Job responsibilities

The successful applicant will be expected to provide significant cover for the South Thames Retrieval Service including educational support of the service and the region. The South Thames Retrieval Service is integrated and staffed from the PICU. Day to day management of the service is one of the main responsibilities of the on-call consultant team with support from other PICU colleagues. An active PICU and retrieval teaching programme to PICU retrieval nurses, nurse practitioners, doctors and the regions nurses and doctors is ongoing and is supported and delivered by the consultant team. This includes education delivered for a national advanced paediatric critical care clinical practice programme.

The post will be based in the paediatric intensive care unit.

The successful applicant will be appointed under the terms and conditions of the consultant contract.

Professional Qualifications

Essential

• MBBS or equivalent MRCPCH/FRCA/FICM or equivalent qualifications
• Full GMC Registration On the GMC Specialist Register in a base speciality (General paediatrics, Anaesthetic or Intensive care medicine) with sub speciality in paediatric intensive care medicine or within 6 months of obtaining CCT by date of interview
• Portfolio Pathway (formerly CESR) applicants must be on the GMC Specialist Register in paediatric intensive care medicine at the point of application.

Desirable

• Instructor: in either APLS, or PALS
• Qualification as POCUS trainer
• Higher degree relevant to the speciality (e.g. PhD/MDres/MSc
• Formal qualification or accreditation in a related specialty

Clinical Experience

Essential

• Completion of all capabilities in Paediatric Intensive Care Medicine (minimum of two and a half years WTE including 6 months WTE stand alone anaesthesia training) in a unit approved for training by the RCPCH National PICM Training sub speciality programme with evidence that this training has been signed off OR an existing Practising Substantive Consultant in Paediatric Intensive Care Medicine within the NHS.
• Valid APLS and NLS Valid level 3 training in child safe-guarding
• Paediatric ECMO experience
• Paediatric retrieval experience
• Valid APLS
• Valid level 3 training in child safeguarding

Desirable

• Paediatric Airway experience
• Point of care ultrasound experience in children
• NLS course

Clinical Skills

Essential

• Current expertise in managing pre and post-operative neonatal and paediatric cardiac surgery patients
• PICM sub-specialty training capabilities achieved including paediatric retrieval capabilities
• Commitment and evidence of interest in the speciality
• Commitment to learning & Teaching
• Detailed knowledge and ability in clinical IT systems, management, report making and coding
• Initiative
• Potential to cope with stressful situations and undertake responsibility
• Appropriate leadership qualities
• Good communication skills
• Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Demonstrable aptitude for pursing audit & research goals
• Meets all the GMC requirements of "Good medical practice"

Desirable

• Membership of PCCS, UK

IT and Management

Essential

• IT skills required
• Understanding of principles of audit
• Knowledge of the management and structure of the NHS
• Understanding of management issues including medical management, clinical governance, service planning, and quality improvement

Desirable

• Evidence of motivational skills
• Experience of international models of Paediatric intensive care delivery
• Evidence of leadership attributes and experience

Academic Teaching skill & experience

Essential

• Experience of teaching and training undergraduates, postgraduates and junior medical staff
• Experience and knowledge of critical appraisal of evidence, to improve clinical outcomes
• Evidence of participation in clinical audit/QI project, understanding the role of these in improving the medical practice

Desirable

• Publications in PIC Medicine and related sub-specialties (weighting given to first/last authorship and Journal Impact Factor)
• Research Degree
• 'Training the Trainers' certification

Leadership / Management skills

Essential

• Communication; Ability to communicate with clarity and intelligently in written and spoken English; ability to build rapport, listen, persuade/ negotiate.
• Accountability; Ability to take responsibility, lead, make decisions and exert appropriate authority.
• Interpersonal Skills; Empathy, understanding, listening skills, patience and ability to work co-operatively with others.
• Able to change and adapt, respond to changing circumstances and to cope with setbacks or pressure.
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Finance; Knowledge of finance and budgets

Desirable

• Staff Management; Experience of performance management, developing and motivating staff

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).