Position/Title: Divisional Medical Director for Clinical Support Services, Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine and Anaesthesia, Honorary Senior Lecturer, Edge Hill University
Department: Clinical Support Services, Critical Care, Anaesthesia
Specialisms: Patient centred decision making, realistic medicine, day case anaesthesia and training of international medical graduates.
Memberships: Fellow of the College of Intensive Care Medicine; Fellow of the Royal College of Anaesthetists
Background / Profile
Dr Matthew Jackson is Divisional Medical Director for Clinical Support Services at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust and a Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine and Anaesthesia at Stepping Hill Hospital. He has been a consultant since 2016 and has held senior clinical leadership roles within Critical Care since 2017, including Clinical Director of Critical Care from 2021. He is a Fellow of both the Royal College of Anaesthetists and the College of Intensive Care Medicine, and is an Honorary Senior Lecturer at Edge Hill University.
His professional interests centre on delivering high-quality, patient-centred care through pragmatic clinical decision-making, realistic medicine, and service improvement. He has undertaken formal leadership development through the King’s Fund Strategic Clinical Leaders Programme and the Intensive Care Society Leadership Programme, and previously served as President of the Association of North West Intensive Care Units.
Education and development of others are central to his practice. He holds a Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Education and has extensive experience in undergraduate, postgraduate, and international education, including regular teaching in anaesthesia and intensive care and supporting the development of international medical graduates. His clinical interests include patient-centred decision making, realistic medicine and day-case anaesthesia. He has also contributed to clinical research and international healthcare education, including work in West Africa during the Ebola epidemic and teaching programmes in Uganda, India and The Gambia.