Consultant in Paediatric Intensive Care

Job description

Job responsibilities

Clinical Duties: All clinical sessions will be in the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) and covering the Southampton Oxford Retrieval Team, both based at Southampton Childrens Hospital.

The case mix of admissions reflects a mixed general PICU. Support is provided for all the paediatric subspecialty services including paediatric cardiology and cardiac surgery, paediatric neurology and neurosurgery, paediatric nephrology, haematology/oncology, respiratory, gastroenterology, infectious diseases/immunology, endocrinology, paediatric surgery, general paediatrics and trauma. The Intensive Care consultants manage patients in collaboration with the various multi-disciplinary teams involved with the patients. Sessions will also be spent covering the regional retrieval service- the Southampton Oxford Retrieval Team (SORT) as second on call consultant.

It is essential for you to have significant experience in paediatric cardiac intensive care, renal replacement therapies and techniques of advanced ventilatory support including the use of inhaled nitric oxide, high frequency oscillation and extracorporeal life support. Ideally you would have spent time in a commissioned ECMO unit. It is also necessary for you to have significant experience in management of severe traumatic head injuries and management of complex patients with multiple organ failure and transport medicine.

You will be required to participate in medical governance, undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, research and continuing medical education to ensure their personal professional development.

Training and Research Duties: Undergraduate medical students from Southampton University Medical School are taught throughout the Trust and the post holder is required to participate in undergraduate clinical teaching. This includes paediatric tutorials, personal academic tutor roles and supervising medical student study projects. You will also be required to participate in the teaching of postgraduate medical staff, advanced care practitioners, nurses and other disciplines as appropriate. You will also be expected to be an educational and clinical supervisor for some resident doctors, with training available.

Administrative Duties: You will be required to undertake the administrative duties associated with the care of patients and the running of clinical departments. Shared secretarial support and office space are provided.

We are the Wessex paediatric major trauma centre, with a dedicated paediatric emergency department on site. Please see the job description for more details. The successful applicant will form part of the Consultant Team for PICU. With this appointment there will 11 whole time equivalent PICU Consultants. This is a new post due to service expansion.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONIndividuals wishing to apply must be registered with the General Medical Council (GMC).

The successful candidate will be employed under the terms and conditions of service for Consultants (England) 2003.

Interviews will be held on 29/09/2025.

Job Reference; 188-MC10825

This vacancy closes on or before; 3rd September 2025Should you have any queries, please use the contact details below to get in touch.

Person Specification

Qualifications, Training & Experience

Essential

• MRCPCH/ FRCA or equivalent
• GMC registration with a licence to practise
• Valid Level 3 Safeguarding Training
• Valid APLS Training
• Completion of all competencies in Paediatric Intensive Care Medicine (minimum of 2 years indicative time) in a unit approved for training by the RCPCH National GRID Training Programme with evidence that this training has been signed off, AND a minimum of six months of anaesthetic training OR on GMC register with subspeciality PICM via CESR /Portfolio pathway (these applicants must already be on the register at the point of application to this job) OR equivalent training OR existing substantive Consultant in Paediatric Intensive Care Medicine
• Experience in management of congenital heart disease including cardiac ECMO
• Extensive experience in transporting critically ill children (land)
• Trauma experience
• Teaching and training experience
• Experience of cardiac intensive care
• Experience of general intensive care
• Experience of critical care transport
• Experience of critical care outreach/trauma team/cardiac arrest team member

Desirable

• Valid NLS Training
• Higher degree, laboratory experienced research
• Education/teaching qualification
• Experience in managing respiratory ECMO patients
• Experience of air transport

Aptitudes and skills

Essential

• Evidence and ability to communicate and liaise effectively with patients and colleagues (verbal and written communication skills in English).
• Good manual dexterity
• Ability to perform complex practical procedures
• Leadership Qualities, Enthusiastic, Flexible and able to adapt to change
• Evidence of work-life balance

Desirable

• Previous involvement in research either investigator lead or multicentre trials
• Team player
• Active interest in training and education

Living Trust Values

Essential

• Patients First
• Always Improving
• Working Together

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospital Southampton NHS Trust

Address

Southampton General Hospital

Southampton

SO16 6YD

Employer's website

https://www.uhs.nhs.uk/home.aspx (Opens in a new tab)