Consultant Adult Critical Care Transfer Service (ACCTS) Cymru

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Swansea Bay University Health Board Consultant Adult Critical Care Transfer Service (ACCTS) Cymru

The closing date is 11 November 2026

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Job summary

Join a dynamic and forward-thinking team that combines cutting-edge transfer and retrieval medicine with critical care and anaesthesia.

This exciting role is perfect for doctors, offering a unique opportunity to work at the forefront of critical care transfers in Wales.

Each year, approximately 800 critical care transfers (Level 2 and Level 3) are undertaken across Wales. In response to the growing demand for critical care and the regionalisation of specialist services, the Welsh Government launched the Adult Critical Care Transfer Service (ACCTS) Cymru in 2020. As networks continue to develop and evolve, the number of transfers is set to rise, reflecting the increasing need for this essential service.

ACCTS Cymru is a road-based service, deploying with state-of-the-art critical care transfer vehicles and equipment. Every mission is supported by a highly skilled team, including a critical care transfer physician, a support worker, and a retrieval and transfer practitioner. These practitioners bring diverse expertise, with backgrounds in critical care nursing all with extensive intensive care experience and specialised training in inter-facility critical care transfer.

Main duties of the job

The Critical Care Transfer Physician has an advanced level of relevant knowledge and skills in order to support the assessment, care and management of critically ill or unwell patients.

Successful candidates will be deployed within this role as part of a multidisciplinary team configuration: predominantly by road, but also on occasion by air. Therefore, the role requires the practitioner to be able to operate comfortably and effectively in these environments and undergo further training applicable to these aspects of the role including:

Timely response to transfer requests from the critical care network made via the EMRTS Critical Care Hub (ECCH) and/or the duty transfer coordinator.

Participate in multidisciplinary handover in the referring unit, taking responsibility for the patients ongoing nursing care needs throughout the transfer

Provide and/or support appropriate assessment, stabilisation and clinical intervention in the referring hospital as part of the Critical Care transfer team, prior to transfer, in line with the Critical Care clinical and equipment standard operating procedures.

Working closely with the duty co-ordinator and practitioner in planning and executing the safe and efficient transfer of critically ill patients that meet the Service criteria for dispatch

Coordinated activity in line with the Adult Critical Care Transfer Service standard clinical and operational operating procedures

About us

Swansea Bay University Health Board has responsibility for the health of around 390,000 people in the Neath Port Talbot and Swansea areas, with a budget of around £1 billion and employing 12,500 people. We are a University Health Board working in partnership with Swansea University, Swansea School of Medicine, the School of Health Science and the Institute of Life Science. The HB has three major hospitals providing a range of services: Morriston and Singleton hospitals in Swansea and Neath Port Talbot hospital in Baglan, Port Talbot.

The Health Board is part of A Regional Collaboration for Health (ARCH), which is a partnership with Hywel Dda UHB and Swansea University. Aimed at improving the wellbeing and wealth of South West Wales.

Swansea is Wales' second-largest city, and sits on the five-mile sweep of Swansea Bay. An ideal base for exploring South-West Wales, there is also much on offer for visitors in Swansea itself. Swansea has a range of shops, cozy cafes, great restaurants, art galleries as well as being able to offer good outdoor lifestyle with its beautiful coastline and beaches on the Gower Peninsula. Swansea also has excellent sporting facilities including the Wales National pool and liberty stadium home to the Ospreys and Swansea City football club.

Details

Date posted

28 October 2026

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

Depending on experience Salary will be commensurate with your substantive role

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

130-AACTS10210H

Job locations

Ysbyty Gwynedd

Penrhos Road

Bangor

LL57 2PW

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

For more details in relation to this post, please click on the supporting documents section to find the full job description and person specification. These are available bilingually, in both English and Welsh.

Selection for this rewarding role is demanding and consists of several clinical scenario assessments as well as group work and a formal interview.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For more details in relation to this post, please click on the supporting documents section to find the full job description and person specification. These are available bilingually, in both English and Welsh.

Selection for this rewarding role is demanding and consists of several clinical scenario assessments as well as group work and a formal interview.

