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About the role

This post is based at Staffordshire Children's Hospital at Royal Stoke which is part of the University

Hospitals of North Midlands (UHNM) NHS Trust. The paediatric department at UHNM primarily delivers acute paediatric care to the local children of Staffordshire and beyond.

We are seeking a locum Paediatric Critical Care Consultant. The post holder will be providing 8 weeks of consultant of the week (COW) cover to PICU and 8 weeks to HDU per year, and take part in 1 in 5.5 on-call rota for PICU, including evenings and weekends.

In addition, there is also time allocated to do educational supervision and attending departmental meetings.

Staffordshire Children's Hospital is part of UHNM which has two sites: Royal Stoke University Hospital, located in Stoke-on-Trent, and County Hospital, located in Stafford. The Staffordshire Children's Hospital is based at the Royal Stoke site, all inpatient services for children are there. Outpatient clinics run at both sites.

The Paediatric Department is one of the largest in the country with a number of sub speciality areas receiving tertiary care referrals. The Trust has a purpose built Children's Centre comprising of inpatient wards, Children's A&E and admissions unit and outpatients department adjacent to the Child Development Centre. The Child Health Directorate provides a wide range of services encompassing acute paediatrics, paediatric and neonatal intensive care, outpatients and community paediatrics. We also provide consultant support to the children's emergency centre and deliver a range of paediatric general and speciality clinics on the County Hospital site.

Person specification

Essential

Fully registered with GMC
MRCPCH, FRCA or equivalent
Applicant should be on the specialist register or within 6 months of obtaining CCT by date of interview
Candidates are required to be on, or eligible to be on the Specialist Register as above and: o Minimum of two years training in an approved Paediatric intensive care medicine training unit plus six months (minimum) of anaesthetics (stand-alone) o OR completed PICM GRID training (UK) o OR On specialist register for PICM via the CESR route o OR Existing Substantive consultant in Paediatric Intensive Care Medicine o Or Equivalent with evidence that this training has been signed off.
Current APLS/EPLS provider
Up to date training in safeguarding children level 3
Willingness to take part in teaching
Evidence of continuing professional development
Experience of supervising junior medical staff
Ability to teach clinical skills
Commitment to continuing medical education
Participation in research or clinical audit
Understanding of management issues including medical discipline; clinical governance, service planning
Willingness to participate in service developments
Willingness to work without immediate supervision, but with an awareness of one's individual limitations
Good written and oral communication skills
Demonstrated ability to manage time effectively
Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team.
Good interpersonal skills, supportive and caring towards colleagues and patients.
Ability to work under pressure
Ability and means to meet the travel requirements of the post
Residence allowing return to base within 30 minutes if required
To be accessible by telephone for on call duties

Desirable

Higher degree (MD, PhD) in related field
Evidence of experience in managing complex Long Term Ventilated (LTV) patients
Evidence of experience in continuous renal replacement therapy
APLS/EPLS/ATLS instructor
Formal training in research or teaching methods
Publications in peer reviewed journals
Willingness to manage and develop leadership skills e.g. project work; mentoring junior staff
Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional or national levels

Consultant Children's Intensive Care

About the role

Person specification