• Job Description

  Req#: C9252-25-0254?language=en&page=407&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  This is a job advertisement for a Substantive Consultant in Adult Intensive Care medicine. This is open to anyone with on the GMC specialist register for Intensive Care Medicine. Any dual CCT candidates are welcome to apply and we will do our best to accommodate the other speciality of interest in the Hospital including anaesthesia / acute medicine / emergency medicine.

  Main duties of the job

  This role involves caring for all adult critically ill patients at Darent Valley Hospital, whether they are in or outside the ICU (Critical Care without Boundaries). These duties can be generally divided into a hot week component, outreach component, and on-call component.

  The hot week on ICU is a 4.5-day block commitment, including 4 full days (0800-1900) from Monday to Thursday and a half day on Friday (0800-1400). The handover to the on-call consultant starts at 1800 from Monday to Thursday and at 1300 on Friday. The current frequency is 1:10. Consultants do not take any leave during this week to maintain continuity of care.

  About us

  Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust (DGT) is a dynamic and transforming Trust, committed to delivering the highest quality service to the communities it serves. DGT is an organisation that is genuinely committed to making you feel valued and important by supporting your physical and mental wellbeing, your career development and your general enjoyment of work.

  There is an excellent Postgraduate Centre at Darent Valley Hospital. This provides lecture and tutorial rooms and a dining room. Numerous meetings for Hospital Doctors and General Practitioners are held at the centre. There are regular educational sessions and meetings covering Case Presentation, Journal club, Histopathology joint meetings, General, Urological and Vascular X-ray meetings and Mammography Meetings.

  We committed to the concepts of equality and diversity. You are required to fulfil your responsibilities under this policy and to ensure that no individual receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of their gender, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, religion, creed, colour, race, ethnic or national origin, HIV status, age, social background, trade union membership or non-membership and is not placed at a disadvantage by requirements or conditions which cannot be shown to be justifiable.

  Details

  Date posted

  28 July 2025

  Pay scheme

  Hospital medical and dental staff

  Grade

  Consultant

  Salary

  £105,504 to £139,882 a year per annum

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  252-2025-028

  Job locations

  Dartford NHS Trust

  Darenth wood road

  Dartford

  DA2 8DA

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  A formal job plan will be agreed between the appointee and their Clinical Director on behalf of the Medical Director, after the commencement date of the appointee.

  The job plans will then be reviewed annually, following the Appraisal Meeting. The Job Plan will be a prospective agreement that sets out a consultants duties, responsibilities and objectives for the coming year. It should cover all aspects of a consultants professional practice including clinical work, teaching, research, education and managerial responsibilities. It should provide a clear schedule of commitments, both internal and external. In addition, it should include personal objectives, including details of their link to wider service goals and details of the support required by the consultant to fulfil the job plan and his/her objectives.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  A formal job plan will be agreed between the appointee and their Clinical Director on behalf of the Medical Director, after the commencement date of the appointee.

  The job plans will then be reviewed annually, following the Appraisal Meeting. The Job Plan will be a prospective agreement that sets out a consultants duties, responsibilities and objectives for the coming year. It should cover all aspects of a consultants professional practice including clinical work, teaching, research, education and managerial responsibilities. It should provide a clear schedule of commitments, both internal and external. In addition, it should include personal objectives, including details of their link to wider service goals and details of the support required by the consultant to fulfil the job plan and his/her objectives.

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • MBBS or equivalen
  • FFICM or equivalent
  • On the specialist register for Intensive Care Medicine.
  • scheduled to obtain this within 6 months of the date of interview but before starting in post.

  Desirable

  • FRCA, FCEM, or MRCP

  Training and experience

  Essential

  • Broad experience in Intensive Care Medicine suitable for a DGH setting
  • Demonstration of commitment to ICM such as relevant audits, publications, introduction of guidelines, relevant courses etc.

  Desirable

  • Able to look after sick children while awaiting retrieval along with the anaesthetic and paediatric consultant.
  • Interest in critical care ultrasound.

  Administration

  Essential

  • Experience of organisation and running of ICU in a busy DGH anaesthetic department

  Desirable

  • Familiar with current structure of the National Health Service and conversant with recent initiatives and changes

  Management

  Essential

  • Ability to manage a large team from various disciplines and delegate appropriately.
  • An in depth understanding of the NHS in general - its challenges and its relevance to the consultant role.

  Desirable

  • Management course and/or qualification

  Research and Publications

  Essential

  • Able to demonstrate an interest in research.
  • Able to appraise research and audit results and apply the information in daily practice.

  Desirable

  • Experience of clinical research culminating in publication. Publication of review articles or case reports
  • Research Methodology Course.

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • MBBS or equivalen
  • FFICM or equivalent
  • On the specialist register for Intensive Care Medicine.
  • scheduled to obtain this within 6 months of the date of interview but before starting in post.

  Desirable

  • FRCA, FCEM, or MRCP

  Training and experience

  Essential

  • Broad experience in Intensive Care Medicine suitable for a DGH setting
  • Demonstration of commitment to ICM such as relevant audits, publications, introduction of guidelines, relevant courses etc.

  Desirable

  • Able to look after sick children while awaiting retrieval along with the anaesthetic and paediatric consultant.
  • Interest in critical care ultrasound.

  Administration

  Essential

  • Experience of organisation and running of ICU in a busy DGH anaesthetic department

  Desirable

  • Familiar with current structure of the National Health Service and conversant with recent initiatives and changes

  Management

  Essential

  • Ability to manage a large team from various disciplines and delegate appropriately.
  • An in depth understanding of the NHS in general - its challenges and its relevance to the consultant role.

  Desirable

  • Management course and/or qualification

  Research and Publications

  Essential

  • Able to demonstrate an interest in research.
  • Able to appraise research and audit results and apply the information in daily practice.

  Desirable

  • Experience of clinical research culminating in publication. Publication of review articles or case reports
  • Research Methodology Course.

  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).

  Additional information

  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

  Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust

  Address

  Dartford NHS Trust

  Darenth wood road

  Dartford

  DA2 8DA

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.dgt.nhs.uk/working-for-us (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust

  Address

  Dartford NHS Trust

  Darenth wood road

  Dartford

  DA2 8DA

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.dgt.nhs.uk/working-for-us (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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