Senior Clinical Fellow in Paediatric Intensive Care Medicine

Job overview

We are currently recruiting for Senior Clinical Fellows in Paediatric Intensive Care Medicine at Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust available to commence in March  2025 and September 2025.

Trainees applying  for a March 2025 start MUST have GMC Registration.

For those applying for September 2025 start MUST have their OET/IELTS  exams and EPIC verification of their Primary Degree as a minimum.

These posts are intended for experienced trainees  in  Paediatric critical care, anaesthetists or trainees in Adult ICM or Emergency Medicine wishing to obtain experience in Paediatric Critical Care Medicine (cardiac intensive care with ECMO experience, medicosurgical intensive care (including neurocritical care, Liver transplantation critical care, Burns and trauma critical care), critical care outreach (HDU) and paediatric critical care retrieval medicine),  with the option of rotations in level 3 neonatal intensive care and paediatric emergency medicine after a period of consolidation in paediatric intensive care.

Please note that provisional interview dates are 18th and 19th December 2024

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Educational/Training Objectives

(i) Primary training period (initial 6 months)

• Principles of airway management, endotracheal intubation, basic Anaesthetic techniques.

• Recognition of the sick child

• Prompt initiation of resuscitation, with emphasis on airway, breathing, and circulation.

• Gain skills needed for arterial, intraosseous and central venous cannulation.

• Principles of mechanical ventilation

• Appropriate use of inotropic and vasoactive drugs.

• Principles of sedation, analgesia and muscle relaxation

• Principles of emergency retrieval

• Principles of debriefing and teaming

(ii) Intermediate training period (6-12 months)

• Expand and develop the skills acquired during the primary training period.

• Act as 'team leader' and direct activities during a resuscitation.

• Gain an understanding of physiology and pathophysiology relevant to intensive care.

• Become independently proficient at central venous cannulation.

• Gain experience of more invasive monitoring techniques eg  intracranial pressure monitoring etc.

• Advanced Critical Care communication

• Elective rotation

• Rotation in Critical Care Outreach

• First rotation in Critical care retrieval (dependent on acquired competencies in PIC and progression of training

Please refer to the job description for further information.

Working for our organisation

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.

Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.

Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.

Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.

Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.