Consultant in Paediatric Intensive Care
The closing date is 08 April 2026
We are delighted to offer an opportunity for an enthusiastic and well‑motivated individual to join our team as a substantive Consultant in Paediatric Intensive Care and Critical Care Transport at the Great North Children’s Hospital (GNCH). This will be based at the Great North Children’s Hospital, Royal Victoria infirmary site and at North East and Cumbria Transport And Retrieval (NECTAR) base, Campus for Ageing and Vitality Site, both in Newcastle upon Tyne.
GNCH Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) is the lead centre for paediatric critical care for the Northern Region. We admit children referred for intensive care from an area extending from the West Coast of Cumbria, north through Northumberland to the Scottish Borders, and extending southwards to North Yorkshire. There are approximately 3500 intensive care bed days per year. Day to day care of children in the PICU is managed and led by the team of PICU consultants in consultation with subspecialties as appropriate. Paediatric cardiothoracic services are currently based at the Freeman Hospital with a separate PICU and ECMO beds based there with a separate clinical team. Co‑location on the RVI site will be made a priority, enabling best possible care for children.
Main duties of the job
This purpose of this joint consultant post is twofold.
Working in a team of paediatric intensivists, the successful candidate will play an important role in the day‑to‑day running and wider development of a state‑of‑the‑art PICU that operates as the paediatric critical care hub for the North East and North Cumbria region. The Great North Children’s Hospital also hosts a wide range of tertiary sub‑specialities and a supra‑regional immunodeficiency bone marrow transplant service that are all regular users of the PICU. Clinical duties will include consultant of the week and on‑call responsibilities.
In addition, the successful candidate will contribute to the day‑to‑day running of the North East and Cumbria Transport and Retrieval paediatric service. The role will include both in hours and out of hours support for acute patient transport. This involves telephone triage and clinical support for referral for transport, liaison between the referring hospital and the acute services at GNCH as well as going out on retrieval.
There is the opportunity for the successful candidate to negotiate the time commitment to either of the services.
About us
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
With around 2 million contacts with patients every year, we deliver care from:
* Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
* Freeman Hospital
* Newcastle Dental Hospital
* Newcastle Fertility Centre
* Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
* Northern Genetics Service
These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting‑edge care (supported by state‑of‑the‑art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.
We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’.
For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Job responsibilities
Clinical:
* Contribute to the day to day running of the GNCH Paediatric Intensive Care Unit and the North East and Cumbria Transport and Retrieval
* Contribute to GNCH PICU and NECTAR on‑call rota
* Responsibility for the paediatric intensive care unit including managing referrals and new admissions
* Deliver and supervise transfer of critically ill children
* Provide remote advice in the management of acutely ill children in their local hospital
* Provide decision support for patient transfers within the region facilitated by NECTAR
Person Specification
Education, Qualifications and Specialist Skills
* Primary Medical Qualification.
* Full GMC Registration.
* Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register (within 6 months from the date of the AAC).
* MRCPCH or FRCA or equivalent
* Evidence of training in Paediatric Intensive Care and Paediatric Critical Care Transport and/or paediatric anaesthesia
* Higher Degree.
* Special skills training in the specialty.
* Leadership and management experience.
* International experience
Clinical Experience
* Evidence of experience in the specialty.
* Evidence of a substantial commitment to the specialty.
* Ability to offer an expert clinical opinion within the speciality.
* Ability to take independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients referred to a tertiary centre.
Management and Administration Experience
* Involvement with management and project leadership within the specialty.
* Evidence of involvement in authoring or reviewing clinical guidelines.
* An understanding of Clinical Governance.
* Proven management and administrative experience and understanding of management goals.
* Evidence of leadership / project management.
* Evidence of having implemented change.
* Experience in developing and implementing new technologies.
Teaching
* Experience of supervising junior medical staff.
* Experience of participation in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.
* Ability to teach clinical / technical / practical skills.
* Attendance at courses to develop teaching skills.
* Postgraduate qualification in medical education.
Research
* Evidence of involvement in and understanding of research methodology and publication of findings.
* Research/critical review of literature.
* Publications in the last five years.
Audit
* Evidence of participation in audit.
* Evidence of having changed practice as a result of audit.
* Evidence of having revisited the audit to assess improvement.
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.
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