Job summary
- Main area
- PICU
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent: other
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week (9PA PICU 1PA HDU)
- Job ref
- 284-25-7501428-BCKF
- Employer
- Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Birmingham Children's Hospital
- Town
- Birmingham
- Salary
- £109,725 - £145,478 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Consultant in Paediatric Intensive Care and High Dependency Unit
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Flexible working arrangements may be considered and discussions with the recruiting manager regarding this are encouraged.
Job overview
Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to appoint a Consultant in Paediatric Intensive Care and High Dependency (HDU+). This is a substantive consultant post (10 PAs, 7.5 DCC / 2.5 SPA), with clinical activity primarily on the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (90%) alongside dedicated sessions supporting the HDU+ service (10%).
The successful candidate will join a highly experienced and supportive team of consultants delivering outstanding care, innovation and leadership in one of the UK’s busiest paediatric critical care services.
Main duties of the job
Provide consultant-led care for critically ill children admitted to PICU (31 beds, ~1400 admissions per year) across a broad range of medical and surgical specialties, including cardiac surgery, transplantation, trauma, burns and ECLS.
Lead daily ward rounds and share responsibility for consultant cover on the unit, including out-of-hours on-call commitments.
Support the HDU+ programme, which delivers Level 2 critical care across BCH specialities, working alongside advanced practitioners, middle-grade teams and the hospital PACE outreach team.
Contribute to the ongoing development of the HDU+ model in line with GIRFT recommendations and Trust priorities.
Actively participate in audit, quality improvement, clinical governance and service development.
Provide education, supervision and mentorship for trainees, ANPs, nursing staff and undergraduates.
Engage in research activity and foster links with regional and national networks.
Working for our organisation
Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is a nationally recognised centre of excellence, rated Outstanding by the CQC in 2016.
The PICU is one of the largest in the country, providing supra-regional care in hepatology, cardiac surgery, transplantation and burns, with strong expertise in safety, QI, education and research.
The HDU+ service is a growing programme supporting 20–30 Level 2 patients per day across cardiac, surgical and medical specialties. It enables effective prioritisation of PICU capacity and has a dedicated education and advanced practice workforce, with expansion plans aligned to national GIRFT recommendations.
Joining our team means becoming part of a collaborative, research-active and forward-looking service, with opportunities to shape the future of paediatric critical care delivery.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Womens and Childrens NHS Foundation Trust.
When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).
Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- MBBS or equivalent qualification
- FRCA/MRCP/MRCPCH/Equivalent
- On GMC Specialist Register for base specialty at the time of application or
- Within six months obtaining CCT for UK RCPCH trainees, on the date of interview
- or on the GMC specialist register for PICM at the time of application (if CESR/Portfolio pathway)
- APLS/PALS/equivalent certification
- Level 3 safeguarding training
Desirable criteria
- ETC certification
- Training in simulation
Knowledge & Clinical expertise in specialty/sub-specialty
Essential criteria
- Completion of RCPCH Progress PICM Curriculum and two years training in an RCPCH PICM ISAC approved center/rotation pediatric intensive care medicine plus six months (minimum) of anesthetics (stand-alone)
- OR - Existing Substantive practicing consultant in Paediatric Intensive Care Medicine in the NHS–
- OR equivalent with evidence that this training has been signed off (at the time of application
- Extensive experience in management of cardiac patients including post-op cardiac surgical patients and post operative liver transplant
Desirable criteria
- Experience managing Level 2 paediatric critical care patients in a High dependency unit or equivalent
- Experience in caring for children on ECLS
- Experience of working at a consultant-grade in PICM
- Experience in managing complex long-term patients and paediatric trauma patients
- Experience in use of POCUS, Bronchoscopy and Echocardiogram
Quality Improvement and audit
Essential criteria
- Experience of clinical audit and the maintenance of high quality of care
- Experience of quality and safety reviews e.g.: mortality reviews, review of critical incidents
Desirable criteria
- Experience in complaint investigation and serious incident investigations
Academic achievements Research/ Publications
Essential criteria
- Knowledge and experience of clinical and other research related to intensive care and intensive care transport
Desirable criteria
- Publication in peer-reviewed journals
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Phil Murphy
- Job title
- Operational Manager – Critical Care
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0121 333 8388
- Additional information
Dr Seby Sebastian, Clinical Lead, Paediatric Intensive Care
Tel: 0121 333 9656 / 8754 | Email: [email protected]
Dr Jane Cassidy, Clinical Lead, HDU+
Tel: 0121 333 9656 / 8754 | Email: [email protected]
Dr Richard Neal, Clinical Director, Directorate of Urgent and Critical Care
Tel: 0121 333 9625 / 9623 | Email: [email protected]
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