Consultant in Adult Critical Care

Job summary

Full-time substantive Consultant appointment with a responsibility to Adult Critical Care at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.

A recent vacancy has created the need for a Consultant in Adult Critical Care at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust. The posts emphasis will be on Adult Critical Care for clinical work, however there will be opportunities for teaching, administration and development.

The contract will be for 10.0 PAs, split into 6.0 DCC PAs in Critical Care and 1.5 core SPA (plus 0.5 PAs for the first year). The remaining 2 PA could be utilised for further clinical or non-clinical work in critical care or in an associated speciality such as Anaesthesia to support the successful appointees clinical experience and qualifications. The new Consultant will join the existing Team NUH workforce of 38 substantive Critical Care Consultants who work closely together and act as a very supportive group with a determined team ethos.

This contributes to the provision of an ideal supportive environment for new consultant appointments into the advertised post.

Main duties of the jobThe new Consultant will join the existing Team NUH workforce of 38 substantive Critical Care Consultants who work closely together and act as a very supportive group with a determined team ethos. This contributes to the provision of an ideal supportive environment for new consultant appointments into the advertised post.

The successful candidate will be expected to undertake formalised critical care rotations and must be able to work flexibly across the Queen's Medical Centre (QMC) and Nottingham City Hospital (NCH) campuses. A successful candidate will only be expected to take part in the adult critical care out of hours duty roster. Night on call frequency is currently 1:9 and weekend on call frequency 1:4.5. However, this is an annualised total and therefore may be more frequent than this over a 6 month period.

This may change in the future with planned expansion in critical care bed numbers and consultant workforce.

The successful applicant will also be expected to carry out teaching duties as required.

New consultants will be able to choose a mentor from the existing Critical Care consultant team.

About us At NUH we provide a range of national and internationally renowned specialist services and are at the forefront of new surgical procedures and research programmes. We are home to the East Midlands Major Trauma Centre, the Nottingham Children's Hospital and in partnership with the University of Nottingham we host a Biomedical Research Centre.

As a teaching hospital, we are instrumental in the education and training of doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals. We are proud of our strong relationships with universities across the East Midlands.

This is an exciting time to join NUH and help support our future ambitions.

The critical care area on QMC Campus is divided into a 29-bedded Intensive Care (Level 3 beds) and a geographically separate 20-bedded level 2 high dependency area. Major surgical subspecialty interests at QMC are Trauma, Neurosurgery, Emergency Orthopaedics, Hepatobiliary Surgery, Vascular Surgery, Maxillofacial and ENT surgery and Spinal Surgery.

The Critical Care Department at the City campus has 17 beds that are used flexibly. The unit was completely refurbished in 2013. The major subspecialty interests at the City Hospital Campus are Cardiac Surgery (with separate CICU), Thoracic Surgery, Upper GI Surgery, Elective Orthopaedics, Urology, Burns and Plastics, Renal Medicine, Oncology, Haematology and Respiratory Medicine, Elective Colorectal surgery.

Details Date posted
02 September 2026

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade Consultant Salary
113,565 to 150,569 a year

per annum

Contract Permanent Working  pattern

Full-time

Reference number

Job locations

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

NottinghamNG7 2UH
United Kingdom Job description

Job responsibilities

The appointee will be expected to fulfil the following duties with the agreed Job Plan. Clinical Responsibility for the management of patients admitted under their care. This will be a full range of surgical and medical emergency patients. Provision with Consultant colleagues of a comprehensive elective and emergency service. Provision of reciprocal cover for periods of leave. Continuing responsibility for the care of patients in their charge and the proper functioning of the department.

Cover for short term absences or periods of sick…