Job summary
- Main area
- Paediatric Intensive Care Unit
- Grade
- Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 200-CW-712518-7268176-CA2
- Employer
- St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St George's Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £109,725 - £145,478 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 29/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Locum Consultant in Paediatric Intensive Care
Consultant
St. George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the regional specialist care provider for south west London, Surrey and beyond. The trust provides a high quality, comprehensive range of health services from leading edge tertiary and trauma care to community services.
With national and regional referrals added to our local 3.5m catchment, we serve a population of around 5m.
Co-located with St George’s, University of London and with both organisations now in a formal strategic alliance with King’s Health Partners, the trust delivers with its partners high quality research and education both of which contribute to the healthcare provision of tomorrow.
Acute and tertiary health services are delivered from over 1,000 beds across two sites, by around 8,000 staff.
St. George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a major acute hospital that offers very specialist care for complex injuries and illnesses, including trauma, neurology, cardiac care, renal transplantation, cancer care and stroke. It has a helipad which opened in spring 2014 and the work of its emergency department can currently be seen on Channel 4’s ‘24 Hours in A&E’ programme. The hospital also provides all the usual care you would expect from a local NHS district general hospital.
We also provide services at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Roehampton. These include outpatient rapid diagnostic and treatment facilities, a minor injuries unit, limb fitting services and 70 elderly, intermediate care and rehabilitation beds.
As well as hospital services, we provide a wide variety of specialist, maternity and community services to children, adults, older people and people with learning disabilities. These services are provided from St John’s Therapy Centre, 11 health centres and clinics, schools, nursing homes and people’s own homes. The trust also manages the healthcare service at HMP Wandsworth.
Job overview
This is a full-time 10 programmed activity paediatric intensive care post to be based at St George’s Hospital, however, with flexible working this may suit a candidate wishing to work LTFT. The post holder will assume clinical responsibility for all patients on the intensive care unit (PICU) and the satellite high dependency unit (PSDU) with other members of the intensive care team. The PICU is run as a closed unit but we operate a shared care system with the paediatric specialty or surgical specialty team responsible for ongoing management of their patients.
Applicants from related parent specialities such as paediatric anaesthesia will be welcomed.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant(s) will take part in the dedicated PICU on-call rota (non-resident) on a 1 in 8 basis. They will also take a lead within PICU for some aspect of care (e.g echocardiography, recruitment and induction, audit and quality improvement etc.).
The paediatric department at St. George’s would welcome candidates with special interests outside intensive care. It would also encourage those who would like to develop a research interest that complements the rest of the department or develop the educational profile of the department.
Working for our organisation
South Thames has three paediatric intensive care units at St. Thomas’ (Evelina London Children’s Hospital), King’s College Hospital and St. George’s Hospital.
The Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at St George’s Hospital is a multidisciplinary unit that caters for infants, children and young people from a wide variety of disciplines including oncology, paediatric surgery, neurosurgery, spine deformity surgery, medical paediatrics, plastic surgery, and polytrauma. The case mix includes a broad spectrum of critically ill children with the exception of cardiac and renal transplant patients.
The PICU currently runs 7 PICU beds and 7 HDU beds, in busy periods this can increase to 10 PICU beds and 4 HDU beds and had over 600 admissions a year. Children are admitted from within the hospital and from regional hospitals via both the South Thames Retrieval Service and The Children’s Acute Transport Service.
St. George’s Hospital had been designated as a primary treatment centre for children’s cancer as a partner with the Royal Marsden Hospital and hence cares for many children who are recovering from major tumour surgery and serious complications of oncological disease. There is currently a cancer service reorganisation in progress in South The hospital has been designated as a paediatric and adult major trauma centre.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The main responsibilities are found on the Job Description which is attached to this advert. If you have any questions regarding the Job description and the main responsibilities, please contact the department.
Person specification
Qualification and Training
Essential criteria
- MBBS or Equivalent
- FRCA or MRCPCH or equivalent higher qualification
- On Specialist Register or within six months of obtaining CCT in Paediatric Critical Care by date of interview
- Completion of all competencies in Paediatric Intensive Care Medicine (minimum of two years) in a unit approved for training by the RCPCH National GRID training programme with evidence that this training has been signed off, including a minimum of six months of anaesthetic training or equivalent or An existing Practising Consultant in Paediatric Intensive Care Medicine
- APLS/EPLS provider
- Safeguarding Level 3
Desirable criteria
- Higher Degree
- Teaching qualifications
- Higher level competence in Paediatric cardiology or evidence of competence in Paediatric echocardiography
Experience
Essential criteria
- Competent in paediatric retrieval medicine and stabilisation of the critically ill child.
- Experience in a paediatric major trauma centre and emergency department
- Experience in dealing with paediatric safeguarding cases
- Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of critically ill paediatric patients
Desirable criteria
- APLS/EPLS trainer
- Teaching experience
- Research experience
Skills
Essential criteria
- Proficient in practical skills required for paediatric critical care
- Good written & verbal communication skills
- Be IT competent and be able to work in a paperless environment
- Ability to research, develop and implement best clinical practice
- Ability to organise and manage the clinical team
Desirable criteria
- Echocardiography Point of care Ultrasound
- Bronchoscopy
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Broad knowledge of paediatric critical care medicine
- A working knowledge of paediatric oncology
- Knowledge of the principles of research governance and an understanding of ‘Good Clinical Practice’
- Understanding of the principles of management
Desirable criteria
- Credentials supporting management training
- Evidence of training in paediatric oncology
- Knowledge of research governance procedures
Other
Essential criteria
- Ability to work in a Multi-disciplinary team
- Willingness to form links within and outside the critical care network
- Ability to maintain professionalism
- Good interpersonal skills
- Caring attitude to patients and parents
- Good ability to communicate
- Commitment to continuing medical education
- Flexible approach
- Commitment to speciality
- Enthusiasm
Desirable criteria
- Supportive nature
- Ability to self-motivate and motivate others.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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
- Nicholas Prince
- Job title
- Care Group Lead, Paediatric Intensive Care Unit
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02087251805
- Additional information
Attah Ocholi, Clinical Director for Children's Services ([email protected])
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