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The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Consultant in Paediatric Intensive Care
Accepting applications until: 08-Apr-2026 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 08-Apr-2026 23:59
Key details
Location
- Gwefan
- Royal Victoria Infirmary
- Tref
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Cod post
- NE1 4LP
- Major / Minor Region
- Tyne and Wear
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Oriau
- Full time - 10 sessions per week
Salary
- Cyflog
- £109,725 - £145,478 per annum
- Cyfnod cyflog
- Yearly
- Gradd
- (Consultant in PICU)
Specialty
- Prif leoliad
- Paediatric Intensive Care
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS hospital trusts in the country. We have around 16,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.7 billion.
With strong history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation regionally, nationally and internationally, we’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country.
As well as providing a wide range of hospital and community services, we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.
Trosolwg o'r swydd
We are delighted to offer an opportunity for an enthusiastic and well-motivated individual to join our team as a substantive Consultant in Paediatric Intensive Care and Critical Care Transport at the Great North Children’s Hospital (GNCH). This will be based at the Great North Children’s Hospital, Royal Victoria infirmary site and at North East and Cumbria Transport And Retrieval (NECTAR) base, Campus for Ageing and Vitality Site, both in Newcastle upon Tyne.
GNCH Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) is the lead centre for paediatric critical care for the Northern Region. We admit children referred for intensive care from an area extending from the West Coast of Cumbria, north through Northumberland to the Scottish Borders, and extending southwards to North Yorkshire. There are approximately 3500 intensive care bed days per year. Day to day care of children in the PICU is managed and led by the team of PICU consultants in consultation with subspecialties as appropriate. Paediatric cardiothoracic services are currently based at the Freeman Hospital with a separate PICU and ECMO beds based there with a separate clinical team. Co-location on the RVI site will be made a priority, enabling best possible care for children.
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This purpose of this joint consultant post is twofold.
Working in a team of paediatric intensivists, the successful candidate will play an important role in the day-to-day running and wider development of a state-of-the-art PICU that operates as the paediatric critical care hub for the North East and North Cumbria region. The Great North Children’s Hospital also hosts a wide range of tertiary sub-specialities and a supra-regional immunodeficiency bone marrow transplant service that are all regular users of the PICU. Clinical duties will include consultant of the week and on call responsibilities.
In addition, the successful candidate will contribute to the day to the day running of the North East and Cumbria Transport and Retrieval paediatric service. The role will include both in hours and out of hours support for acute patient transport. This involves telephone triage and clinical support for referral for transport, liaison between the referring hospital and the acute services at GNCH as well as going out on retrieval.
There is the opportunity for the successful candidate to negotiate the time commitment to either of the services.
Gweithio i'n sefydliad
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
With around 2 million contacts with patients every year, we deliver care from:
- Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
- Freeman Hospital
- Newcastle Dental Hospital
- Cramlington Manor Walks
- Urgent treatment centres
- Newcastle Fertility Centre
- Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
- Northern Genetics Service
These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.
We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’.
For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Swydd-ddisgrifiad a phrif gyfrifoldebau manwl
Clinical:
· Contribute to the day to day running of the GNCH Paediatric Intensive Care Unit and the North East and Cumbria Transport and Retrieval
· Contribute to GNCH PICU and NECTAR on-call rota
o Responsibility for the paediatric intensive care unit including managing referrals and new admissions
o Deliver and supervise transfer of critically ill children
o Provide remote advice in the management of acutely ill children in their local hospital
o Provide decision support for patient transfers within the region facilitated by NECTAR
Applicant requirements
Person specification
Education, Qualifications and Specialist Skills
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Primary Medical Qualification.
- Full GMC Registration.
- Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register (within 6 months from the date of the AAC).
- MRCPCH or FRCA or equivalent
- Evidence of training in Paediatric Intensive Care and Paediatric Critical Care Transport and/or paediatric anaesthesia
Meini prawf dymunol
- Higher Degree.
- Special skills training in the specialty.
- Leadership and management experience.
- International experience
Clinical Experience
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Evidence of experience in the specialty.
- Evidence of a substantial commitment to the specialty.
- Ability to offer an expert clinical opinion within the speciality.
- Ability to take independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients referred to a tertiary centre.
Management and Administration Experience
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Involvement with management and project leadership within the specialty.
- Evidence of involvement in authoring or reviewing clinical guidelines.
- An understanding of Clinical Governance.
Meini prawf dymunol
- Proven management and administrative experience and understanding of management goals.
- Evidence of leadership / project management.
- Evidence of having implemented change.
- Experience in developing and implementing new technologies.
Teaching
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Experience of supervising junior medical staff.
- Experience of participation in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.
- Ability to teach clinical / technical / practical skills.
Meini prawf dymunol
- Attendance at courses to develop teaching skills.
- Postgraduate qualification in medical education.
Research
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Evidence of involvement in and understanding of research methodology and publication of findings.
- Research/critical review of literature.
Meini prawf dymunol
- Higher degree.
- Publications in the last five years.
Audit
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Evidence of participation in audit.
Meini prawf dymunol
- Evidence of having changed practice as a result of audit.
- Evidence of having revisited the audit to assess improvement.
Further details / informal visits contact
- Enw
- Victoria Cowan
- Teitl y swydd
- HR Advisor
- Cyfeiriad ebost
- [email protected]
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