Consultant in Critical Care Medicine

NHS Medical & Dental:
Consultant

Main area

Intensive Care Medicine

Grade

NHS Medical & Dental:
Consultant

Contract

12 months (Locum Consultant for period of 12 months)

Hours

Full time - 40 hours per week (10 PA contract.)

Job

287-ASUR-164-25

Department name

LUH - Medical Staffing

Site

Aintree Universiity Hospital

Town

Liverpool

Salary

£109,725 - £145,478 Per annum

Salary period

Yearly

Closing

22/02/2026 23:59

The Trust wishes to appoint a locum Consultant in Critical Care Medicine (Single or dual speciality, full time 10PA). The vacancy has arisen from creation of a new position to improve the resilience of the service. Liverpool University Hospitals Foundation Trust is one of the largest teaching hospital trusts in the country. The combined Critical Care Departments comprise approximately 60 Critical Care beds.

Aintree University Hospital houses the supra-regional service for vascular surgery, maxillo-facial and ENT surgery, respiratory medicine and endocrinology as well as Acute Medicine and Emergency General surgery. Since 2012, Aintree has been the regional Major Trauma Centre as a part of Mersey and Cheshire Trauma Centre collaborative. Aintree is also provides the region's hyper acute stroke services. The person appointed will be based at the Aintree site and will be a member of the Critical Care department within the Division of Surgery.

Duties will be undertaken in conjunction with Consultant colleagues. Main duties of the job The Critical Care Department at University Hospital Aintree is a purpose built 31 bed combined Level 2 and 3 unit. The unit is currently funded for 14 beds at Level 3 and 12 at level 2. The actual daily composition of level 2 and 3 beds is fluid and depends on patient case-mix.

There are between  admissions per year of which 25% are elective surgical patients and approximately 500 level 3 patients are admitted annually. Approximately 100 patients per year require renal support. A full range of organ support is provided including RRT and PiCCO. There is a Critical Care follow-up clinic and an outreach service. The unit benefits from dedicated cover from Medical Microbiology, Pharmacy, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Psychology, Speech & Language Therapy and Dietetics.

We have a close working relationship with our colleagues in the regional Respiratory Centre and long term weaning unit (VIC- based at Aintree). The department provides 24/7 resident Consultant Intensivist cover and operates a truly 7 day service. Working for our organisation Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital. We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust.

The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients. UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond. For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women's Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year.

The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services. For roles at Liverpool Women's, visit their careers page.

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