Job Plan: Dual ICM & Anaesthesia

Dual ICM & Anaesthesia

Basic Info: 

Number of years as a consultant 20
Single or dual (which specialty if dual) Dual with ICM & Anaesthesia
On calls in which specialty ICM only now

Unit Info

Number of beds 24
General +/or subspecialties (Paeds, Neuro, Cardiac) General
Single site or split site working Single site 
Job Plan
Annualised Job Plan? Annualised approach

DCC’s: Daytime

On call/Out of hours

All ICM or split between another specialty?

6.5 ICM DCC

 

 

SPA – Core

            Other

3 PA to local trust

 
Resident on call? Non resident 
Frequency of on call

1:13 Night Frequency

1:5 Weekend Frequency
Additional roles and PA’s 2 PA postgraduate medicine regional
If dual specialty, how is it funded between specialties? Funding split between ICM and Anaesthesia departments. 
 
Weekly summary of Job Plan

ICM DCC = 

  • 7x weeks of ICM (Mon-Sunday 0800-1800, with one of Sat/Sun being until 2100hrs)
  • 18x Mon -Thursday single night on call (1700-0830)
  • 5x Friday night on call (1700-0830)
  • 4x Sat & Sun nights on call (2000-0830hrs).
Additional information
  • Initial job plan split between ICM and anaesthesia when post taken – split 6 DCC ICM, 2 DCC anaesthesia, 2 SPA. Set anaesthesia lists planned, which varied specialties over the year.
  • Variety of non-clinical SPA roles undertaken – including medical education/ clinical lead for organ donation/ clinical lead for simulation/ ACCP lead.
  • Job plan split changed following a career break from anaesthesia. Following anaesthesia return, ICM on-call requirements altered to resident night shifts, with subsequent drop in anaesthesia again. This continued through the pandemic period, until return to fully non-resident nights in ICM. Not yet returned to anaesthesia practice, although may do in the future. 
Any information/ support you wished you had when starting out in the process of organising your consultant post?
  • Has been useful to undertake regular diary exercises to help inform job planning discussions. Service coverage openly discussed with consultant colleagues. Consultant shift requirements have changed over time, with increased staffing requirements.