Consultant with Special Interest in SARF and ECMO


Company:	NHS Jobs
Salary:	£113,565 to £150,569 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Leicester, LE3 9QP
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	6 Oct 2026
Closing date:	26 Oct 2026

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Summary

The post holder will join an established multidisciplinary consultant team delivering high-quality intensive care services, with a particular focus on the management of patients with Severe Acute Respiratory Failure (SARF) and those requiring Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO). Responsibilities include participation in the Consultant ECMO/SARF referral and retrieval rota and providing out-of-hours consultant cover for ECMO and SARF patients within the Adult Intensive Care Unit. This Consultant post is based within the Adult Intensive Care Unit (AICU) at Glenfield Hospital, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust. The AICU comprises 33 Level 3 intensive care beds and provides specialist care for both general and cardiothoracic critically ill patients. To provide daytime Consultant cover for general, cardiothoracic and ECMO/SARF patients in the Adult Intensive Care Unit (AICU) at the Glenfield site. To participate in the 1 in 8 Consultant ECMO/SARF referral and retrieval rota and provide out of hours cover for ECMO/SARF patients on AICU. To support the development and expansion of the SARF and Adult ECMO programme at UHL. Maintenance of the highest clinical standards in the management of patients. To participate in the SPA activities that will be negotiable depending on the candidate interest and areas of need. To supervise and train resident intensive care medical and nursing staff and allied health professionals. To be involved in appraising and assessing junior doctors. To actively participate in the multiple nationally renowned courses held at Glenfield hospital. To actively participate in the TOE, echocardiography/critical care ultrasound and FICM teaching programme provided by the department. To take part in multidisciplinary case conferences. Teaching, audit, research and administration. To develop the Adult Critical Care Service along with other Adult Critical Care Consultant colleagues at UHL. To work with the Clinical Governance team to enhance patient safety Depending on the sub-speciality experience of the post-holder and the needs of the Trust, some sessional commitments may be out of the ICU. Examples include anaesthetic sessions, sessions on the Clinical Decisions Unit, outpatient clinics and critical care transport as part of the East Midlands ACCOTs service.

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