Consultant in Critical Care Medicine

at  North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust

All of the predictable and unpredictable DCC work of this post is annualised. In addition to the Critical Care on-call commitment, the successful applicants job plan will consist of a flexible number of clinical sessions per week for their allied specialty to an agreed annualised total. The example shown below is for a 10 PA contract (8.5 DCC and 1.5 SPA). The exact job plan will be agreed with the post-holder, Critical Care and allied specialty on appointment.
The on call rota is published for the entire year allowing flexibility with the allied specialty rota. Fixed non-clinical days may be negotiated with the base specialty department. The Critical Care on-call commitment is based around four weeks in twelve (see figure below for 10PA contract example). Week 1: four 8am-6pm day shifts (Monday to Thursday).
Weeks 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11 and 12: a combination of your Allied Specialty and daytime second on Consultant for Critical Care sessions (4-8 sessions per week depending on job plan). Week 4: three alternate nights on-call (5pm-10pm resident then 10pm-8am on-call from home). Week 8: three 8am-6pm day shifts (Friday, Saturday and Sunday). Week 10: four alternate nights on call (5pm-10pm resident, then 10pm-8am on-call)

Please refer the Job description for details