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University College London Hospitals is seeking to appoint a Locum Consultant in Critical Care (7PA) on a fixed term contract from 1st August 2026. The successful candidate will need to demonstrate commitment to high quality patient care, innovative service models, delivery of performance targets, excellence in education/training and a commitment to make a tangible contribution to our audit/quality improvement programme in their supporting professional activity time. A particular interest in supporting our Senior Clinical Fellowship programme and overseas doctors is desirable.

Proposed interview date:
26 th June 26.

You will provide a consultant-led, patient-centred, clinical service for the critical care department. This includes a twice-daily review of all patients during the working week and daily review at weekends. These duties also cover emergency duties, including emergency work arising from on-call duties, relevant clinical diagnostic work, other patient treatment, attending relevant meetings about direct patient care and administration directly related to the above.

The academic and research activities of the Division are channelled through a number of academic centres in UCL. The critical care consultants contribute actively to the educational and research components of the Bloomsbury Institute for Intensive Care Medicine, the Centre for Perioperative Medicine and have strong collaborative links with UCL Healthcare Engineering Institute of Health Informatics and the Department for Targeted Intervention.

UCLH/UCL is a well-established Biomedical Research Centre and the research outputs from Critical Care and Peri-operative Medicine are ranked top within the UK. Recently, we have become a new NIHR Patient Safety Research Collaborative bringing together digital and qualitative researchers to improve our understanding of safety in the high-risk surgery and critical care space. The successful candidate would be encouraged to pursue other research interests in collaboration with these groupings through honorary contracts.

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.

We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:

• University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
• National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
• Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
• University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
• Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
• University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
• The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
• University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street

We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.

We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.

For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.

Please note, due to anticipated high volumes of applications, this vacancy may close earlier than the listed closing date. You are advised not to delay submitting your completed application

Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*

• UCLH top trust to work at in England - In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England – for the third year in a row.

UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff – To find out more, visit: Flexible working .

To discover more about what makes UCLH a great place to work, visit: Why Choose UCLH?

Please submit your CV with application.