Job summary
We are delighted to be able to offer opportunities for highly motivated, ambitious individuals to join our well integrated team at NECTAR (North-East and Cumbria Transfer and Retrieval). Applications are invited for Trust Fellows in Paediatric Critical Care Transport (NECTAR). The posts are for a period of 12 months, beginning February and April 2025.
The Paediatric NECTAR clinical fellow posts (ST3+ equivalent) require 2 years postgraduate training in PICU/Critical Care/Anaesthesia/Paediatrics (including a minimum of 3 months post-foundation critical care experience) and candidates must already have basic anaesthesia competencies.
This is an exciting opportunity for a one-year fellowship for a suitably qualified candidate to receive training and experience in paediatric retrieval. This post is predominantly to cover the paediatric service, but opportunities are available to work within the adult service when time allows to. The post would be ideally suited to someone interested in paediatric or adult intensive care medicine, paediatric or adult emergency medicine, anaesthesia or prehospital medicine.
Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Main duties of the job
These posts are at registrar level, and successful candidates will be expected to have prior experience in Paediatrics and/or intensive care and to be competent to work with indirect supervision.
The paediatric NECTAR service provides transport for critically ill children within the North East & North Cumbria, and occasionally further afield.
The posts are intended to provide experience in paediatric critical care (general & cardiac) paediatric anaesthesia, transport & retrieval medicine including paediatric ECMO retrievals and training equivalent to that recommended by the Paediatric Intensive Care Society and Royal College of Paediatric & Child Health.
Nectar fellows will have the chance to gain exposure to multidisciplinary teams and participate in challenging decision-making processes due to the broad range of cases and involvement of various paediatric subspecialties.
For an informal discussion and further information regarding the opportunity and Directorate, please contact: Raja Abouelella at 01912829425 or via email: raja.abouelella@nhs.net.
About us
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion. We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We're also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients 'contacts' each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people's race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical:
- Interhospital transfer of critically ill children (with an appropriate level of supervision) by land and air
- Supporting NECTAR practitioners with triage and delivery of practitioner led transfer
- Preparing and presenting case reviews
- Develop communication and shared learning
- Teaching on stabilisation training days
- Multidisciplinary team teaching and simulation
- In addition to workplace-based assessments, successful applicants will be expected to gather evidence to use towards the PICS passport and optionally adult critical care transport competency framework.
Administrative:
- Applicants must be registered with the General Medical Council and possess a full license to practise
- A minimum of 2 years satisfactory training in intensive care or anaesthesia or general/emergency paediatrics (must include at least 3 months intensive care)
Research:
- There are no specific research duties in this post, however there may be opportunities to take part in ongoing clinical trials or commence review/retrospective research proposals.
Audit:
- Each fellow will carry out a substantial project during their time at NECTAR such as audit or quality improvement.
Teaching:
- The department has a strong teaching commitment to junior doctors
- There is both formal and informal training as well as educational supervision and guidance for the postholders provided in each attachment
- Formal study leaves to attend relevant regional and national courses (allocation the same as for regional trainees) with reimbursement of expenses (according to the Trust policy and up to the annual leave limit) also provided
- Several educational sessions are provided which are targeted towards meeting the specific needs of internal training fellows and trust grade doctors (such as introduction to NHS, simulation in the high-fidelity simulation centre, communication); there is also access to the departmental, Trust and regional teaching and courses, such as READI days.
- PICU run weekly formal teaching as well as journal clubs, group case-based discussions, self-directed learning, and practical procedure teaching.
- The opportunity exists for the post-holder to attend educational sessions within other departments of the hospital. Successful candidates will be supported to attend (if not already completed) APLS, training for transfer, fixed wing flight training and conferences relevant to transport medicine.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical:
- Interhospital transfer of critically ill children (with an appropriate level of supervision) by land and air
- Supporting NECTAR practitioners with triage and delivery of practitioner led transfer
- Preparing and presenting case reviews
- Develop communication and shared learning
- Teaching on stabilisation training days
- Multidisciplinary team teaching and simulation
- In addition to workplace-based assessments, successful applicants will be expected to gather evidence to use towards the PICS passport and optionally adult critical care transport competency framework.
