We are seeking an enthusiastic Consultant to join our team at Scarborough Hospital. We are looking to appoint a new Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine (ICM).
Applicants are eligible to apply if they are on the specialist register for Intensive Care Medicine, or they are within 6 months at interview date, of completing their certificate of completion of training. Intensive Care Medicine applicants from single or dual training backgrounds are welcome to apply.
The post holder will carry out duties as a Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine. This position is based at Scarborough Hospital.
Scarborough Hospital ICU currently admits around 400 patients per year and is staffed to 6 level 3 beds. The Intensive care unit is a brand-new state-of-the-art unit, which recently opened in May 2025. It is a beautifully spacious unit with 10 individual patient rooms. It has a fantastic roof terrace for patients and staff. It has good staff facilities and a high-performance clinical information system. There is an experienced senior nurse leadership and nursing educator team. There is an active Critical Care outreach team.
Scarborough Hospital has a main theatre suite that comprises five theatres in addition to which there is a separate maternity theatre.Surgical services currently supported include general surgery, orthopaedics and trauma, obstetrics and gynaecology, ophthalmology, urology and minor vascular surgery.
It is envisaged that the post holder would carry out their duties as a Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine based on the Scarborough site contributing to the daytime work and the on-call rota covering the 10 bedded critical care unit. They would form part of the team of 7 Consultants in SGH and also a wider cross site Critical Care Consultant team with a further 15 Consultants based in York. There is a well established cross site model with cross site meetings , education and governance to help support this, with an appreciation that all team members may be required to work on either site and the unique challenges of both sites.
If the applicant has a dual speciality the remaining time of the job plan would be working in their partner speciality.
Individual job plans will be agreed with the CD prior to commencement of the post.
The posts are initially contracted to 10 PA's
Our benefits
We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:
- Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
- 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
- A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
- Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
- NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
- An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
- Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers
For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.