Locum Consultant in Paediatric Intensive Care

Job Overview

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.

Please see below for detailed job description of the role.

Main duties of the job

Applications are invited for a Locum consultant post in Paediatric Intensive Care Medicine at Southampton Children’s Hospital commencing March 2025. It is essential for the post-holder to have experience in paediatric cardiac intensive care, renal replacement therapies and techniques of advanced ventilatory support, including the use of inhaled nitric oxide, high frequency oscillation and extracorporeal life support. It is also necessary for the post holder to have significant experience in management of severe traumatic head injuries and management of complex patients with multiple organ failure and critical care transport medicine

Working for our organisation

What We Can Offer You

As one of the largest acute teaching Trusts in England, we offer learning and development opportunities to help you achieve the career you aspire to. UHS is rated ‘Good’ by the CQC and in the latest national NHS Staff Survey, we were in the top 10 acute trusts for staff engagement and for staff recommending the hospital as a place to work or receive care.

All non-clinical roles may involve a mixture of on site and remote working, Specific details and flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process. UHS employees are able to access a range of NHS discounts, are entitled to a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme.

Southampton is an attractive place to live and work situated on the south coast, with an international airport and direct trains to London. The New Forest National Park and beaches of the Jurassic coast are also right on our doorstep. The city offers living costs 20% lower than London and 14 schools rated outstanding by Ofsted.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

Southampton PICU is a 16 bedded intensive care unit delivering a comprehensive service for all sub-specialties for the geographical area covering the Wessex Region, with a total population of about 3.5 million. In addition, a General Paediatric Service is provided for Southampton Health District with a population of 700,000 and congenital cardiac surgical services are delivered to a further 2 million people in the Thames Valley area. The regional PIC retrieval service is delivered from UHS in collaboration with Oxford University Hospital. In 2022/23 there were 900 admissions to UHS with 350 level 3 retrievals and another 250 transport episodes. All types of cardiac interventional procedures are carried out, with approximately 350 cardiac operations performed each year. UHS PICU has consistently one of the lowest SMRs and highest throughputs per bed of any PICU in the UK.

We are the Wessex paediatric major trauma centre, with a dedicated paediatric emergency department on site. The successful applicant will form part of the Consultant Team for PICU. With this appointment there will 10 whole time equivalent PICU Consultants. This is a new post due to service expansion

What You’ll Do

You will be directly responsible to the PICU Director and onwards to the Care Group Clinical Lead. You will be expected to work collaboratively with the other PICU Consultants and the wider paediatric multi-disciplinary team. As First on Consultant you will be in overall charge of the Unit and as Second on Consultant you will have primary responsibility for the retrieval service and critical care activity outside of PICU. You will also be responsible for liaising with other paediatric units to continue to improve and develop practice and service delivery for our patients. And you will be required to participate in the training and developing of the medical staff who rotate through the Unit. For candidates with appropriate experience there is the opportunity to be part of the ECMO consultant team

What We’re Looking For

A Paediatric intensivist with extensive practical skills, able to work well under pressure as part of the PICU team, and as part of the wider paediatric team.

Additional Information

Individuals wishing to apply must be registered with the General Medical Council (GMC).

The successful candidate will be employed under the terms and conditions of service for Consultants (England) 2003.

Interview date to be confirmed

Job Reference: 188-MT1316 - This vacancy closes on or before: 20th December 2024

Should you have any queries, please use the contact details below to get in touch.

Person specification

Qualifications And Training

Essential criteria

• MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
• GMC registration with a licence to practise
• MRCPCH/ FRCA or equivalent
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Higher degree, laboratory experienced research
• Education/teaching qualification
  
  

Previous or relevant experience

Essential criteria

• Appropriate knowledge base, and ability to apply sound clinical judgement to problems
• Completion of PICU training approved by PICM ISAC
• Experience in management of congenital heart disease including cardiac ECMO
• Extensive experience in transporting critically ill children (land)
• Trauma experience
• Experience of cardiac intensive care
• Experience of general intensive care
• Experience of critical care transport
• Experience of critical care outreach/trauma team/cardiac arrest team member
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Experience in managing respiratory ECMO patients
• Experience of air transport
• Previous involvement in research either investigator lead or multicentre trials
  
  

Aptitudes and skills

Essential criteria

• Demonstrate the ability to be calm, compassionate, and able to respond efficiently to various circumstances, which may change rapidly
• Evidence of participation in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching
  
  

Living the Trust values

Essential criteria

• Able to demonstrate behaviours that meet the Trust Values: Patients First, Always Improving, Working Together