Administrative:
- Applicants must be registered with the General Medical Council and possess a full license to practise
- A minimum of 2 years satisfactory training in intensive care or anaesthesia or general/emergency paediatrics (must include at least 3 months intensive care)
Research:
- There are no specific research duties in this post, however there may be opportunities to take part in ongoing clinical trials or commence review/retrospective research proposals.
Audit:
- Each fellow will carry out a substantial project during their time at NECTAR such as audit or quality improvement.
Teaching:
- The department has a strong teaching commitment to junior doctors
- There is both formal and informal training as well as educational supervision and guidance for the postholders provided in each attachment
- Formal study leaves to attend relevant regional and national courses (allocation the same as for regional trainees) with reimbursement of expenses (according to the Trust policy and up to the annual leave limit) also provided
- Several educational sessions are provided which are targeted towards meeting the specific needs of internal training fellows and trust grade doctors (such as introduction to NHS, simulation in the high-fidelity simulation centre, communication); there is also access to the departmental, Trust and regional teaching and courses, such as READI days.
- PICU run weekly formal teaching as well as journal clubs, group case-based discussions, self-directed learning, and practical procedure teaching.
- The opportunity exists for the post-holder to attend educational sessions within other departments of the hospital. Successful candidates will be supported to attend (if not already completed) APLS, training for transfer, fixed wing flight training and conferences relevant to transport medicine.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Primary Medical Qualification
- Full GMC registration at time of application
Desirable
- Post graduate intensive care qualification
Clinical Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Satisfactory completion of at least 2 years of post- foundation training in anaesthesia and/or paediatrics and/or Intensive care and/or paediatric emergency medicine)
- Previous experience of working in the NHS as a doctor
- Minimum 3 months prior paediatric &/or adult intensive care &/or anaesthetic experience
- Good history & examination skills
- Able to formulate a working diagnosis
- Able to order appropriate investigations
- Image interpretation relevant to practice
- Knows when to appropriately seek assistance from a senior colleague
Desirable
- 6-month Intensive care training
- 3-month Anaesthesia training
- Evidence of advanced airway skills
- Additional general paediatric training
Maintaining Clinical Competence
Essential
- Written evidence of satisfactory training to date e.g. workplace assessments
Desirable
- Suitable procedural skills
Teaching
Desirable
- Experience of teaching undergraduate medical students & Foundation Doctors
Clinical Governance, Audit and Research
Desirable
- Experience of audit projects and research
Communication, Relationships and Working with Colleagues
Essential
- Ability to communicate and liaise effectively with patients and other people within a team
- Ability to work as a team with professional colleagues in all disciplines
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Alignment with the Trust's Values
- Flexible approach to service delivery and committed approach to development
- A commitment to personal / unit CPD
- Time management skills
- Honesty, integrity, awareness of ethical dilemmas, respect for confidentiality
Desirable
- Evidence of leadership skills
- IT literate
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Primary Medical Qualification
- Full GMC registration at time of application
Desirable
- Post graduate intensive care qualification
Clinical Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Satisfactory completion of at least 2 years of post- foundation training in anaesthesia and/or paediatrics and/or Intensive care and/or paediatric emergency medicine)
- Previous experience of working in the NHS as a doctor
- Minimum 3 months prior paediatric &/or adult intensive care &/or anaesthetic experience
- Good history & examination skills
- Able to formulate a working diagnosis
- Able to order appropriate investigations
- Image interpretation relevant to practice
- Knows when to appropriately seek assistance from a senior colleague
Desirable
- 6-month Intensive care training
- 3-month Anaesthesia training
- Evidence of advanced airway skills
- Additional general paediatric training
Maintaining Clinical Competence
Essential
- Written evidence of satisfactory training to date e.g. workplace assessments
Desirable
- Suitable procedural skills
Teaching
Desirable
- Experience of teaching undergraduate medical students & Foundation Doctors
Clinical Governance, Audit and Research
Desirable
- Experience of audit projects and research
Communication, Relationships and Working with Colleagues
Essential
- Ability to communicate and liaise effectively with patients and other people within a team
- Ability to work as a team with professional colleagues in all disciplines
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Alignment with the Trust's Values
- Flexible approach to service delivery and committed approach to development
- A commitment to personal / unit CPD
- Time management skills
- Honesty, integrity, awareness of ethical dilemmas, respect for confidentiality
Desirable
- Evidence of leadership skills
- IT literate
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