Person Specification

Qualifications & Training

Essential

• Full GMC registration with license to practice and up to date appraisal / revalidation
• Holds FRCA or FFICM
• CCT in Anaesthesia or ICM OR significant equivalent experience
• Successful completion of relevant life support / resuscitation / trauma courses previously
• Willingness to undertake the Diploma in Retrieval and Transfer Medicine if not already held
• A British driving license

Desirable

• Substantive Consultant post within Wales
• Diploma in Retrieval and Transfer Medicine
• Higher Degree (MD/MSc)
• Post graduate qualification in medical education

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

• Competence in management of acute illness and injury in adults
• Competent in the assessment, resuscitation and stabilisation of critically unwell patients including emergency anaesthesia, ventilation and invasive monitoring
• Sound judgement and decision making
• Ability to manage complex work and prioritise effectively
• Good understanding of the principles of clinical governance

Desirable

• Previous attendance on an EMRTS/ACCTS clinical attendant scheme, and/or prior engagement with the EMRTS/ACCTS service. (Such as attendance at EMRTS governance days, training events etc.)

Experience

Essential

• Demonstrable interest in and understanding of retrieval and transfer medicine
• Extensive experience of inter- and intra-hospital critical care transfers
• Experience in post-graduate / multidisciplinary education

Desirable

• Experience of critical care retrieval and transfer medicine in dedicated service
• Prior experience with evidence of working within an established pre-hospital aeromedical or road-based service
• Prior experience with evidence of working within an established secondary retrieval service
• Prior experience working in within a trauma centre (experience of major trauma, major haemorrhage, massive transfusion)
• Experience in FAST scanning and / or bedside echocardiography
• Evidence of relevant teaching/instructing in critical care or transfer
• Experience using simulation for education
• Experience as a clinical tutor or lecturer at post graduate level

Personal Attributes

Essential

• Ability to lead a multi-disciplinary team in both the hospital and transport environments
• Ability to maintain CPD to a high standard
• A commitment to developing the service, in particular to developing relationships with hospitals and ambulance service in Wales.
• Able to travel to more than one ACCTS base for training, supervision and currency shifts if required
• Prepared to work at more than one ACCTS base
• Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in both the hospital and transport environments

Desirable

• Ability to speak Welsh

Person Specification

Qualifications & Training

Essential

• Full GMC registration with license to practice and up to date appraisal / revalidation
• Holds FRCA or FFICM
• CCT in Anaesthesia or ICM OR significant equivalent experience
• Successful completion of relevant life support / resuscitation / trauma courses previously
• Willingness to undertake the Diploma in Retrieval and Transfer Medicine if not already held
• A British driving license

Desirable

• Substantive Consultant post within Wales
• Diploma in Retrieval and Transfer Medicine
• Higher Degree (MD/MSc)
• Post graduate qualification in medical education

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

• Competence in management of acute illness and injury in adults
• Competent in the assessment, resuscitation and stabilisation of critically unwell patients including emergency anaesthesia, ventilation and invasive monitoring
• Sound judgement and decision making
• Ability to manage complex work and prioritise effectively
• Good understanding of the principles of clinical governance

Desirable

• Previous attendance on an EMRTS/ACCTS clinical attendant scheme, and/or prior engagement with the EMRTS/ACCTS service. (Such as attendance at EMRTS governance days, training events etc.)

Experience

Essential

• Demonstrable interest in and understanding of retrieval and transfer medicine
• Extensive experience of inter- and intra-hospital critical care transfers
• Experience in post-graduate / multidisciplinary education

Desirable

• Experience of critical care retrieval and transfer medicine in dedicated service
• Prior experience with evidence of working within an established pre-hospital aeromedical or road-based service
• Prior experience with evidence of working within an established secondary retrieval service
• Prior experience working in within a trauma centre (experience of major trauma, major haemorrhage, massive transfusion)
• Experience in FAST scanning and / or bedside echocardiography
• Evidence of relevant teaching/instructing in critical care or transfer
• Experience using simulation for education
• Experience as a clinical tutor or lecturer at post graduate level

Personal Attributes

Essential

• Ability to lead a multi-disciplinary team in both the hospital and transport environments
• Ability to maintain CPD to a high standard
• A commitment to developing the service, in particular to developing relationships with hospitals and ambulance service in Wales.
• Able to travel to more than one ACCTS base for training, supervision and currency shifts if required
• Prepared to work at more than one ACCTS base
• Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in both the hospital and transport environments

Desirable

• Ability to speak Welsh

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

Swansea Bay University Health Board

Address

Ysbyty Gwynedd

Penrhos Road

Bangor

LL57 2PW

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://sbuhb.nhs.wales/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Swansea Bay University Health Board

Address

Ysbyty Gwynedd

Penrhos Road

Bangor

LL57 2PW

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://sbuhb.nhs.wales/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

ACCTS - Service Manager

Meryl Jenkins,

[email protected]

Details

Date posted

28 October 2026

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

Depending on experience Salary will be commensurate with your substantive role

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

130-AACTS10210H

Job locations

Ysbyty Gwynedd

Penrhos Road

Bangor

LL57 2PW

United Kingdom

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