Consultant in Adult Critical Care | Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust


Company:	Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts
Salary:	£113,565 - £150,569 per annum
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Nottingham, NG7 2UH
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	2 Sept 2026
Closing date:	2 Oct 2026

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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.

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.

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.

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 leave.

These duties are subject to review in the light of the changing requirements of the service. If alterations to the described duties are required these will be mutually agreed between the appointee, their consultant colleagues and the Trust.

The person appointed will be required to devote substantially the whole of their time to the duties of the post and give them priority at all times.

Governance and Audit

Each consultant is expected to take an active role in clinical governance activities including (but not restricted to) clinical audit, incident reporting, review of complaints, risk management, coroners referrals and reports, CPD and Evidence-Based Practice.

Teaching

Both main campuses of the Trust are major centres for undergraduate and postgraduate education and teaching. The successful candidate will be expected to play a significant role in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.

The Trust works to ensure the best possible placements and training for both undergraduates and junior doctors and to ensure consultant trainers & teachers are developed and supported. The Trust facilitates this through agreeing appropriate job plans, a clear framework for the delivery of medical education, and the opportunity to enhance clinical and teaching skills through Continuing Professional Development.

Research

The Trust has extremely close links with Nottingham University and has academic departments in the majority of its clinical specialties. There are University and Trust research facilities. The Trust has a research strategy and management framework which aligns its funding for research with the research and innovations activities it supports. Consultants who wish to undertake research require the approval of the Trust R&I Department and relevant ethical approval and must adhere to the National Framework for Research Governance.

Other Duties as Agreed

The appointee may wish to take on other roles alongside their clinical role. Any positions offered by bodies outside the Trust, (e.g. Training Programme Director, Regional College Advisor, Royal College Representative etc,) must be discussed and agreed by the Head of Service in advance of the position being accepted, so that the impact upon the specialty can be fully considered and any job plan amendments undertaken should the additional role be accepted.

This advert closes on Tuesday 22 Sep 2026

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