Locum Consultant in Paediatric Intensivist

Locum Consultant in Paediatric Intensivist

Full time | 10 PAs
Paediatric Critical Care Unit - PICU & HDU
The Royal London Hospital | Barts Health NHS Trust

We are looking for a Locum Consultant Paediatric Intensivist to join the Paediatric Critical Care Unit at The Royal London Hospital
, a regional PCCU and Paediatric Major Trauma Centre.

The unit has 10 PCCU beds
, admits around 400 patients per year
, and provides high-acuity intensive care, HDU and trauma services to North East London and Mid-Essex. The PCCU is co-located with paediatric theatres and is fully equipped for advanced ventilation, RRT and complex critical care.

The post is full time (10 PAs; 8.5 DCC / 1.5 SPA) with participation in a 1:7 consultant on-call rota
. There is flexibility within the job plan to support interests in anaesthesia, trauma, research, education or leadership
.

Applicants must be on the GMC Specialist Register for Paediatric Intensive Care Medicine (or within 6 months of CCT) and have appropriate PICM training via GRID

Apart from their clinical expertise, the post holder will require many skills including recruitment, training, updating critical care protocols, and liaison with other Paediatric Intensive Care providers as well as with local District General Hospitals. Our aim is to provide comprehensive care for children sensitive to the needs of the local population.

Applicants are expected to be on the specialist Register or within 6 months of receiving their CCT at the time of interview, with GMC registration with a license to practice. Applicants are strongly advised to arrange a visit to the Children's Hospital to discuss the post with members of the PCCU, anaesthetic and paediatric clinical teams.

The Children's Hospital sits within the Children and Young people’s Division at the Royal London Hospital. It is an amalgamation of the children's services formerly based at Queen Elizabeth Children's Hospital in Hackney, at the Royal London Hospital, St Bartholomew's Hospital. It provides services to the local populations of East London and the City. It provides a tertiary referral service for children in the Northeast London, and further afield regionally and nationally.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time.

It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect. We aim to create an equitable working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential.

Barts Health supports the Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage.

The full job description and the person specification provide an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, outlining the qualification, skills, experience, and knowledge required.

Please view the attachment below.

Please be advised that the vacancy advertisement may close early if a sufficient number of applications are received. Therefore, we recommend that you submit your application as soon possible to avoid disappointment.

• MBBS or equivalent
• Higher degree in…