Job summary
- Main area
- CATS
- Grade
- Senior Clinical Fellow
- Contract
- 6 months (6 months fixed term)
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week
- Job ref
- 271-RET-7507469
- Employer
- Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £59,950 - £67,610 pro rata, per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 30/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Trust Fellow in CATS
Senior Clinical Fellow
Job overview
Trust Fellow – posts starting in February and March 2026
The Children's Acute Transport Service (CATS) stabilises & transports critically ill & injured children into intensive care facilities in North Thames. The posts are ideally suited to doctors with backgrounds in paediatric critical care, anaesthesia, or emergency medicine, who wish to consolidate and broaden their experience of paediatric critical care medicine.
The successful applicants will be working as part of a team of 12 specialist registrars/clinical fellows and advanced clinical practitioners. The service currently undertakes about 1000 transports per year with a wide range of paediatric, neonatal surgical and cardiac intensive care cases, including those referred for ECMO support.
Supernumerary flexible time is included in the rota to allow for participation in clinical audit and to cater to the training needs of the individual. Previous experience in transport medicine is desirable but not essential as the post entails full training in the transport of critically ill children.
Main duties of the job
CATS receives approximately 2000 referrals per year, of which around 1000 are transported, with 50-60% being invasively ventilated. These transports are performed by land (ambulance and rapid response unit vehicle) and air (fixed wing and helicopter).
The main role of the fellow is to manage all aspects of a transport to ensure a safe, efficient, and cohesive transfer from the referring centre to the accepting intensive care unit. This includes: giving advice at the initial referral call, coordinating the transport, stabilising the patient, and ensuring continuity of intensive care during the transfer. Full on the job training will be given, and all transports will be supervised throughout, either by an accompanying consultant, or by close telephone contact.
It is also expected that the fellows will take an interest in the organisational aspects of transport medicine, including audit, quality assurance projects, presentation at transport forums and research in subjects pertaining to transport medicine and paediatric intensive care.
A logbook of transports will be kept and reviewed by the trainee’s supervisor; issues arising from these transports will be discussed on a regular basis. At the completion of the service term, the fellow will receive a formal appraisal from their supervisor.
Working for our organisation
We are keen to make our workforce as diverse as the communities we serve, and we hope to attract applications from underrepresented groups, including people with Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic heritage, people with a disability, and people from LGBTQ+ communities. By growing an ever more diverse workforce, we’ll have a greater range of perspectives and knowledge, meaning that we can provide the children and young people at our hospital with even better care.
Our hospital is committed to creating an environment that is open and inclusive. Our staff are encouraged to engage with colleagues through the following networks: REACH (Race, Ethnicity and Cultural Heritage) ENABLED (Enhancing Abilities & Leveraging Disabilities Network), PRIDE and Women’s networks; all of which are sponsored by a member of our Executive Management Team.
We want to ensure that all of our people, regardless of their background, are seen and heard. We want to attract applicants that share our commitment to inclusion and that understand diversity is a strength that is embraced and valued.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachments.
Person specification
GOSH Culture and Values
Essential criteria
- Always welcoming
- Always helpful
- Always expert
- Always one team
- Knowledge and Understanding of diverse backgrounds and perspectives.
- Understanding of Diversity and Inclusion challenges in the workplace.
- Demonstrable contribution to advancing Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace
Academic/Professional qualification/Training
Essential criteria
- Primary medical qualification - MBBS or equivalent
- Full GMC registration (obtained by designated start date)
- MRCP, MRCPCH or equivalent
- Accredited to The Royal Colleges of Paediatrics and Child Health and/or Anaesthesia or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Higher degree – MSc, MPhil related discipline
Experience/Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Two years SpR equivalent training or equivalent 6 months experience in a tertiary PICU OR Higher paediatric anaesthesia training PICU experience
- Experience of teaching and presenting
- Experience of audit activities
- Understanding of principles of clinical governance
Desirable criteria
- Clinical experience in related paediatric specialties
- Published research in peer reviewed journals
- Recognition and stabilization of acutely unwell children
- Experience in Paediatric Transport
- Experience of congenital heart disease management
Skills/Abilities
Essential criteria
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Ability to organise and prioritise own workload
- Ability to work under pressure in a multi-disciplinary environment
- Ability to prioritise clinical needs
- Procedural skills including central line insertion, arterial line insertion, airway skills and intubation of children aged 0-16 years, chest drain insertion
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
- Dr Andrew Jones
- Job title
- CATS consultant
- Email address
- [email protected]
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