training leading to CCT or eligibility for specialist registration (CESR) or be within 6 months of confirmed entry from the date of interview. Non-UK trained applicants must demonstrate equivalent training