Overview
Consultant in Paediatric Intensive Care role at University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust. This is a fixed-term to permanent contract. The post is based at Southampton Children's Hospital, with services spanning paediatric intensive care and regional retrieval. Salary: £109,725 to £145,478 per year. Grade: Consultant. Contract: Fixed term to permanent. Working pattern: Full-time or Part-time. Location: Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, SO16 6YD. Job reference: 188-MC10825. Date posted: 06 August 2025. Interviews will be held on 29/09/2025. This vacancy closes on or before: 3 September 2025.
About the Trust: University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is a large acute teaching Trust rated 'Good' by the CQC, with a national reputation for learning and development, flexible working options, and a generous pension scheme. The Trust serves the Wessex region and operates the Southampton Oxford Retrieval Team as part of the regional PICU and trauma network.
Responsibilities
* Clinical duties: All clinical sessions will be in the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) and cover the Southampton Oxford Retrieval Team (SORT), based at Southampton Children’s Hospital. Manage a mixed general PICU caseload and provide support for paediatric subspecialty services.
* On-call and retrieval: Spend time covering the regional retrieval service as the second on-call consultant; contribute to the Southampton Oxford Retrieval Team operations.
* Specialist care: Significant experience in paediatric cardiac intensive care, renal replacement therapies and advanced ventilatory support (including inhaled nitric oxide, high-frequency oscillation and extracorporeal life support). Ideally experience in a commissioned ECMO unit.
* Clinical governance and education: Participate in medical governance, undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, research and continuing medical education to support professional development; act as an educational and clinical supervisor for resident doctors.
* Administrative duties: Undertake administrative duties related to patient care and running of the clinical department; shared secretarial support and office space are provided.
* Service context: The post is part of the Wessex paediatric major trauma centre with a dedicated paediatric ED; the successful applicant will join a Consultant Team for PICU in a service expanding to 11 whole-time-equivalent consultants.
Essential qualifications
* MRCPCH/FRCA or equivalent
* GMC registration with licence to practise
* Valid Level 3 Safeguarding Training
* Valid APLS Training
* Completion of all competencies in Paediatric Intensive Care Medicine (minimum of 2 years) in a unit approved for training by the RCPCH GRID, with evidence of sign-off, AND either: six months of anaesthetic training OR on the GMC register with subspecialty PICM via CESR/Portfolio pathway OR existing substantive Consultant in Paediatric Intensive Care Medicine
* Experience in 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 qualifications
* Valid NLS Training
* Higher degree or laboratory-based research experience
* Education/teaching qualification
* Experience in managing respiratory ECMO patients
* Experience of air transport
Aptitudes and skills
* Strong communication skills (verbal and written) in English; ability to liaise effectively with patients and colleagues
* Good manual dexterity and ability to perform complex practical procedures
* Leadership qualities, enthusiasm, flexibility, and adaptability
* Commitment to work-life balance
Living Trust Values
* Patients First
* Always Improving
* Working Together
Additional information
* Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check as part of the recruitment process
* Certificate of Sponsorship: Applications from job seekers who require UK Skilled Worker sponsorship will be considered
* UK Registration: Applicants must have current UK professional registration
* Interviews: 29/09/2025
* Job Reference: 188-MC10825
* Employer: University Hospital Southampton NHS Trust, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, SO16 6YD
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