Consultant Intensivist

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive assessment and management of critically ill patients in the Intensive Care Unit.

• Manage patients with complex and life-threatening medical and surgical conditions.

• Perform initial assessment, stabilization, and ongoing management of critically ill patients.

• Manage patients requiring mechanical ventilation and advanced respiratory support.

• Manage patients with severe sepsis, septic shock, and multi-organ failure.

• Provide advanced hemodynamic monitoring and management of critically ill patients.

• Manage patients requiring vasopressors, inotropes, and other advanced critical care therapies.

• Perform and supervise procedures appropriate to intensive care practice, including central venous access and arterial catheterization.

• Provide airway management and advanced life support when required.

• Manage acute renal failure and coordinate renal replacement therapy where appropriate.

• Provide perioperative and postoperative critical care for high-risk surgical patients.

• Manage critically ill patients with cardiovascular, respiratory, neurological, infectious, and metabolic conditions.

• Develop individualized treatment plans based on clinical findings, laboratory results, and imaging.

• Monitor patient response to treatment and adjust management accordingly.

• Communicate effectively with patients’ families regarding diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment plans.

• Collaborate closely with surgeons, anaesthetists, emergency physicians, cardiologists, pulmonologists, nephrologists, infectious disease specialists, and other multidisciplinary teams.

• Participate in multidisciplinary clinical meetings and ICU handovers.

• Maintain accurate and timely clinical documentation.

• Participate in clinical governance, quality improvement, and patient safety initiatives.

• Support teaching, training, and supervision of junior medical staff where required.

Qualifications

• Board certification or recognised specialist qualification in Critical Care Medicine / Intensive Care Medicine.

• Fellowship or recognised advanced training in Intensive Care Medicine preferred.

• Recognised Tier 1 specialist qualification, including ABMS, Canadian Royal College certification, UK CCT/CCST, European Board, or an equivalent recognised qualification.

• Minimum 3–5 years of post-specialisation experience in Intensive Care Medicine.

• Significant experience managing critically ill medical and surgical patients.

• Strong experience in mechanical ventilation, hemodynamic support, sepsis management, and advanced critical care.

• Experience working within a multidisciplinary hospital environment.

• Eligibility for Consultant-level licensing with DHA, DOH, or MOHAP.

Required Skills

• Strong expertise in Intensive Care Medicine / Critical Care.

• Advanced airway management and mechanical ventilation.

• Sepsis and septic shock management.

• Hemodynamic monitoring and cardiovascular support.

• Management of multi-organ failure.

• Advanced life support and resuscitation.

• Critical care procedures and invasive monitoring.

• Acute renal failure and renal replacement therapy.

• Perioperative and postoperative critical care.

• Strong clinical judgement and decision-making abilities.

• Excellent communication and patient-family counselling skills.

• Ability to work effectively in a high-acuity multidisciplinary environment.

• Strong leadership, collaboration, and teamwork skills.

• Commitment to patient safety and high-quality critical care.

Compensation

An attractive tax-free package will be offered based on the candidate’s qualifications, clinical expertise, intensive care experience, and professional background.