Trosolwg o'r swydd

We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our well integrated team. 

The successful applicant will join a team of clinicians who work for the paediatric intensive care units based at the Freeman Hospital, the Great North Children’s Hospital, and the transport service, North East & Cumbria Transport and Retrieval (NECTAR). 

Candidates must possess MRCPCH, FRCA or equivalent and show evidence of training and experience in Paediatric Intensive Care Medicine, including experience in ECMO, mechanical support for heart failure and cardiac transplantation. 

In addition to the challenges of the role, we can offer you a commitment to teaching, education, research and audit.

Candidates for the post must be registered medical practitioners and on, or eligible to join, the Specialist Register within six months of the date of the Appointments Committee.

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.

Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd

Working in a team of paediatric intensivists across the two units, the successful candidate will play an important role in the day-to-day running and wider development of a state-of-the-art paediatric critical care service that operates as the regional hub, serving several District General Hospitals.

This post will include clinical responsibilities across both units, including consultant of the week and on call responsibilities. There will also be appropriate SPA time and the ability to develop personal interests within the units. 

The division of commitment is half time across the 2 PICUs in the Trust. Clinical workload to both is a fully flexible annualised job plan.

For an informal discussion and further information regarding the opportunity and Directorate, please contact: Dr Liz Day, Head of Department, GNCH PICU on 0191 2821881 or [email protected]  or Dr Yamuna Thiru, Head of Department, FRH PICU on 0191 2448374 or [email protected]

Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion. We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We’re also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients ‘contacts’ each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.

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, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.